Principal Platform Engineer

PRINCIPAL PLATFROM ENGINEER- SC CLEARED

PRINCIPAL PLATFORM ENGINEER

• Permanent opportunity for a Principal Platform Engineer who is eligible for SC Clearance
• Salary up to £105,000 DOE
• Hybrid opportunity with Newcastle based offices
• To apply, please call Laura Jackson on , or email with an up-to-date CV.

WHO ARE WE?

We're looking for an experienced Principal Platform Engineer to join one of the UK's leading technology consultancies, delivering large-scale cloud platforms for critical Public Sector programmes.

You'll be the technical authority responsible for helping shape platform strategy, defining engineering standards, influencing architecture decisions and providing hands-on technical leadership across multiple delivery teams.

We're looking for someone who enjoys solving difficult engineering problems and still loves being hands-on!

Due to the sensitive nature of the work, SC Clearance eligibility is required.

PRINCIPAL PLATFORM ENGINEER ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• Principal or Senior Platform Engineering experience
• Large scale AWS environments
• Linux
• Kubernetes
• Git
• Terraform
• Cloud platform architecture
• Technical leadership across multiple teams
• Experience leading platform engineering within large, complex enterprise environments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Eligible for SC Clearance

PRINCIPAL PLATFROM ENGINEER ESSENTIAL SKILLS

• Design and build enterprise-scale AWS platform solutions
• Remain hands-on across Linux, Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure
• Provide technical leadership across multiple engineering teams
• Influence platform architecture and cloud strategy
• Help define governance, engineering standards and best practice
• Mentor and guide Platform Engineers
• Engage directly with senior stakeholders and customers
• Support architectural decision making on complex cloud transformation programmes
• Influencing technical direction across programmes

TO BE CONSIDERED:

Please either apply through this advert or emailing me directly on For further information please call me: / . By applying for this role, you give express consent for us to process and submit (subject to required skills) your application to our client in conjunction with this vacancy only.

KEY SKILLS

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