Junior DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer

Clarify Consultancy Ltd
Leyland, Lancashire, PR25 2EX, United Kingdom
Last week
£30,000 – £40,000 pa

Salary

£30,000 – £40,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Location
Hybrid
Seniority
Junior
Posted
19 May 2026 (Last week)

Benefits

Hybrid working Competitive benefits package

We are currently working with a growing technology business in the healthcare software space who are looking to add a Junior DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer to their engineering team.

This is a great opportunity for someone with some commercial experience in infrastructure, cloud, DevOps, or support engineering who is looking to develop their skills further in a modern cloud-native environment.

The business is investing heavily in new cloud-based products and platforms, and they’re looking for someone who is eager to learn, enjoys problem-solving, and wants to build a long-term career within DevOps and platform engineering.

The Role

You’ll work alongside experienced engineers to help:

* Support and maintain cloud-based infrastructure

* Assist with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

* Support Kubernetes environments and containerised applications

* Monitor platform performance and troubleshoot issues

* Improve operational processes and automation

* Support system reliability, logging, and monitoring tools

* Work closely with development teams to improve delivery workflows

This role offers plenty of hands-on learning and the chance to gain exposure to modern DevOps practices and technologies.

Tech Environment

You’ll gain exposure to technologies including:

* Kubernetes

* Linux

* CI/CD pipelines

* Git & GitOps tooling

* Cloud infrastructure

* MongoDB / PostgreSQL

* Kafka

* OpenSearch

* Bash / PowerShell scripting

What They’re Looking For

The client is open to candidates from backgrounds such as:

* Junior DevOps Engineering

* Infrastructure / Support Engineering

* Systems Administration

* Cloud Support

* Platform Support

You’ll ideally have:

* Some commercial IT or infrastructure experience

* Basic Linux knowledge

* Understanding of cloud platforms or DevOps concepts

* Exposure to scripting or automation

* Interest in CI/CD, containers, or Kubernetes

* Strong willingness to learn and develop technically

Any experience with cloud platforms, containers, Git, or automation tools would be a bonus.

Why Apply?

Excellent opportunity to break into DevOps / Platform Engineering, modern technology stack and cloud-native environment, supportive team with mentorship from experienced Engineers, genuine progression and career development opportunities, stable and growing technology business, hybrid working and competitive benefits package.

If you’re looking to take the next step in your infrastructure or cloud career and want exposure to modern DevOps technologies, then this role could be perfect for you

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