The Role
You will play a key role in the operation, automation, and continuous improvement of a large-scale containerised platform supporting enterprise applications and digital services.
Working closely with development teams, you will drive deployment automation, platform reliability, security, and operational excellence across multiple environments.
This is a hands-on engineering position requiring strong troubleshooting capability and real-world production experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage and support Kubernetes-based application platforms in production environments.
- Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment efficiency and reliability.
- Support development teams with application onboarding, deployment processes, and platform best practices.
- Implement and maintain GitOps practices for application delivery and infrastructure management.
- Ensure platform stability, scalability, performance, and security.
- Configure and manage secrets management solutions and secure application integrations.
- Investigate and resolve complex platform, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
- Contribute to automation initiatives and platform standardisation across the engineering landscape.
- Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement activities.
Required Experience
- 5+ years' experience within Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or similar disciplines.
- 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes administration in enterprise production environments.
- Strong experience with:
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- GitLab CI/CD
- Argo CD
- HashiCorp Vault
- Docker / Container Technologies
- Linux Administration
- Bash and/or Python scripting
- Git and Infrastructure Automation
- Proven experience supporting microservices-based environments.
- Strong troubleshooting and production support capability.
- Experience working within highly regulated environments.
Mandatory Requirements
- Previous Banking or Financial Services experience
- Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native platform engineering background
- Experience working in production environments supporting business-critical applications
Desirable
- Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
- Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
- Terraform
- Prometheus & Grafana
- Keycloak or ForgeRock
- SSO, OIDC, and IAM solutions
- Disaster Recovery and High Availability environments
Contract Details
- Initial 6-Month Contract
- Strong likelihood of extension
- Fully Remote
- Immediate or Short Notice Preferred
Rate:
Not specified
Location:
United Kingdom
IR35 Status:
Not specified
Remote Status:
Remote
Industry:
IT
Seniority Level:
Senior