Platform Engineer 6 month FTC
Location
salford, england
Job Type
Full-time
Category
IT & Technology
Posted
May 31, 2026
Platform Engineer - 6 month fixed term contract
We offer remote working. If preferred, we can also do a hybrid approach with our offices based in Manchester, Stoke, Peterborough, Sunderland, Chesterfield and Tunbridge Wells.
Role Purpose
The Platform Engineer will support the delivery of the group’s vision for developer self‑service, containerisation, golden templates and automation. Utilising technologies such as internal developer platforms (Backstage), Kubernetes (AKS, NKP etc.), CI/CD (Azure DevOps pipelines, GitLab, Octopus etc.), GitOps (ArgoCD), Infrastructure as code (Terraform) within both on‑prem and public cloud providers.
Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities
Cloud Platforms
- Proficiency with major cloud providers primarily Azure
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and Platform as a Service (PaaS)
- Cloud services (e.g., AKS, Azure Functions, GKE)