Senior Platform Engineer

1 week ago


Farnborough, United Kingdom Talent Locker Full time

Contract Senior Platform Engineer Outside IR35 | Defence & Security | HampshireTalent Locker is partnering with a specialist organisation operating at the forefront of national security initiatives, recruiting for a contract Senior Platform Engineer to join their team and step into this high-impact role to strengthen and modernise complex platform environments that support sensitive operational systems.This is a hands on role that would suit an engineer who is confident leading technical direction while delivering practical, scalable solutions across cloud and on-prem infrastructure. PLEASE NOTE - The nature of this project will require the work to be carried out onsite and successful candidates will be required to be security cleared (SC Level) prior to appointment.The day to day assignment:Develop and refine platform services across hybrid environments, ensuring security, stability and maintainabilityImprove and standardise automated deployment processes, helping teams deliver faster and with greater consistencyEnhance observability tooling and contribute to a proactive operationsWork alongside reliability and operational teams to maintain uptime and performance across critical workloadsSupport incident response, troubleshooting and longer term service improvementsProvide expert guidance on platform patterns, tooling choices and best practice engineering approachesShare knowledge with wider engineering teams, supporting skill uplift and consistent delivery standardsInput into architectural decisions and technical governanceExplore emerging technologies and assess how they could strengthen platform resilience and capabilityThe successful applicant will have a strong background in Platform Engineering or similar (DevOps, Infrastructure development roles etc) as well as hands on and demonstrable working experience with Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD pipelines and major cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP).The Platform Engineer will also be confident delivering within hybrid environments, navigating secure, regulated technical landscapes and air gapped environments.It would be highly advantageous for candidates to have worked in a similar environment (Defence, Security or similar) and have a sound understanding of security considerations, compliance expectations and operational tooling.Other key experience that the Platform Engineer will demonstrate should include:Cloud or DevOps certificationsExperience with Terraform, Ansible or similar automation frameworksFamiliarity with structured governance or architectural review processesWorking knowledge of incident management and complex operational support modelsPLEASE NOTE - The nature of this project will require the work to be carried out onsite and successful candidates will be required to be security cleared (SC Level) prior to appointment.To apply or to find our more information, please get in touch with Emma on emma@talentlocker.co.uk



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