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Platform Engineer - £650/day via Umbrella - 6 Month Contract - Manchester / London / Birmingham - Hybrid - SCC Flex Contract
We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to support the build, automation, and optimisation of modern cloud and infrastructure platforms within a large enterprise environment. This is an excellent opportunity for a Platform Engineer to drive platform reliability, scalability, and automation while working across high-profile transformation programmes.
Your Responsibilities as the Platform Engineer:
- Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available platform solutions.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or CloudFormation.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines to support application and infrastructure deployments.
- Automate operational processes to improve efficiency, reliability, and consistency.
- Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to implement platform best practices.
- Monitor platform performance and proactively identify opportunities for optimisation.
- Support cloud migration and modernisation initiatives across enterprise environments.
- Ensure platform solutions align with security, governance, and compliance requirements.
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As a Successful Platform Engineer, You Will Have:
- Proven experience working as a Platform Engineer within enterprise-scale environments.
- Strong experience with cloud technologies including Azure, AWS, and/or Google Cloud Platform.
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform, Bicep, Ansible, or CloudFormation.
- Strong knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience designing and supporting CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or similar tools.
- Knowledge of scripting and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or equivalent.
- Experience with monitoring, logging, and observability tools.
- Strong troubleshooting, stakeholder management, and communication skills.
- Relevant certifications in cloud technologies or DevOps practices would be advantageous.
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If you are a Platform Engineer seeking a challenging contract opportunity where you can make a significant impact on cloud and platform services, we'd love to hear from you. Apply today. Professional references required.
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