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Senior Platform Engineer (linux)

National Physical Laboratory · Teddington, ENG, United Kingdom
Teddington, ENG, United KingdomOnsite
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Teddington, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified

Job summary

The Senior Platform Engineer role focuses on building and supporting secure, resilient platforms for telecommunications security research. Key responsibilities include engineering Linux-based infrastructure, managing virtualization and container platforms, and automating processes using tools like Terraform and Ansible, while ensuring platform security and troubleshooting complex issues.

Benefits

Enhanced pension schemeFlexible working

Qualifications

  • Strong Linux systems administration and platform engineering experience
  • Expertise in Docker, Kubernetes, virtualization and cloud technologies (particularly Azure)
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code, automation and CI/CD pipelines
  • Knowledge of enterprise technologies such as Citrix, monitoring and observability tools
  • Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving and communication skills

Responsibilities

  • Engineer and support Linux-based infrastructure across on-premises and cloud environments
  • Manage virtualization, container platforms and storage technologies
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure-as-Code solutions
  • Automate operational processes using tools such as Terraform, Ansible and scripting languages
  • Implement platform security, RBAC, secrets management and monitoring solutions
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and provide expert technical support
  • Collaborate with security researchers, engineers and operational teams to deliver reliable, scalable platforms

Skills

AnsibleAzureDockerKubernetesLinuxOpenStackTerraform

Certifications

SC clearance

Security clearance

SC clearance

Relocation

No