Platform Engineer Full Time NEW

City, Leeds
Syntax Consultancy Ltd

Platform Engineer – CloudFormation or Terraform

Leeds (Hybrid)

Permanent

£70,000- £75,000 + Benefits

Platform Engineer needed with active SC Security Clearance and good experience Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform. for a permanent position in Leeds (Hybrid). Start ideally in May 2026.

A chance to work with a leading global IT transformation business specialising in delivering large-scale Government digital modernisation projects.

Hybrid Working 2 days/week remote (WFH), and 3 days/week working on-site from the Leeds office.

Key skills, experience + duties to include:

• Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
• Good understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation, ei.e. Jenkins and GitHub Actions.
• Hands on CloudFormation scripting, troubleshooting and debugging.
• Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.
• Using Automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
• Work closely with both engineers and product teams and including Designers, Product Managers and Analysts.
• Working knowledge of Chef, scripting and troubleshooting and with Python scripting and troubleshooting
• Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch), deployments, groovy scripting
• Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services
• Experience with AWS services EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG, etc.
• Active SC Security Clearance used last 12 months.
• Government, GDS, (url removed) domain experience is strongly preferred.
• Benefits: Salary 70k-75k (DOE) + Hybrid + Bonus + Pension + 22 days holiday + BHs (rising to 25 days) + Death in Service + Health Care Plan + More.