Senior Platform Engineer - Secure Platforms & Ops Lead

Leonardo UK Ltd; Yeovil; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous leave with flexi-days

Pension up to 15%

Mental health support

Access to Coursera/LinkedIn Learning

Job summary

Leonardo UK Ltd in Yeovil seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to operate, maintain and improve secure Windows and Red Hat platforms within highly controlled environments. You will provide technical leadership, coordinate incidents, and drive platform lifecycle activities in collaboration with security, service management and customer teams.

The role requires on-site work at the Yeovil site, with a focus on ownership, continuous improvement and cross‑disciplinary collaboration within a

Qualifications

• Experience operating and supporting secure platforms in controlled environments.
• Strong ability to balance engineering delivery with technical leadership.
• Familiarity with ITIL-aligned service management and incident handling.

Responsibilities

• Operate, maintain and improve Windows and Red Hat platforms in secure environments.
• Provide technical leadership during incidents, problems and changes.
• Plan platform lifecycle activities including deployment, patching and backups.
• Mentor Platform Engineers and support knowledge transfer.

Skills

Windows Server

Red Hat Linux

VMware/Hyper‑V

Networking (TCP/IP)

Automation scripting

Ansible/Terraform

Cyber security controls

Tools

VMware

Hyper-V

Kubernetes

Docker

PowerShell

Python

Ansible

Terraform

Job description

Leonardo UK Ltd in Yeovil seeks a Senior Platform Engineer to operate, maintain and improve secure Windows and Red Hat platforms within highly controlled environments. You will provide technical leadership, coordinate incidents, and drive platform lifecycle activities in collaboration with security, service management and customer teams.

The role requires on-site work at the Yeovil site, with a focus on ownership, continuous improvement and cross‑disciplinary collaboration within a