Senior Platform Engineer
Summary
Build and deploy large-scale applications on cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) using IaC and CI/CD pipelines, with container orchestration in a secure government environment.
Salary: £50,000 - 90,000 per year
Requirements:- Willing and eligible to hold SC and eDV clearance
- Experience of working in an Agile, SCRUM or DevOps delivery model
- Experience with cloud technologies such as AWS or Azure
- Experience with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform, Puppet, Chef or Ansible
- Experience building and deploying large-scale applications in Continuous Integration and Delivery pipelines
- Experience with container platforms and orchestration systems such as ECS, AKS, Kubernetes, Helm or Docker
- Experience with automation and integration tools such as Jenkins, Concourse CI or cloud equivalents
- Experience with scripting languages and source control
- Build and set up development tools and infrastructure
- Understand the needs of project stakeholders
- Automate and improve development and release processes
- Ensure systems are safe and secure against cyber security threats
- Identify technical problems and develop software updates and solutions
- Work with other engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended
- AWS
- Ansible
- Azure
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Docker
- Helm
- Jenkins
- Kubernetes
- Puppet
- Security
- Terraform
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We are Raytheon UK, a leader in defence and aerospace technology, and our National Security Cyber business delivers mission-critical solutions that safeguard national security around the clock. We work in a mature, agile environment where our SCRUM teams collaborate closely with customers to solve complex digital challenges. This is a permanent, full-time Senior Platform Engineer role based in Gloucester, working hybrid with a minimum of three days per week on site.
last updated 32 week of 2026