IT Platform Engineer

IT Platform Engineer

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Come and join the Littlefish team!

Work location: Nottingham or Sheffield Hybrid (1 day per week, the current team collaboration day is Wednesday)

Salary: Up to £70,000

Must be eligible for SC Clearance (UK resident for the last 5 years) and NPPV2 clearance

Here at Littlefish, we look for people who can make a real difference and become a giant slayer. As the world around us continues to change, we look for people who grab that change with optimism and excitement. These are the passionate and high performing people who enjoy and thrive on thinking outside the box.

Our current employees are the giant slayers who have made Littlefish who we are today, and you will be the future employees who continue to add the drive, passion, and add to our skills and experience as we see Littlefish grow.

So, if this is ticking your boxes and you are excited at the thought of working with creative, passionate, energetic, friendly people- we would love to hear from you.

The role and what you'll be getting up to on a day to day basis:

We're looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to join our Infrastructure team, working at the heart of our client environments and cloud platforms.

This is a role for someone who's just as comfortable deep in IaC, Azure and automation as they are shaping solutions, mentoring engineers, and influencing customers. You'll play a key part in how we evolve our platform capability - technically and commercially.

You will:

You'll operate as a senior engineer within a client-aligned team, balancing hands-on technical delivery with thought leadership and mentoring.

• Designing, building and managing Azure platforms using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or Bicep)
• Owning complex incidents, changes and escalations across customer environments
• Driving improvements in automation, security and platform consistency
• Supporting vulnerability management and security configuration across cloud environments
• Drive observability across cloud services using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and application insights
• Acting as a technical escalation point for engineers across the team
• Contributing to technical roadmaps, best practice and standards
• Leading or supporting onboarding of new customers and complex projects
• Producing design documentation and contributing to pre-sales and solution shaping
• Building trusted advisor relationships with key customers, helping them get more from their platforms

Who you are:

You're an experienced infrastructure or platform engineer with a strong Azure and automation background, and you enjoy working across both delivery and design.

• Experience in a platform/infrastructure engineering role
• Strong Azure knowledge across IaaS, PaaS and cloud-native services
• Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred, Bicep also considered)
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or similar)
• Solid understanding of:
  • Identity (Entra ID/AD)
  • Networking and security
  • SaaS/PaaS integrations
• Experience with containerisation (Docker, Azure Container Apps)
• Strong Scripting capability (PowerShell essential)
• Comfortable working across Windows and basic Linux environments
• Experience working within structured environments (incident, change, problem management)

Nice to haves:

• Familiarity with vulnerability management and security configuration across cloud environments whilst implementing security best practices utilising MS Defender, Entra ID & Azure Policy
• Exposure to Kubernetes/AKS
• Experience with GitOps or automation tooling (eg Ansible, Flux, ArgoCD)
• Azure certifications (AZ-104 & AZ-400 or equivalent is preferable)

You'll also be:

• A strong communicator, able to explain technical concepts clearly
• Comfortable mentoring and supporting other engineers
• Able to prioritise and manage multiple workstreams

What can we offer you?

• Referral bonus scheme of £1000 when you successfully refer a friend.
• Access to our LinkedIn Learning platform, with over 16000 expert-led online tutorials to enhance and achieve your personal and professional goals.
• Healthcare cash plan. This will give you access to online GP appointments, 24/7 access to qualified counsellors and cash back against a range of general healthcare
• Casual dress policy
• Company Pension Scheme
• Company social events
• 25 days annual leave plus public/bank holidays
• Purchase of annual leave scheme

Life at Littlefish:

Our company values shape who we are as a business, what we stand for and how we work. Hiring people with our values at heart, is very important as we see Littlefish grow.

I am High Performing- I like to raise the bar, we look at creating opportunities to increase quality and improve efficiency, we strive for service excellence.

I am Passionate- We build team success and celebrate them together, I am enthusiastic and energetic, I care about the people I work with and we support one another.

I Have a Can-Do Attitude- I am not afraid to step outside my comfort zone, we are not afraid to challenge status quo, we get stuff done!

I am Cyber Conscious - I am vigilant, responsible, and proactive in protecting our people, customers and organisation from Cyber threats.

So, if you feel like you can make a tangible difference, apply today, and join us on this journey.

Here at Littlefish we aim to be somewhere everyone can be themselves. We are committed to encouraging a diverse and inclusive community where everyone irrespective of who they are, or their background, can feel equal and supported.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Please get in touch if you are concerned about any difficulties you may face during your recruitment process, so we adjust accordingly.

Part of our application process includes a set of ED&I (Equality, diversity and inclusion) questions. Please note, each question has a prefer not to say option)