Platform Engineer (Security)

TL;DR

Platform Engineer (Security): Designing, building, operating, and continuously improving infrastructure platforms that underpin critical services across large-scale environments, with an accent on automation, resilience, scalability, and secure operations. Focus on modernising platforms, troubleshooting complex technical issues, improving observability, and implementing reliable engineering practices across cloud and on-premises environments.

Location: UK-based role in Cheltenham, Ipswich, London, or Manchester; eligibility for UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is required. Applicants must typically be sole British citizens and have lived continuously in the UK for the previous 10 years, subject to UK Government vetting requirements.

Company

hirify.global delivers telecommunications and digital infrastructure services across the UK.

What you will do

• Design, build, support, and improve infrastructure platforms for critical services.
• Automate operational processes to reduce manual effort and increase reliability.
• Support platform modernisation and transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, and software engineering teams on technical solutions.
• Monitor platform health, optimise performance, and troubleshoot complex issues.
• Maintain technical documentation, share knowledge, and mentor engineering colleagues.

Requirements

• Eligibility for UK Developed Vetting (DV) clearance is required.
• Typically, sole British citizenship and 10 years of continuous UK residence are required, subject to government vetting.
• Strong ownership, logical thinking, analytical problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Commitment to secure, reliable, maintainable, and continuously improving engineering practices.
• Ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders and work independently when appropriate.

Nice to have

• Experience with Linux or Windows enterprise operating systems and infrastructure operations.
• Cloud or on-premises environments, automation, Infrastructure as Code, scripting, or software development.
• Virtualisation, containers, networking, platform security, monitoring, observability, or operational tooling.
• DevOps, Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, and CI/CD practices.

Culture & Benefits

• Structured technical progression pathway and industry-recognised training and development.
• Competitive DV market-aligned salary and a tiered DV allowance of up to £5,000 per year.
• 10% on-target bonus and BT pension contributions.
• Equal family leave, enhanced women’s health support, and two weeks of paid carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits including healthcare, additional annual leave, EV salary sacrifice, and cycle-to-work schemes.
• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, private virtual GP access, life assurance, and retail discounts.