Lead Platform Engineer

Trust In Soda — United Kingdom · Posted ~3 hours ago

Lead Full-time Visa History ✓ £75K-105K

Skills

Kubernetes AWS Platform engineering DevOps Infrastructure scaling

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A senior platform engineering role focused on supporting and scaling large Kubernetes-based environments. The position requires strong cloud and DevOps expertise and offers involvement in major transformation projects.

Highlights

Work on large-scale platform engineering initiatives with opportunities for certification, cloud technologies, and complex infrastructure optimization.

Description

💼 Senior/Lead/Managing Platform Engineer 👔 Consultancy/Govt 📍 London, Woking, Worthing, Bristol, Birmingham, Telford, Manchester, Liverpool, Leeds, Newcastle 💵 £75k-105k ⚠️SC Eligibility Required Do you want to work on one of the biggest K8s projects in Europe - one running over 400 Pods (and 140k Nodes) at any one time? Do you want to get AWS & CKA certified on company time whilst also using these tools day in day out in production environments? I am partnered with one of the world’s top tech consultancies who are spearheading a multi-year DevOps transformation at a top Govt department. The project aims to completely revolutionise the way the UK Government operates online and will create numerous public benefits including cutting waiting times, vastly improved CX and cost savings in the millions of pounds. They are now looking for Senior, Lead & Managing Platform Engineers to join their team and help with the ongoing support, optimisation and scaling of this project. Their ideal candidate would be an expert within: Cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)Kubernetes (Helm, Kops, ServiceMesh, Istio)IaC (Terraform, Ansible)CI/CD (GitOps, Github Actions, Jenkins)Observability (OTel, Dynatrace, Grafana)Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu, Debian) What’s in it for you? Certification Scheme (AWS, CKA, Hashicorp)Uncapped Progressions (Just hit the criteria and you will continually climb the ranks)10% combined pensionPrivate Medical/DentalFlexi Benefits (Life Assurance, GIP, Dental etc.)Travel expenses to client siteRemote First Working (only onsite at client request) If you’re passionate about working with K8s at scale and keen to work on one of the country’s most high-profile digital transformations then please apply right away!