115425 Platform Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by CBSbutler Holdings Limited trading as CBSbutler
Negotiable
Inside
Onsite
Farnborough, Hampshire, UK
Summary: The role of Platform Engineer involves relocating a critical on-premises application platform to a new site, requiring collaboration with the on-site team to ensure operational integrity post-move. The position demands hands-on planning and execution of the migration, along with documentation and validation of the system. The successful candidate will also be responsible for ensuring compliance with licensing and vendor support agreements. This is an SC cleared role based in Farnborough, UK, classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work hands-on to plan and execute the migration of a business-critical application platform to a new physical location.
- Collaborate with local teams to fully document operational procedures, dependencies, and configurations.
- Ensure continuity and supportability of the platform post-move, including compliance with licensing and vendor support agreements.
- Reconfigure and validate physical equipment, networking, operating systems, and Middleware services.
- Re-establish and verify OpenShift and container platform configurations in the new environment.
- Build and refine automated deployment and configuration pipelines.
- Produce high-quality handover documentation for support teams.
Key Skills:
- Infrastructure as code.
- OpenShift.
- Kubernetes.
- Ansible.
- Developing infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure or private cloud platforms.
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly using OpenShift.
- Proven expertise with containerisation and orchestration tools, especially Kubernetes.
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible.
- Hands-on knowledge of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Working experience in one or more programming/scripting languages: Java, JavaScript (React), PowerShell, C#, Python.
- Solid understanding of databases and SQL in platform contexts.
Salary (Rate): £600.00 Daily
City: Farnborough
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: on-site
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Platform Engineer
+On site in Farnborough
+SC cleared role
+Inside IR35
+ 575 - 615 a day
Skills:
+Infrastructure as code
+Openshift
+Kubernetes
+Ansible
We are seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to enable the relocation of a critical on-premises application platform to a new site. The role involves close collaboration with the existing on-site team to ensure the environment-spanning physical infrastructure, OS, container orchestration, and application platform-is fully operational post-move. The successful candidate will document operational procedures, validate system integrity, and support the platform's continuity.
Key Responsibilities
- Work hands-on to plan and execute the migration of a business-critical application platform to a new physical location.
- Collaborate with local teams to fully document operational procedures, dependencies, and configurations.
- Ensure continuity and supportability of the platform post-move, including compliance with licensing and vendor support agreements.
- Reconfigure and validate physical equipment, networking, operating systems, and Middleware services.
- Re-establish and verify OpenShift and container platform configurations in the new environment.
- Build and refine automated deployment and configuration pipelines.
- Produce high-quality handover documentation for support teams
Experience required:
- Developing infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure or private cloud platforms, delivering high availability and fully automated environments using primarily open-source software.
- Practical experience with Infrastructure as Code, particularly using OpenShift.
- Proven expertise with containerisation and orchestration tools, especially Kubernetes (preferably EKS).
- Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible (preferred).
- Hands-on knowledge of building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, eg, Jenkins.
- Working experience in one or more programming/scripting languages: Java, JavaScript (React), PowerShell, C#, Python.
Solid understanding of databases and SQL in platform contexts.
Desired Certifications
- Red Hat Certified OpenShift Administrator
- Red Hat Certified OpenShift Application Developer
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers and Kubernetes
If you'd to discuss the Platform Engineer role in more detail, please send your updated CV to (url removed) and I will get in touch.
