Platform Enigneer

We’re partnering with a fast-growing, award-winning, technically-led business that is transforming how organisations across the UK manage their utility services. With a strong focus on sustainability, innovation, and simplifying the customer experience, this company offers a genuinely modern, supportive, and forward-thinking environment, where the Technology team plays a key role in driving growth.

They are now looking to hire a DevOps Engineer (experienced, "mid"-level) to join their Platform Engineering team at an exciting stage of growth, as they scale a key internal product beyond MVP. This is a fantastic opportunity for an engineer with solid foundations in DevOps who is keen to further develop their skills while working alongside experienced professionals in a collaborative setting.

Job title: Platform Engineer, DEvOps Engineer, SRE, etc.

Salary: £55,000 – £63,000 + extensive benefits package
Working Pattern: Hybrid. Flexible split between office and home. 2 days per week in the Peterlee area. Suitable locations include Durham, Hartlepool, Newcastle, Middlesbrough, Peterlee, Sunderland and surrounding areas.

The Role
This is a hands-on position where you’ll contribute to the design, build, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud infrastructure. You’ll work closely with a multidisciplinary Agile team, playing an active role in modern DevOps practices and tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate on the design of secure, scalable, and highly available, cost-optimised cloud infrastructure (Azure)
• Implement technologies using Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform)
• Monitor and manage systems for availability and performance
• Support Agile delivery through Scrum and Kanban, contributing to team rituals and processes

What We’re Looking For

• Developing and deploying via Infrastructure-as-Code, with proficiency in Terraform, YAML and ARM templates 
• Creation, monitoring and management of cloud artefacts in Microsoft Azure, using the Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) via Azure DevOps

Desirable (but not essential)

• Using AI to enhance productivity, such as code generation or coding assistance
• Ability to build and manage services deployed into Kubernetes, including container configuration and Helm charts
• Code written in C#/.NET
• Experience with scripting tools such as PowerShell, Bash, Python, or Bicep
• Understanding of observability & monitoring platforms

If you’re looking to progress your DevOps career within a collaborative, forward-thinking engineering team, this is an excellent opportunity to make a real impact.