Platform Engineer - Portsmouth

Salary: £? - ? per year

Requirements

• Strong experience in DevOps or Platform Engineering roles within enterprise or secure environments
• Proven expertise in CI/CD pipeline development and automation
• Proven expertise in Kubernetes and Docker
• Proven expertise in Bash, Linux, or Python scripting
• Proven expertise in infrastructure automation and containerisation
• Experience working within DevSecOps practices, including security scanning and compliance tooling
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms
• Strong understanding of DevOps culture and modern engineering practices
• Experience supporting platform modernisation or legacy-to-modern migrations
• Active SC Security Clearance required
• Desirable: Apache Kafka
• Desirable: AI/ML model integration within platform environments
• Desirable: Exposure to ITAR, defence, or highly regulated systems
• Desirable: Experience operating in environments with multiple maturity levels across platforms

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines in a DevSecOps environment
• Drive automation across infrastructure, deployment, and platform operations
• Work hands-on with Kubernetes, Docker, and containerised workloads
• Support and evolve platforms across AWS and Azure environments
• Implement secure development practices, including security scanning and compliance controls
• Contribute to platform modernisation and maturity uplift across two environments at different stages
• Operate within air-gapped and restricted access environments, including ITAR and special access considerations
• Integrate and support AI/ML models within platform architecture
• Provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with delivery
• Lead technical direction and platform evolution
• Support and guide engineering teams

Technologies

• AI
• AWS
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevSecOps
• DevOps
• Docker
• Support
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• Python
• Security

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We are hiring a Platform Engineer / DevOps Specialist to join a highly secure and complex engineering environment. This is a 6-month+ contract based in Portsmouth with a hybrid working pattern of 2 days every other week on site and the remainder remote. The role sits at the intersection of hands-on DevOps engineering and technical leadership, with an approximate 60/40 split between delivery and direction. We support the modernisation and maturity uplift of critical platforms across AWS and Azure, and our work includes secure environments with air-gapped and restricted access considerations. This position is inside IR35 and offers the opportunity to contribute to platform evolution while remaining actively involved in hands-on engineering delivery.

last updated 28 week of 2026