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Lead Platform Engineer
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About the Role
This is a Lead Platform Engineer to help design, build and evolve the platforms behind critical public sector services. The kind of systems that need to be secure, resilient and observable, not just on launch day, but every day after that too.
You'll be working across modern cloud environments, helping teams move from legacy infrastructure to cloud native platforms that are easier to operate, easier to scale, and frankly, much less likely to ruin someone's weekend. Think AWS, Kubernetes, GitOps, OpenTelemetry, platform engineering and internal developer platforms built with genuine self-service in mind.
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You'll be trusted as a senior technical voice, helping shape platform strategy, engineering standards and reliability practices whilst remaining hands-on with architecture, design and problem solving. One minute you might be leading a workshop with stakeholders, the next you're helping engineers untangle a particularly awkward platform challenge.
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The environment is hybrid, with a blend of home working, and offices depending on the project and phase of delivery. This isn't a fully remote role, but it is one where you'll be trusted to work in the way that best supports both the client and the team.
Who We're Looking For
Ultimately, if you're the sort of engineer who enjoys ownership, likes having a voice in technical decisions, and gets a kick out of building platforms that genuinely matter, we'd probably enjoy having a conversation.
No buzzwords. No "rockstar engineers". Just interesting problems, modern technology and the opportunity to have a real impact at scale.
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