SC Platform Engineer

Role- SC- Kong Connect Platform Engineer - Active Security Clearance (SC) is Mandatory

Location: Leeds, London UK (3 days in office)

Job Type: Full-Time

Relevant Experience: 10 + years

(Must have Kong Konnect API management systems experience or Similar)

Key responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable platform solutions. Including monitoring, managing and optimising cloud-based (AWS) resources.

Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering across the whole organisation.

Document all procedures and policies for maintaining and improving system infrastructure.

Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) for efficient and secure deployment and operations. Whilst also working with development teams to facilitate the deployment and operation of systems.

Skills Required:

Minimum

• Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
• Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation (e.g. Jenkins and GitHub Actions).
• Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.

An understanding of internet networking fundamentals and traffic flow, including DNS, TLS, routing, VPNs, and edge platforms such as Cloudflare.

A strong understanding of the Kong Konnect API Platform

Essential Skills

• Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.
• Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
• Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams — including designers, product managers, and analysts.
• Hands on CloudFormation scripting, troubleshooting and debugging
• Working knowledge of Chef, scripting and troubleshooting
• Experience 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.

Role- SC Kong Connect Platform Engineer - Active Security Clearance (SC) is Mandatory

Location: Leeds, London UK (3 days in office) –

Job Type: Full-Time

Salary -£75,000 - £85,000 per annum Excellent Benefits