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, e.g., 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 chloe.manerowski@cbsbutler.com and I will get in touch.