Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer Manchester - Hybrid Initial 3 month contract £500 per day (inside IR35)

Job Title: Infrastructure Platform Engineer (3-Month Contract)
Location: Manchester (Hybrid)
Rate: £500 per day (Inside IR35)
Contract Length: 3 Months

My client is looking for a skilled Infrastructure Platform Engineer for a 3-month contract based in Manchester. This is a hybrid role offering flexibility to work both remotely and on-site.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage the infrastructure for scalable and secure platform solutions.

• Oversee the deployment, configuration, and maintenance of cloud and on-premise environments.

• Ensure optimal performance, availability, and security of the platform infrastructure.

• Administer and support systems such as servers, storage, networking, and databases.

• Automate infrastructure provisioning and management through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, Ansible, or similar.

• Support monitoring and troubleshooting of infrastructure-related issues, ensuring minimal downtime.

• Collaborate with teams to assess infrastructure requirements, providing tailored solutions to meet business needs.

• Regularly update and patch systems to maintain compliance with security and performance standards.

Required Skills and Experience:

• Extensive experience as an Infrastructure Engineer or in a similar role focusing on platform engineering and infrastructure management.

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and hybrid cloud architectures.

• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or CloudFormation.

• Experience with provisioning, managing, and scaling virtualised environments, servers, and storage.

• Familiarity with networking protocols, firewalls, and load balancing.

• Solid understanding of system monitoring, logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios).

• Experience with containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration.

• Proficiency with Linux-based systems and shell scripting (Bash, Python).

• Ability to manage infrastructure security, patching, and access controls.

Desired but not Essential:

• Familiarity with hybrid cloud solutions or multi-cloud environments.

• Experience with VMware or other virtualisation technologies.

• Knowledge of ITIL practices for infrastructure management.

• Familiarity with disaster recovery and backup strategies.

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