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Principal Platform Engineer

Sadler Recruitment — United Kingdom · Posted ~3 hours ago

Lead £60000 per annum

Skills

Platform engineering Private cloud infrastructure CI/CD Container orchestration Monitoring and logging Service mesh VMware Hyper-V Veeam Virtualization Backup and disaster recovery Infrastructure security Containers Monitoring Logging Private cloud

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

Join an infrastructure engineering team responsible for building and operating a secure private-cloud platform at enterprise scale. You will own critical platform components, develop CI/CD and container platforms, improve observability and service reliability, and manage virtualization, backup, and disaster-recovery infrastructure. This role is particularly well suited to engineers who want to retain strong on-premise infrastructure expertise rather than move entirely to public cloud.

Highlights

Strong opportunity to own core platform infrastructure, improve uptime and deployment speed, and work with enterprise-scale private cloud technologies. The role offers continued use of on-premise virtualization, backup, disaster recovery, and security expertise.

Description

Job Title: Senior Platform Engineer Location: Caerphilly Salary: £60,000 per annum About the Role This role is responsible for building and running platform infrastructure in a private cloud environment. This is not a public cloud role. It suits engineers who want to keep using on-premise infrastructure skills, including virtualisation and enterprise backup technologies, rather than move fully into public cloud. The infrastructure supports large public sector clients, so security standards are strict and must be followed closely. You will own core platform components. You will work to improve system uptime and speed up how quickly new code can be released. Key Responsibilities Platform Architecture & Operations Build and run CI/CD pipelines.Build and run container orchestration systems.Build and run monitoring and logging systems.Build and run service mesh.Manage virtualisation infrastructure using VMware and/or Hyper-V.Manage backup and disaster recovery using Veeam.Use Infrastructure as Code to automate environments.Research and add new platform tools when needed. Security Apply strict security standards required for public sector clients.Make sure infrastructure meets compliance and audit requirements.Work closely with security teams on access control and data protection. Reliability & Incident Management Improve system reliability and performance.Lead incident response when something breaks.Write reports after incidents explaining what happened and why. Enablement & Standards Help development teams deploy their own applications.Set platform rules for security, scalability, and cost.Make sure those rules are followed. Technical Leadership Mentor other engineers.Lead technical decisions on platform projects. Experience Required Senior-level experience as a platform, infrastructure, or site reliability engineer.Strong experience with private cloud or on-premise infrastructure.Hands-on experience with VMware and/or Hyper-V virtualisation.Hands-on experience with Veeam backup and recovery.Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools.Experience building and running CI/CD pipelines.Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.Experience managing incidents.Strong scripting and automation skills. Skills & Attributes Can explain technical decisions clearly to non-technical people.Comfortable working with multiple teams.Focused on automation and reducing manual work.Able to manage both urgent issues and long-term projects.Comfortable working within strict security and compliance rules. Desirable Experience mentoring engineers.Experience with service mesh, chaos engineering, or advanced observability tools.VMware or Veeam certifications.Public sector or government client experience. What's on Offer A senior role with direct input into platform architecture and tooling.Responsibility for improving reliability and deployment speed.Work on infrastructure that supports large public sector clients.Salary of circa £60,000, based on experience.