Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer



6-Month Extendable Contract | Remote



Banking Industry Experience Required

We are partnering with a leading financial services organisation seeking an experienced Senior Platform Engineer to join a high-performing technology team on an initial 6-month contract, with strong potential for extension.

This role is ideal for an engineer who thrives in modern cloud-native environments and has a proven track record of supporting mission-critical platforms within the banking or financial services sector.

The Role

You will play a key role in the operation, automation, and continuous improvement of a large-scale containerised platform supporting enterprise applications and digital services. Working closely with development teams, you will drive deployment automation, platform reliability, security, and operational excellence across multiple environments.

This is a hands-on engineering position requiring strong troubleshooting capability and real-world production experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage and support Kubernetes-based application platforms in production environments.
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines to improve deployment efficiency and reliability.
• Support development teams with application onboarding, deployment processes, and platform best practices.
• Implement and maintain GitOps practices for application delivery and infrastructure management.
• Ensure platform stability, scalability, performance, and security.
• Configure and manage secrets management solutions and secure application integrations.
• Investigate and resolve complex platform, infrastructure, and deployment issues.
• Contribute to automation initiatives and platform standardisation across the engineering landscape.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement activities.
  
  

Required Experience

• 5+ years' experience within Platform Engineering, DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), or similar disciplines.
• 3+ years of hands-on Kubernetes administration in enterprise production environments.
• Strong experience with:
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Argo CD
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • Docker / Container Technologies
  • Linux Administration
  • Bash and/or Python scripting
  • Git and Infrastructure Automation
• Proven experience supporting microservices-based environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and production support capability.
• Experience working within highly regulated environments.
  
  

Mandatory Requirements

Previous Banking or Financial Services experience

Strong Kubernetes and cloud-native platform engineering background

Experience working in production environments supporting business-critical applications

Desirable

• Oracle Kubernetes Engine (OKE)
• Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)
• Terraform
• Prometheus & Grafana
• Keycloak or ForgeRock
• SSO, OIDC, and IAM solutions
• Disaster Recovery and High Availability environments
  
  

Contract Details

• Initial 6-Month Contract
• Strong likelihood of extension
• Fully Remote
• Immediate or Short Notice Preferred

If you have a strong background in Platform Engineering, Kubernetes, GitOps, and DevOps tooling within the banking sector, we'd love to hear from you.

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