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Job Title: Platform Engineer

Role Type: Contract

Contract Length: 6 months initial

Location: Telford (Hybrid)

Our client is seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join their transformation journey as they modernise and sustain a critical integration estate supporting hundreds of billions of secure transactions annually.

Responsibilities:

Lead infrastructure operations with a focus on physical kit and Linux server management
Maintain resilient, secure system communications
Support legacy systems while enabling future transformationKey Experience:

Strong hands-on technical leadership with ITIL-aligned service management
Deep expertise in networking, hardware, virtualization, storage, and cyber tooling
Proven experience with Windows/Linux environments, AD, DNS, PKI, Exchange, SQL, and more
Skilled in incident response, vulnerability patching, SIEM, CI/CD, and IAM

If you're passionate about infrastructure and ready to shape the future of enterprise integration, fire over an up-to-date copy of your CV and apply now

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