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 transformation and operational support
• Strong emphasis on DevSecOps within highly regulated environments
• Experience working with: Air-gapped networks, Compliance-driven development ITAR-controlled systems and special access/compartmented environments
• Security considerations are Embedded throughout the development and deployment life cycle