Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer - CloudFormation or Terraform

Leeds (Hybrid)

Permanent

£70,000- £75,000 + Benefits

Platform Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance and good experience Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform. for a permanent position in Leeds (Hybrid). Start ideally in May 2026.

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government digital modernisation projects.

Hybrid Working – 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the Leeds office.

Key skills, experience + duties to include:

Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.


Good understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).


Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.


Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation, ei.e. Jenkins and GitHub Actions.


Hands on CloudFormation scripting, troubleshooting and debugging.


Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.


Using Automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.


Work closely with both engineers and product teams and including Designers, Product Managers and Analysts.


Working knowledge of Chef, scripting and troubleshooting and with Python scripting and troubleshooting


Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch), deployments, groovy scripting


Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services


Experience with AWS services – EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG, etc.


Active SC Security Clearance used last 12 months.


Government, GDS, (url removed) domain experience is strongly preferred.


Benefits: Salary 70k-75k (DOE) + Hybrid + Bonus + Pension + 22 days holiday + BHs (rising to 25 days) + Death in Service + Health Care Plan + More