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Platform Engineer

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ID: #18050
Posted: 2026-03-12
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Platform Engineer Rate: Up to 500/day (Inside IR35) Location: Leeds - two days per week on-site Duration: Initially 6 months Clearance: BPSS required on commencement; SC clearance required within three months. Candidates must be eligible for SC clearance. The Role You will be part of a team operating and evolving a platform classified as Critical National Infrastructure, maintained to a high service level. Day-to-day responsibilities include resolving high-priority incidents, implementing new features aligned to the product roadmap, reducing technical debt, and driving improvements to DevOps processes. You will work closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Technical Leads in an agile delivery environment. Key Requirements • Strong Java development skills; Python experience also beneficial • Familiarity with identity and access management tooling, including PingDS and PingIDM • Experience with containerisation and orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes • Cloud infrastructure experience across AWS and/or Azure; Terraform for IaC • CI/CD pipeline experience, ideally Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions • Working knowledge of HAProxy, PostgreSQL, and/or Microsoft SQL Server • Experience with testing frameworks such as Gatling (Scala), Karate, or Playwright is advantageous

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