Senior Platform Engineer - Hybrid Cloud & DevOps Leader

Mott MacDonald; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension contributions match

Life assurance

Income protection

Flexible benefits

Annual bonus schemes

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Digital Unit in London. You will design, build, and maintain a scalable internal developer platform, implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform and managing Kubernetes clusters.

You’ll automate CI/CD via GitHub Actions and work with Azure data services to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. You’ll mentor junior colleagues in a global team, continuously improving platform automation and security practices while staying

Qualifications

• We expect strong software development experience and proficiency in at least one coding language (C#, Go, Python) and one scripting language (Bash).
• Experience building CI/CD automations and data services (ideally on Azure) is an asset.
• Candidates should be a team player, an effective communicator, and proactive in improving platform automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and maintain a scalable internal developer platform
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Implement and manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration
• Automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Collaborate with Product Manager to understand developers’ needs
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery for platform services
• Monitor and optimize platform performance and resource utilization
• Document platform architecture and processes
• Mentor junior team members in a global distributed team
• Stay updated with DevOps trends and modern tech stack

Skills

C# proficiency

Go proficiency

Python proficiency

Bash scripting

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Docker

GitHub Actions

Azure cloud

SQL databases

Job description

Mott MacDonald is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Digital Unit in London. You will design, build, and maintain a scalable internal developer platform, implementing infrastructure as code with Terraform and managing Kubernetes clusters.

You’ll automate CI/CD via GitHub Actions and work with Azure data services to deliver reliable, scalable solutions. You’ll mentor junior colleagues in a global team, continuously improving platform automation and security practices while staying