Senior Platform Engineer: Secure On-Prem & Hybrid Lead

Leonardo; Yeovil; Hybrid; GBP 44,000 - 62,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Time to Recharge: up to 12 flexi-days

Pension scheme with employer contrib.

Private healthcare options

Learning & development (Coursera/LL)

Hybrid working

Job summary

Leonardo UK seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, delivery, and support of secure platforms for critical defence and public sector services. You will own work packages, drive architecture activities, and mentor engineers in a fast‑paced, collaborative setting.

The role involves on-site work at UK offices with hybrid arrangements and a strong emphasis on security, compliance, and timely delivery.

Qualifications

• Senior platform engineering experience in complex environments.
• Proven ability to lead design, build and support of secure platforms.
• Experience delivering platforms in on-premise and hybrid environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, and support of secure platforms on-premise and hybrid environments.
• Take ownership of engineering delivery for one or more work packages (planning, estimation, execution, reporting).
• Develop and review system architectures, low-level designs, and technical documentation.
• Integrate and test platform components, ensuring security and performance compliance.
• Mentor and provide technical leadership to Platform Engineers and Technicians.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure solutions meet requirements and drive improvements.

Skills

Leadership & mentoring

Problem solving

Security awareness

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Windows

Linux (RHEL)

PowerShell

Bash

Ansible

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Docker

Active Directory

TCP/IP networking

PKI

PAM

Job description

Leonardo UK seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, delivery, and support of secure platforms for critical defence and public sector services. You will own work packages, drive architecture activities, and mentor engineers in a fast‑paced, collaborative setting.

The role involves on-site work at UK offices with hybrid arrangements and a strong emphasis on security, compliance, and timely delivery.