Infrastructure Engineer / Platform Architect

DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer - Detailed Job Description

Role Overview

An opportunity for a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer to play a key role in delivering and supporting mission-critical systems within a highly automated environment. You will take ownership of the infrastructure layer, ensuring systems are secure, scalable, resilient, and fully aligned to customer and project requirements.

This role blends hands-on engineering with architectural design, working across the full lifecycle-from initial solution design through to deployment, monitoring, and ongoing optimisation. You will collaborate closely with software engineers, delivery teams, support functions, and customer IT stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Infrastructure Architecture & Design

Design end-to-end infrastructure solutions across on-premise, hybrid, and cloud environments

Define compute, storage, networking, virtualisation, and disaster recovery architectures

Produce technical documentation including solution designs, network diagrams, and sizing specifications

Align infrastructure designs with customer IT policies, security standards, and operational constraints

DevOps & Deployment

Own and optimise CI/CD pipelines to support consistent, automated software delivery

Manage build, release, and deployment processes across development, staging, and production environments

Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or equivalent

Drive best practices for environment consistency, configuration management, and release governance

Cyber Security & Compliance

Ensure infrastructure is secure by design, incorporating system hardening and access controls

Manage vulnerability remediation, patching strategies, and security updates

Embed security within the software delivery lifecycle (DevSecOps principles)

Support audits and ensure compliance with recognised frameworks (e.g., ISO 27001, Cyber Essentials)

Lead incident response and root cause analysis for security and infrastructure-related events

Monitoring, Reliability & Support

Implement monitoring, alerting, and observability across infrastructure and applications

Define SLAs/SLOs and ensure systems meet availability and performance requirements

Provide 3rd line support and escalation for complex infrastructure issues

Conduct capacity planning, performance tuning, and reliability improvements

Lifecycle & Maintenance

Manage patching cycles across operating systems, databases, and middleware

Maintain infrastructure inventory, documentation, and lifecycle roadmaps

Develop disaster recovery plans and operational runbooks

Ensure systems remain supportable, secure, and up to date throughout their lifecycle

Skills & Experience

Essential

Strong experience in DevOps, Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering roles

Expertise in Linux and Windows Server administration

Hands-on experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) and version control (Git)

Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible or similar)

Scripting/automation skills (PowerShell, Python, Bash)

Knowledge of virtualisation technologies (VMware, Hyper-V)

Understanding of networking concepts (VLANs, firewalls, VPNs) and enterprise storage

Experience with databases and messaging systems (PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ)

Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)

Strong understanding of cyber security best practices, patching, and vulnerability management

Ability to produce clear technical documentation and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Desirable

Experience working in industrial, manufacturing, or logistics environments

Knowledge of warehouse or automation systems and integrations (ERP, WMS, PLC/SCADA)

Cloud experience (Azure) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)

Familiarity with ITIL processes (incident, change, problem management)

Relevant certifications (e.g., VMware, Security+, CISSP, Terraform)

Personal Attributes

Strong ownership and accountability for delivering robust infrastructure solutions

Pragmatic problem-solver with the ability to balance technical excellence and delivery timelines

Effective communicator able to bridge software, infrastructure, and customer stakeholders

Comfortable working in a project-driven, customer-facing environment

Flexible approach with occasional travel and out-of-hours support for deployments

Summary

This role offers the opportunity to work on complex, high-availability systems where infrastructure is critical to operational success. You will play a central role in shaping DevOps practices, improving system reliability, and delivering high-quality solutions across a range of technically challenging environments.

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