Platform Engineer - Kubernetes focused

Reference: 170726KS_1784304065

Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes) | Contract

We're partnering with a leading organisation seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to help develop, automate and scale their cloud-native infrastructure environment.

This is an excellent opportunity for an engineer who enjoys building robust Kubernetes platforms, driving automation, and working with modern cloud technologies in a highly collaborative environment.

What You'll Be Doing

  • Design, build and support Kubernetes-based platform infrastructure.
  • Drive automation across infrastructure and operational processes using Infrastructure as Code principles.
  • Develop and maintain tooling using technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Python and Go.
  • Enhance platform reliability, scalability, security and performance.
  • Implement and improve observability, monitoring and alerting solutions.
  • Work closely with engineering teams to support cloud-native application deployments.
  • Contribute to CI/CD and GitOps-driven delivery practices.
  • Research and introduce new technologies and best practices across the platform estate.
  • Explore opportunities to leverage AI and automation to improve engineering efficiency and operational excellence.

What We're Looking For

  • Strong experience within Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, DevOps or Site Reliability Engineering.
  • Proven hands-on experience running Kubernetes in production environments.
  • Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling, including Terraform and Ansible.
  • Development or scripting experience with Python, Go or similar technologies.
  • Experience with cloud-native tooling, containers, CI/CD pipelines and GitOps methodologies.
  • Good understanding of networking concepts including DNS, load balancing, ingress/egress, TLS and firewalls.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Ability to work effectively within fast-paced, collaborative engineering teams.

Desirable Experience

  • Kubernetes certifications such as CKA.
  • Experience with Kubernetes security, governance and policy management.
  • Exposure to service mesh technologies.
  • Cloud platform certifications across AWS, Azure or GCP.
  • Experience introducing new technologies and driving platform improvements at scale.

Apply Now

If you're a skilled Kubernetes / Platform Engineer looking for your next contract opportunity and enjoy working with modern cloud technologies, we'd love to hear from you.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

COMPETITIVE SALARY
Added 17/07/2026
Reference: 170726KS_1784304065

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