Senior Platform Engineer

Date Posted: 2026-06-26

Location: Manchester, Lancashire, United Kingdom

Position: Senior Platform Engineer (Onsite, Hybrid, Permanent, Full Time)

Eligibility: Must hold SC and eDV clearance.

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. Our National Security Cyber business delivers mission critical solutions that safeguard our national security 24 hours a day, seven days a week, working in a mature, agile environment where SCRUM teams solve tough digital challenges.

• Deploy applications and software to cloud or on prem environments for various business areas.
• Build and set up development tools and infrastructure.
• Understand the needs of project stakeholders.
• Automate and improve development and release processes.
• Ensure systems are safe and secure against cyber security threats.
• Identify technical problems and develop software updates and solutions.
• Collaborate with other engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended.

• Experience in Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model.
• Proficiency with cloud technologies (AWS or Azure).
• Infrastructure as code knowledge (e.g., Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible).
• Experience building and deploying large scale applications in continuous integration/continuous delivery pipelines.
• Experience with container platforms and orchestration systems (ECS, AKS, Kubernetes, Helm, Docker).
• Experience with automation and integration tools such as Jenkins, Concourse CI or cloud equivalents.
• Experience in scripting languages and source control.

• Competitive salary.
• Contributory Pension Scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution).
• Life Assurance of 6 times salary with pension.
• 25 days holiday (increasing with service) + statutory public holidays, with option to buy and sell up to 5 days.
• Company bonus scheme (discretionary).
• Flexible Benefits scheme with extensive salary sacrifice options, including Health Cashplan, Dental, and Cycle to Work.
• Enhanced sick pay.
• Enhanced family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave.

• 37 hour working week, with flexible hours depending on role and site requirements.
• Early 1:30pm finish Friday, allowing an early start to the weekend.
• Remote, hybrid, and site based working opportunities depending on needs and role requirements.
• Up to 5 paid days of volunteering each year.
• Flexible working culture focused on output, with formal flexible working arrangements available on request.

RTX adheres to the principles of equal employment. All qualified applications will be given careful consideration without regard to ethnicity, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation or identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.