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Cloud & Infrastructure

Cloud Platform Engineer

Build secure cloud foundations, infrastructure automation and container platforms that development teams can operate consistently at enterprise scale.

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LocationLondon, UK

Working styleHybrid / client-aligned

Employment typeFull-time

Experience4–8 years

Technology environment

AzureAWSTerraformDockerKubernetesLinuxIAMNetworkingGitHub Actions

Industry context

Banking & FinanceMediaEducationAutomotive

Job description

The Cloud Platform Engineer will help establish and improve cloud environments used by application, data and integration workloads.

The role includes infrastructure as code, identity, networking, container platforms, observability, resilience and repeatable delivery automation.

Key responsibilities

Design and implement cloud infrastructure using reusable infrastructure-as-code modules.
Configure identity, networking, secrets, logging and policy controls in line with project requirements.
Build and support container and Kubernetes platform capabilities where appropriate.
Automate environment provisioning, deployment and operational checks through CI/CD.
Support cloud cost, reliability, security and operational-readiness reviews.

Qualifications

4–8 years of infrastructure, cloud or platform-engineering experience.
Hands-on experience with Azure or AWS and infrastructure as code using Terraform or equivalent.
Good understanding of networking, identity, Linux, containers and CI/CD.
Experience troubleshooting production cloud and platform issues.

Preferred qualifications

Kubernetes administration or platform-engineering experience.
Exposure to landing zones, policy-as-code, observability and FinOps practices.
Cloud certification relevant to the technologies used in the assigned engagement.

Benefits & employment terms

Compensation, leave, pension and any role-specific benefits are confirmed during the recruitment process and stated in the written offer.
Any client-site, travel, security-screening or right-to-work requirements are confirmed before appointment.

Nature of working style

Platform work is performed collaboratively with application, security, data and operations teams.
Changes are expected to be automated, reviewable, repeatable and supported by operational evidence.

Location

London-based hybrid role with potential UK client-site activity depending on the engagement.

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