Senior Platform Engineer: Scale Secure Cloud & IDP

Orlaroseassociates; Colchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech company in Colchester is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and maintain their Internal Developer Platform and cloud infrastructure. This full-time role allows for a hybrid work model with 2-3 days in the office. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years' experience in platform engineering, a strong record in scaling systems, and be passionate about improving developer experience. You'll contribute to impactful technology that enhances public sector operations.

Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Proven track record of building and scaling production-grade systems.
• Experience working in agile teams with fast iteration cycles.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve self-service tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Monitor and ensure reliability of the platform.

Skills

Empathy toward developers

Curiosity

Strong communication

Problem-solving

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Azure

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Job description

A tech company in Colchester is seeking a Platform Engineer to design and maintain their Internal Developer Platform and cloud infrastructure. This full-time role allows for a hybrid work model with 2-3 days in the office. The ideal candidate will have over 3 years' experience in platform engineering, a strong record in scaling systems, and be passionate about improving developer experience. You'll contribute to impactful technology that enhances public sector operations.