Introduction

Our client are a medium sized consultancy looking for a Platform Engineer to support on Defence and National Security projects.

Our client are looking for a hands-on platform / DevOps-style engineer who can build and support a secure cloud-based analytics environment used by Data Scientists in a government setting.

You will operate in a dynamic environment with varied and sometimes unfamiliar technical challenges, requiring strong problem-solving skills, adaptability, and a practical engineering mindset to deliver reliable, scalable, and secure solutions that enable data-driven outcomes for our client.

Working Patterns: This role is based full time on site in Gloucestershire.

Key responsibilities

• Contribute to high-impact initiatives centred on cloud migration and modern data management, supporting the transition of legacy systems into scalable, secure, and resilient cloud-based environments.
• Design and build robust, scalable, and secure systems, actively contributing across the full software development lifecycle - from initial requirements gathering and architectural design through to implementation, testing, deployment, and ongoing optimisation.
• Lead the design, development, testing, and deployment of a new analytics hosting platform, ensuring it meets performance, reliability, and security standards while enabling advanced data processing and machine learning capabilities.
• Diagnose and resolve defects within existing mission-critical analytics solutions, while also implementing enhancements and feature improvements to meet evolving operational needs.
• Provide hands-on engineering support to MLOps engineers and Data Scientists, addressing highly variable and sometimes unpredictable technical requirements. This may involve working with unfamiliar technologies, requiring adaptability, strong problem-solving skills, and a flexible, solutions-focused approach.

Skills & experience

• Python
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• CI/CD basics (Gitlab pipelines)
• Data science and MLOps knowledge (highly desirable)
• Spark (highly desirable)
• Scala (highly desirable)
• S3 (highly desirable)
• Graph databases (highly desirable)
• Elasticsearch (highly desirable)
• Vector stores (highly desirable)
• OIDC/OAuth (highly desirable)
• NodeJS (highly desirable)
• React (highly desirable)

Additional benefits

Our client is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcomes applications from all backgrounds.

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