SC Cleared Platform Engineer

I'm looking for 2x experienced Senior Platform Engineers with Active SC Clearance to help enhance and support my client's cloud-native infrastructure. You'll be working within a small, high-performing team to deliver secure, scalable, and well-automated platform capabilities on AWS.

This role is ideal for someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, driving automation, and improving the developer experience through robust CI/CD and Kubernetes practices.

Rate: £625 - £650 / day Outside IR35

Location: Manchester (2-3 days / week on-site)

Contract: 3-6 months

Experience Required:

• Strong background in AWS (EKS, EC2, IAM, networking, security groups, etc.)

• Solid Kubernetes expertise (Helm, manifests, troubleshooting, upgrades)

• Proven experience with GitLab CI/CD runners (autoscaling, Docker, configuration)

• Strong knowledge of Terraform or other IaC tooling

• Experience with containerisation and image management (Docker, ECR)

• Familiar with observability and logging tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, etc.)

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Experience supporting and mentoring junior engineers in a fast-paced environment, fostering knowledge-sharing and best practices

We'll be looking to conduct a one-stage interview process over the next week, so please don't hesitate to apply now for more information!