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Senior Platform Engineer Azure AKS SaaS

Summary

Build and maintain Azure-based Kubernetes platforms for a SaaS product, using Terraform, PowerShell, and CI/CD pipelines.

Salary: £95,000 - 95,000 per year

Requirements:
  • We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer with deep Azure expertise.
  • We need strong experience building and supporting large-scale Azure platforms.
  • We need expertise with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
  • We need strong Infrastructure-as-Code experience using Terraform.
  • We need advanced PowerShell scripting and automation skills.
  • We need experience with CI/CD pipelines and modern DevOps practices.
  • We need a strong understanding of cloud networking, security, monitoring, and high-availability environments.
  • We need excellent troubleshooting skills and experience supporting mission-critical production environments.
  • We value collaborative problem-solving and the ability to provide simple solutions to complex problems.
  • We are looking for someone comfortable in a senior role who can provide some mentoring.
Responsibilities:
  • We design, build, and optimise highly available Azure infrastructure.
  • We ensure our platform remains secure, resilient, and scalable as demand grows.
  • We automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operational processes.
  • We drive improvements across the software delivery lifecycle while reducing operational overhead.
  • We collaborate with engineering teams to help shape platform architecture.
  • We improve observability and performance across the platform.
  • We champion Infrastructure-as-Code and DevOps best practices.
  • We solve complex technical challenges in a hands-on role.
  • We support the reliability and evolution of our mission-critical cloud platform.
Technologies:
  • Azure
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud
  • DevOps
  • Support
  • Kubernetes
  • PowerShell
  • Security
  • Terraform

More:

We are a technology-driven FinTech operating a mission-critical cloud platform at serious scale, spanning more than 250 nodes and processing over 32 million requests every day. This is a flexible hybrid role based around our Reigate office, where you will join us twice a week for team meet-ups and stakeholder meetings, with the other three days working from home. You must live within one hour of Reigate. We offer a salary of up to £95k plus bonus, enhanced parental leave, 25 days holiday plus buy days and your birthday off, pension contributions of up to 10%, health care and life assurance, training and career development, social events, and a range of other perks.

last updated 32 week of 2026

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