Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer

Contract Type:

Permanent

Location:

Hampshire

Industry:

IT & Digital

Contact Name:

Joe Foster

Contact Email:

joe@additionsolutions.co.uk

Posted:

24-Jul-2025

Job Description

This is a chance to join a nimble, fast-moving tech consultancy working on impactful digital innovation across Defence and National Security. The work is challenging, meaningful, and backed by a team that knows how to deliver.

Role Overview:

  • Location: Hampshire (Hybrid circa 2/3 days onsite)
  • Package: £80-90k + bonus + benefits
  • Industry: Defence / Secure Tech

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Leading the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Driving platform scalability, supportability, and security from the ground up
  • Championing GitOps principles using Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible
  • Collaborating closely with developers to enable self-service and smooth integration
  • Monitoring and evolving platform tooling to stay ahead of the curve
  • Evangelising best practices across infrastructure, monitoring, and automation
  • Playing a hands-on role in building resilient, scalable systems

Main Skills Needed:

  • Strong background in platform or site reliability engineering (5+ years)
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration
  • Skilled in CI/CD pipeline tooling (e.g. GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins)
  • Experience with monitoring stacks like Prometheus and Grafana
  • Confident with Git and repository management workflows
  • Solid understanding of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible)
  • Cloud experience (AWS, Azure or GCP) is a plus
  • Great communicator who thrives in fast-paced environments

What’s in It for You:

  • 25 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
  • Private medical, life assurance and contributory pension
  • Bonus scheme and flexible working
  • On-site parking, café, gym and breakout space
  • Casual dress and modern tech stack
  • Cycle to Work and Perks at Work schemes
  • A culture built on agility, innovation, collaboration, and inclusion

   

Think it could be a fit? We’d love to hear from you.


We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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