Dabster
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🚀 DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer
Location: Glasgow, UK — fully onsite
Employment Type: Contract
Experience: Experienced DevOps / Platform Engineering professionals
📌 Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced DevOps / Platform Engineer to design, build, automate, and operate reliable cloud-native platforms. The ideal candidate will have strong hands-on experience across CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, networking, scripting, and cloud infrastructure, with a solid understanding of both private cloud and Kubernetes-based environments.
🔧 Key Responsibilities
- Design, develop, test, deploy, and maintain scalable and highly available platforms.
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines and continuous delivery practices.
- Deploy and operate workloads across Kubernetes and private cloud Virtual Server Instances (VSI).
- Develop automation and operational tooling using Python and Bash.
- Manage infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.
- Implement secure network architectures, including segmentation, ingress/egress controls, and service-to-service connectivity.
- Support secure traffic flow across different network zones and environments.
- Configure and manage L4/L7 load balancing, traffic distribution, and high-availability solutions.
- Work with cloud-native services and technologies across AWS and Kubernetes.
- Support performance tuning, scaling, and operational stability of production environments.
- Implement and maintain DNS, routing, auto-scaling, CDN, WAF, and perimeter security solutions.
- Collaborate with development, architecture, security, and operations teams to improve platform reliability and delivery.
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✅ Required Qualifications & Skills
- Formal training or certification in Platform Engineering concepts.
- Hands-on experience in system design, application development, testing, deployment, and operational stability.
- Strong knowledge of automation and continuous delivery / CI/CD methodologies.
- Practical cloud-native experience with private cloud VSI and Kubernetes, including an understanding of their respective trade-offs.
- Strong understanding of network boundaries, including:
- Network segmentation
- Ingress/egress controls
- Service-to-service connectivity
- Secure zone-to-zone traffic flow
- Strong DevOps toolchain expertise, particularly:
- CI/CD
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash.
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⭐ Preferred Qualifications
- Relevant certifications such as:
- CKA
- CKAD
- AWS Solutions Architect
- AWS DevOps Engineer
- Hands-on experience provisioning, deploying, and operating workloads across Private Cloud VSI and Kubernetes.
- Experience with L4/L7 load balancers, traffic distribution, and high-availability patterns.
- Knowledge of serverless technologies, such as AWS Lambda, and event-driven architectures.
- Strong understanding of:
- DNS
- Routing
- Auto-scaling
- Horizontal and vertical scaling
- Performance tuning under load
- Experience with AWS services such as:
- ECS
- EKS
- MSK
- Experience with CDN, WAF, network perimeter design, and network security.
💡 Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a hands-on DevOps / Platform Engineer who can work across infrastructure, automation, Kubernetes, cloud platforms, networking, and operational stability. Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to build reliable, scalable, and secure platforms are essential.
📩 Interested?
If you are interested in this opportunity, please share your updated CV with: **📧 **james.a@dabster.net
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