DevOps Platform Engineer

Context Recruitment
London, United Kingdom
3 days ago
£90,000 – £100,000 pa

Salary

£90,000 – £100,000 pa

Posted
15 Sep 2026 (3 days ago)

DevOps Platform Engineer

Hybrid | London
Paying up to 100k + 20% bonus

We're working with an enterprise scale global entertainment organisation seeking an experienced DevOps Platform Engineer to support and enhance a modern hybrid infrastructure environment across cloud and on-premise platforms.

This is a hands-on role focused on Kubernetes, Linux administration, automation, monitoring, and platform reliability. You'll play a key part in ensuring critical systems remain secure, scalable and highly available while supporting engineering teams across a global business.

The Role
Key responsibilities include:

  • Building, managing and scaling Kubernetes clusters across cloud and on-premise environments.
  • Supporting and administering MySQL, PostgreSQL and MongoDB databases.
  • Managing monitoring, alerting and logging platforms.
  • Automating infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code and scripting.
  • Maintaining high availability and resilience across critical systems.
  • Managing access controls and permissions within cloud platforms.
  • Troubleshooting, performance tuning and platform optimisation.
  • Developing technical standards, best practices and documentation.
  • Providing technical support and guidance to internal engineering teams.


Required Experience
We're keen to speak with candidates who have experience in some or all of the following:

  • Hands-on administration of sharded MongoDB clusters.
  • Building and managing Kubernetes environments, including GKE and self-managed clusters.
  • Designing and supporting highly available, resilient infrastructure.
  • Monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, ELK Stack and rsyslog.
  • Infrastructure automation using Terraform, Ansible, Packer and Bash.
  • Strong Linux administration experience, particularly Ubuntu environments.
  • Exposure to medium or large-scale business environments.
  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
  • Ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
  • Experience collaborating with teams across multiple locations and time zones.


Hybrid | London
Paying up to 100k + 20% bonus
Must be eligible to work in the UK

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