Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud, Kubernetes & CI/CD

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford; Oxford; Híbrido; GBP 75.000 - 115.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Competitive salary + travel allowance

Private Medical Insurance

Pension scheme

Descripción de la vacante

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join the SciComp team in Oxford. You will build and operate our cloud foundation, with secure, scalable, self-service guardrails to accelerate scientific experimentation.

You will collaborate with Research and Data teams to deploy structured pipelines, governance controls, and robust observability. Hybrid work pattern 3 days in Oxford/London offices, with relocation support considered.

Formación

• Proven experience in platform engineering with architecting and automating operational processes.
• Proactive attitude and passion for introducing and automating operational structure.
• Expertise with at least one major cloud provider (OCI, AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Proficiency with Terraform for large-scale infrastructure provisioning.
• Comfortable with operating and managing large-scale, resilient Kubernetes clusters.

Responsabilidades

• Architect, build, and operate our cloud platform, moving infrastructure beyond the initial setup to deliver resilient compute, network, and storage, including full-sized GPU clusters.
• Drive the implementation of highly structured, auditable delivery pipelines (CI/CD/GitOps) using to enforce automated, repeatable infrastructure changes.
• Design and deploy automated governance and security controls using Policy-as-Code (specifically Kyverno and YAML) to ensure strong isolation, protect data, and meet internal audit standards.
• Establish the foundational monitoring, alerting, and telemetry framework required for robust operations, defining clear SLOs, and setting the course for future SRE work.
• Partner with Research and Data teams to build self-service capabilities that efficiently support diverse workloads, from Python notebooks to distributed clusters.

Conocimientos

Platform engineering

Automation

Cloud providers

Terraform

Kubernetes

Programming (Python/Go/Java)

Herramientas

Kyverno

Policy-as-Code tooling

Descripción del empleo

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join the SciComp team in Oxford. You will build and operate our cloud foundation, with secure, scalable, self-service guardrails to accelerate scientific experimentation.

You will collaborate with Research and Data teams to deploy structured pipelines, governance controls, and robust observability. Hybrid work pattern 3 days in Oxford/London offices, with relocation support considered.