Platform Engineer

Contract Platform Engineer (Security clearance essential) Portsmouth HQ (Fortnightly travel) Up to £580 p/d Inside IR35 Security clearance is essential We are looking to onboard an experienced Platform Engineer with a blend of technical leadership and hands-on delivery. The ideal candidate will be more focused on the hands-on Engineering (CI/CD, K8''s and Automation) with team leadership and architecture experience Ideal Candidate Profile A lead DevSecOps engineer or platform engineer who can lead technical direction, mentor teams, and still actively build solutions. The ideal candidate will have strong Kubernetes, Docker, Python, CI/CD and security expertise, plus experience delivering modern platforms in regulated, security-sensitive environments and integrating AI/ML capabilities into production system Key skills Security cleared currently (We are not able to consider candidates with lapsed clearance) Extensive experience with DevSecOps, Python, Kafka, K8''s, Docker, CI/CD and AI/MLCloud integration experience across Azure and AWS Architecture Team leadership and architecture experience AI/ML integration Key responsibilities Technical leadership and strategic direction, helping guide and support the team Hands-on engineering, designing and implementing solutions, building pipelines, automation, and platform improvements Modernising existing platforms while also maintaining current environments Work across two environments at different levels of maturity, requiring both ..... full job details .....