Platform Engineer

Summary: The Platform Engineer role involves supporting the development, deployment, and operation of cloud-native applications within an AWS environment. The position requires expertise in Kubernetes and Helm, along with experience in CI/CD pipelines and microservices architecture. The role is an Inside IR35 contract with a requirement for on-site presence in Telford twice a month. The contract duration is six months or longer.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build, maintain and support Kubernetes-based platforms.
• Develop and manage Helm charts for application deployment and lifecycle management.
• Create and maintain CI/CD pipelines using GitLab.
• Support the containerisation and deployment of applications.
• Work closely with engineering teams delivering Java-based microservices.
• Implement and maintain monitoring, logging and observability solutions.
• Troubleshoot platform and deployment issues across multiple environments.

Key Skills:

• Kubernetes
• Helm (strong commercial experience required)
• AWS
• GitLab CI/CD Pipelines
• Containerisation (Docker/Kubernetes)
• Microservices architecture and deployment
• Observability, monitoring and logging
• Experience supporting engineering teams delivering Java applications

Salary (Rate): £525 daily

City: Telford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: on-site

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT