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Platform Engineer – Mid-level
- wakefield, england, United Kingdom
- £60 - £80 Per Hour
Job Description
- Support, maintain, and improve platform services used across the business
- Administer and support infrastructure across cloud and on-premises environments
- Assist with migration and modernisation of services from on-premises infrastructure to cloud platforms
- Support backup, disaster recovery, and resilience activities for critical systems
- Improve platform services, tooling, and supporting infrastructure
- Contribute to platform standardisation and operational improvements
- Support CI/CD platforms and development tooling
- Develop and maintain scripts and automation using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar technologies
- Assist with Infrastructure as Code and platform configuration management
- Improve repeatability, documentation, and operational consistency across platform services
- Support monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards
- Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure, cloud, and platform issues
- Participate in incident response, root-cause analysis, and service improvement activities
- Improve platform reliability, resilience, and operational performance
- Maintain technical documentation and operational procedures
- Support escalated platform-related issues and drive continuous improvement
- Act as a technical contributor within the Platform Engineering team
- Collaborate with senior engineers, development teams, and technical stakeholders
- Evangelise best practices around platform operations, automation reliability, and cloud services
- Contribute to platform roadmaps
Requirements
- Experience supporting platform, infrastructure, DevOps, or cloud engineering environments
- Good infrastructure experience across Windows and/or Linux environments
- Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably AWS
- Experience with virtualisation technologies such as VMware, Hyper-V, Proxmox
- Experience supporting CI/CD platforms and automation tooling
- Scripting and automation experience using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code and configuration management concepts
- Good troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
- Experience supporting business-critical systems and services
- Ability to work effectively with development teams and technical stakeholders
- Good documentation, project and communication skills
- Experience administering source control platforms such as Perforce, GitHub, GitLab
- Experience supporting TeamCity, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or similar CI/CD platforms
- Experience with monitoring and observability platforms such as Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, or similar
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or container-based platforms
- Experience with package management platforms such as Artifactory or Nexus
- Experience supporting software development, game development, or creative production environments
- Experience migrating services from on-premises infrastructure to cloud platforms
- Understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles
Core Competencies
Demonstrates expertise in supporting and improving platform services, infrastructure management, and cloud migration. Proficient in scripting and automation, with a strong focus on CI/CD practices and operational reliability.
Highest-signal resume keywords
- Cloud Platform Experience
- Scripting and Automation with PowerShell, Python, Bash
- CI/CD Platform Support
- Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management
- Troubleshooting and Problem-Solving Skills
ATS Optimization Keywords
Hard Skills
- Platform Support
- Infrastructure Management
- Cloud Migration
- Scripting and Automation
- CI/CD Practices
- Troubleshooting
- Configuration Management
- Monitoring and Observability
- Virtualisation Technologies
- Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Soft Skills
- Communication Skills
- Project Management Skills
- Collaboration with Development Teams
Industry Keywords
- DevOps
- Infrastructure as Code
- Platform Engineering
- Business-Critical Systems
- Operational Performance
Tools & Technologies
- AWS
- VMware
- Hyper-V
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- TeamCity
- Jenkins
- GitHub
- Datadog
- Grafana


