Hybrid, Sheffield
We're partnering with an established technology-led organisation to recruit an experienced Platform & Infrastructure Engineer to support a significant infrastructure modernisation programme.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced infrastructure professional with strong Kubernetes expertise to join a collaborative engineering team working on modernising enterprise platforms, improving automation and delivering resilient, scalable infrastructure.
The Role
Working as part of a senior infrastructure team, you'll be responsible for designing, implementing and supporting modern platform technologies across both on-premise and cloud environments. You'll play a key role in infrastructure transformation projects while ensuring business-critical services remain secure, reliable and highly available.
This is a hands-on technical role with plenty of opportunity to influence technical direction, improve operational processes and mentor other engineers within the team.
Key Responsibilities
Design, implement and support production infrastructure platforms.
Build, manage and optimise Kubernetes environments.
Support the migration and modernisation of existing infrastructure and applications.
Develop and maintain infrastructure automation using Infrastructure as Code.
Improve platform resilience, monitoring and disaster recovery capabilities.
Work closely with software engineering teams to enhance deployment and operational processes.
Troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues.
Produce and maintain technical documentation and operational procedures.
Promote security, reliability and best practice across the platform estate.
About You
We're looking for an experienced Platform or Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in Kubernetes and modern infrastructure technologies.
You'll ideally have experience with a number of the following:
Production Kubernetes administration
Linux systems administration
Infrastructure automation using tools such as Terraform or Ansible
Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)
Container networking and storage technologies
Monitoring and observability platforms
Load balancing and web technologies
Git and scripting (Bash and/or Python)
High availability and disaster recovery solutions
Infrastructure migrations and platform modernisation projectsAny experience with CI/CD pipelines, enterprise networking, database technologies or systems architecture would be advantageous.
What's on Offer
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a business undertaking significant investment in its technology platform. You'll work alongside experienced engineers on technically interesting projects, with the chance to influence how modern infrastructure is designed, deployed and operated.
If you enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges and have a passion for Kubernetes, automation and platform engineering, we'd be keen to speak with you.
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Salary description
£68000.00 - £72000.00 per year