Job Title: Platform Engineer (Contract) - INSIDE IR35
Location: Hybrid – Edinburgh
Clearance: **Active SC Clearance required**
Contract Duration: 3 Months + Extensions to 12 months (full-time, 100% allocation)
We are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to join our multidisciplinary team and play a key role in shaping and maintaining a modern, scalable platform. This is an opportunity to contribute to the full platform lifecycle – from defining requirements and building features, through to implementing best practices in development, testing, and documentation.
What you’ll do:
* Support and maintain core development tools and infrastructure, including quality assurance systems and server resource management.
* Provide guidance and best practices to development teams.
* Use modern technologies (cloud platforms, microservices, DevOps practices) to build and maintain robust, scalable systems.
* Troubleshoot and resolve technical challenges to ensure high performance, reliability, and security.
* Contribute to documentation, guides, and specifications to enable knowledge sharing across teams.
Key skills and experience:
* Programming/scripting (e.g. Python, JavaScript, Go).
* Cloud platforms, containers, microservices, DevOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
* Application and server administration.
* Automation, monitoring and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
* Cybersecurity principles for secure system design.
* Data visualisation and communication of technical insights.
* Strong technical documentation skills.
Beneficial skills:
* Problem-solving mindset with strong engineering fundamentals.
* Familiarity with the software development lifecycle.
* Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
* Curiosity, creativity, and a drive for continuous improvement.
Contract details:
* Duration: 3 Months + Ext
* Hours: 100% allocation (full-time)
* Rate: Negotiable based on experience
* IR35: - INSIDE IR35
* Clearance: SC Clearance is essential
* Location: Hybrid working, Edinburgh - amount to be confirmed.