Senior Platform Engineer — Cloud, Kubernetes & SRE for Research

Ellison Institute of Technology Oxford; Oxford; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced holiday pay

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Hospital Cash Plan

Therapy Services

Perk Box

Electric Car Scheme

Job summary

A leading technology institute in Oxford seeks a Cloud Platform Engineer to architect and operate their cloud infrastructure. You will drive the implementation of automated delivery pipelines and governance controls, collaborate with research teams, and ensure resilient operational processes. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in platform engineering, cloud providers, and Kubernetes management. This role offers excellent benefits and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in platform engineering with a track record of architecting and automating operational processes.
• Highly proactive attitude with passion for automation.
• Expertise with at least one major cloud provider.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and operate our cloud platform.
• Drive the implementation of CI/CD/GitOps pipelines.
• Design and deploy automated governance and security controls.

Skills

Platform engineering experience

Cloud provider expertise (OCI, AWS, GCP, Azure)

Terraform proficiency

Kubernetes management

System-level programming (Python, Go, Java)

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

A leading technology institute in Oxford seeks a Cloud Platform Engineer to architect and operate their cloud infrastructure. You will drive the implementation of automated delivery pipelines and governance controls, collaborate with research teams, and ensure resilient operational processes. Ideal candidates will have a strong background in platform engineering, cloud providers, and Kubernetes management. This role offers excellent benefits and a supportive work environment.