Automation & Platform Engineer

Automation / Platform Engineer - SC Cleared

Inside IR35 - 6 month contract - Hybrid

My client is seeking to recruit an SC Cleared Automation / Platform Engineer within this role you will focus on upgrading enterprise applications across the estate and support with the design of future upgrades aligned to the growth strategy.

For this role you will have hands-on experience upgrading applications across a range of technologies in Windows and Linux environments, ideally gained in other large-scale organisations. Supported by strong automation skills, you will join a team aligned to streamlining and standardise application and infrastructure upgrades.

Core Activities

Plan, coordinate and deliver application upgrades, migrations and platform refresh activities

Ensure applications remain compliant with vendor support and security requirements

Administer applications deployed across Windows and Linux environments

Troubleshoot application, Middleware and infrastructure issues

Maintain operational documentation and runbooks

Identify opportunities to automate manual operational processes

Develop automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python, Ansible or similar tools

Build and maintain CI/CD deployment pipelines

Promote IAC along with DevOps best practices

Essential Experience

Strong experience administering enterprise applications on both Windows and Linux

Experience delivering application and platform upgrades in production environments

Experience with Scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, Python or similar tools

Experience with configuration management tools such as Ansible

Experience with application Servers, Middleware and databases

Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills