IT & Software

Senior DevOps Platform Engineer

LEAP29

London · Greater London · United Kingdom

Overview

In this role you will design, build and operate scalable cloud platforms in AWS and Kubernetes. You will automate deployments and CI/CD pipelines, supporting containerised applications and GitOps practices to improve reliability and security. You’ll work closely with development, security and architecture teams to accelerate software delivery at enterprise scale. This is a hands-on position shaping cloud infrastructure and automation across complex environments, with a focus on modern, cloud-native platforms. The opportunity centers on driving robust, automated, and secure deployment ecosystems.

Responsibilities
  • Design, build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS environments
  • Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform, CloudFormation and automation frameworks
  • Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions and GitOps
  • Manage Kubernetes platforms including EKS, container orchestration, Helm deployments and cluster optimisation
  • Support application containerisation using Docker and Kubernetes-based architectures
  • Implement GitOps delivery models using ArgoCD and Helm
  • Develop reusable automation frameworks for provisioning, configuration management and deployments
  • Improve platform reliability, scalability and security through automation and best practices
  • Support cloud migrations from traditional data centre environments into modern cloud-native platforms
  • Implement monitoring, observability and logging across distributed systems
  • Collaborate with development, security and architecture teams to improve software delivery processes
Key requirements
  • Strong commercial experience as a DevOps/Platform/Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
  • Extensive hands-on AWS experience (VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS, networking)
  • IaC experience with Terraform and/or CloudFormation
  • Kubernetes experience including EKS, Helm, RBAC, networking
  • CI/CD pipeline experience with GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar
  • Linux systems administration and cloud infrastructure knowledge
  • Containerisation with Docker and Kubernetes
  • Configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef or similar
  • Scripting in Bash, Python or PowerShell
  • Understanding of cloud security principles (IAM, encryption, vulnerability management, compliance)
  • collaboration across cross-functional teams
  • problem-solving and proactive delivery
  • communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • AWS (VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, ECS/EKS)
  • Terraform and/or CloudFormation
  • Kubernetes (EKS), Helm, RBAC

Reference: WJ-747_30143860

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