Senior Platform Engineer

Itistheway — United Kingdom · Posted ~9 hours ago

Senior Full-time Hybrid

Skills

Azure Kubernetes Terraform Cloud platform engineering CI/CD Automation Monitoring High availability Infrastructure security

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Summary ✨ AI‑Generated

A major financial services organization is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build and maintain secure, scalable and highly available Azure platforms. You will improve deployment pipelines, automation and monitoring, support existing services, contribute to technical decisions and take ownership of platform issues. The role is hybrid, with one day per week onsite, and suits an experienced engineer comfortable with Azure, Kubernetes and Terraform.

Highlights

Build and improve secure, scalable and highly available cloud platforms as part of a major digital transformation. The role offers strong compensation and benefits, hands-on technical ownership, influence over engineering decisions, and collaboration with teams across multiple regions.

Description

Senior Platform Engineer London, hybrid, one day a week onsite Up to £90,000 + 10% cash benefit + 10% pension + bonus We’re recruiting a Senior Platform Engineer with hands on Azure, Kubernetes and Terraform experience for a major financial services organisation in London. You’ll design, build and maintain cloud platforms, supporting a significant digital transformation programme while keeping existing services secure, reliable and available. This is a senior engineering role combining practical delivery with responsibility for technical decisions and improvements, working closely with engineering teams and stakeholders across the UK and India. The Role Design, build and improve secure, scalable and highly available Azure platforms.Support platform changes while maintaining existing services.Improve deployment pipelines, automation and monitoring.Contribute to technical decisions, review code and designs, and improve engineering practices.Take ownership of platform issues and work across teams to resolve them. Requirements Hands on Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes and Terraform experience.Senior level experience designing, delivering and operating cloud platforms.Experience with CI/CD, infrastructure automation and monitoring.Knowledge of cloud networking, security, microservices and containerisation.Confidence making technical decisions and taking ownership of delivery and operational issues.Clear communication and experience working with engineering colleagues and stakeholders.MongoDB and financial services experience are desirable. If you're an experienced Azure Cloud or Platform Engineer looking for a real career move, apply now