Job Description: IKP Platform Engineer (Kubernetes + Automation)
Rate: Up to £500 per day (Inside IR35)
Location: Sheffield - (3 days in office)
Duration: 6 month contract
Role Overview:
The IKP Engineering Team is responsible for the end-to-end operation, automation and enhancement of a large-scale hybrid server estate supporting business-critical workloads. This is a mixed engineering role, where team members contribute across fulfilment, implementation, platform maintenance, automation, and continuous improvement activities.
The engineer will work across a broad technical landscape including 9,000+ virtual machines, 3,000+ physical Servers, and large Kubernetes-based environments-requiring strong hands-on skills and the ability to operate cloud-native platforms at scale.
Key Responsibilities:
1. Deliver engineering, fulfilment and operational tasks across the IKP platform-no dedicated silos; all engineers support the full life cycle.
2. Operate and maintain large-scale Kubernetes (K8s) environments, ensuring reliability, performance and proactive platform hygiene.
3. Perform hands-on implementation and configuration changes, including production changes during weekends when required.
4. Automate operational and fulfilment tasks to drive efficiency and reduce manual effort using...