Senior Platform Engineer – Hybrid Cloud & On-Prem (SC)

Talent Locker Ltd; Farnborough; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A security-focused engineering firm located in Farnborough is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for a crucial contract role. The engineer will lead the modernization of complex platform environments vital for national security. Candidates should have robust experience in Kubernetes and IaC, and familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP is essential. This hands-on position entails improving deployment processes and supporting operational readiness while working in a regulated environment. Successful applicants will need to obtain SC Level security clearance.

Qualifications

• Strong background in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure development.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, IaC, and major cloud platforms.
• Experience in regulated environments with security considerations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and refine platform services across hybrid environments.
• Improve and standardise automated deployment processes.
• Enhance observability tooling and contribute to operations.
• Support incident response and troubleshooting.

Skills

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

CI/CD pipelines

Terraform

Ansible

Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)

Incident management

Education

Cloud or DevOps certifications

Job description

A security-focused engineering firm located in Farnborough is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer for a crucial contract role. The engineer will lead the modernization of complex platform environments vital for national security. Candidates should have robust experience in Kubernetes and IaC, and familiarity with AWS, Azure, or GCP is essential. This hands-on position entails improving deployment processes and supporting operational readiness while working in a regulated environment. Successful applicants will need to obtain SC Level security clearance.