Senior Platform Engineering Lead – Kubernetes & DevOps (Hybrid)

Trust In SODA; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 95,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Certification Scheme

Uncapped Progression

10% Pension

Travel costs

Hybrid working

Job summary

Trust In SODA is seeking a Managing & Lead Platform Engineer to steer a major Kubernetes-driven transformation for a UK government–backed project. You will lead a team, drive IaC, CI/CD, and observability practices in production.

You’ll mentor engineers, align with stakeholders, and ensure scale and reliability as the platform migrates to the cloud. Hybrid working, AWS certifications and ongoing learning are offered.

Qualifications

• Experience leading Kubernetes/platform engineering teams on large-scale DevOps projects.
• Expert in IaC using Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong CI/CD experience with GitOps, Github Actions, Jenkins.
• Familiar with observability tools (OTel, Dynatrace, Grafana).

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a platform engineering team for a high-profile Kubernetes project.
• Own governance, technical direction and delivery of platform improvements.
• Collaborate with clients and government stakeholders to align on goals and milestones.
• Drive scalability, reliability and cost-efficiency of the platform.

Skills

Leadership

Kubernetes

Platform Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitOps

Github Actions

Jenkins

OTel

Dynatrace

Grafana

AWS

Job description

Trust In SODA is seeking a Managing & Lead Platform Engineer to steer a major Kubernetes-driven transformation for a UK government–backed project. You will lead a team, drive IaC, CI/CD, and observability practices in production.

You’ll mentor engineers, align with stakeholders, and ensure scale and reliability as the platform migrates to the cloud. Hybrid working, AWS certifications and ongoing learning are offered.