Senior Platform Engineer (12 month FTC)

Job summary

The Senior Platform Engineer role is centered on maintaining and optimizing critical infrastructure within the Time & Frequency department, with a strong emphasis on automation and DevOps practices. Responsibilities include administering VMware environments, managing Windows Server systems, and developing automation capabilities through scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). The position also plays a vital role in disaster recovery and business continuity planning.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, deploying, administering, and supporting VMware environments, including ESXi, vCenter, and vSAN.
• Experience administering Windows Server in enterprise environments, including the design, implementation, and support of Microsoft services such as Active Directory, Group Policy, and PKI.
• Experience supporting VDI environments.
• Strong scripting and automation skills using one or more of PowerShell, Ansible, Bash, Python, or Terraform.
• Experience designing, implementing, maintaining, and supporting secure, resilient, and highly available systems.
• Experience producing technical documentation, operational procedures/runbooks, and implementation plans.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and engagement skills.
• Demonstrable experience in a senior infrastructure, platform engineering, systems administration, or technical consultancy role.

Responsibilities

• Administering, maintaining, and optimising VMware vCenter and vSAN environments.
• Supporting and developing VDI platforms.
• Managing Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, Trusts, DNS, Group Policy, PKI, certificate services, and security hardening.
• Designing, implementing, and supporting resilient, highly available infrastructure solutions.
• Troubleshooting complex infrastructure, platform, and network issues.
• Delivering upgrades, migrations, patching, and lifecycle management activities.
• Developing automation and orchestration capabilities using scripting and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
• Supporting enterprise security initiatives, including privileged access management, monitoring, logging, and data protection.
• Producing technical documentation, operational procedures, and support runbooks.
• Contributing to disaster recovery, business continuity, and redundancy planning.

Skills

Certifications

Travel

Contract length

Security clearance

Relocation