Platform Engineer

Salary: £70,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Infrastructure Platform Engineering
• Bachelors degree in computer science, information technology, or a related field
• Solid understanding of Linux system administration, virtualization, and container technologies
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating IaC workflows with tools like GitLab CI, Jenkins, or Azure DevOps
• Hands-on experience deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters (e.g., VKS/Tanzu, EKS Anywhere, Rancher, OpenShift, etc.)
• VMware automation experience (e.g., vRealize or Aria Automation)
• Strong understanding of automation tooling and programming languages such as Python, PowerShell, Bash, Go, Ansible, etc.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, storage management, and performance tuning

Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and maintain platform offerings such as Kubernetes, server build automation, and High-Performance Computing
• Build and manage infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Helm
• Develop and maintain scalable and secure platform architectures supporting containerized, distributed, and high-performance applications
• Ensure consistent automation, provisioning, and configuration management across environments
• Collaborate with DevOps, application, and research teams to support platform enablement and project delivery
• Integrate on-premises infrastructure with hybrid/public cloud environments (e.g., Azure, AWS) to extend or federate compute resources
• Monitor, tune, and troubleshoot platform performance and availability
• Manage system upgrades, patching, backup, and disaster recovery for key infrastructure components
• Maintain compliance with security and governance standards
• Document systems architecture, runbooks, and configuration as part of a knowledge-sharing culture

Technologies:

• AWS
• Ansible
• Architect
• Azure
• Bash
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• GitLab
• Helm
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Linux
• OpenShift
• PowerShell
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• VMware

More:

We are Trafigura Group IT, providing shared services across the Trafigura group of companies and delivering services at scale where it makes economic sense. We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Platform Engineer to join our well established but growing infrastructure team in London, United Kingdom on a full-time basis. The engineer will report to the Platform Architect and join a collaborative team of six other engineers covering the Storage, Linux, and Virtualisation towers. We take pride in a diverse workforce and are an Equal Opportunity Employer.

last updated 35 week of 2026