Sadler Recruitment
Principal Platform Engineer
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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.
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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.
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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.
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