Platform Engineer
Cell cellular Origins is seeking a Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain the network and on-prem server infrastructure powering our cell-therapy automation factory services. You will partner closely with software engineering teams to automate build tasks, create self-service environments, and promote smooth collaboration between development and operations. You’ll contribute to maintaining and extending the factory architecture—from rack-level physical layout through to servers, switching, firewalls, and storage fabrics. You’ll assist with managing our on-prem hypervisors, IaaS/PaaS layers, and containerised workloads, gaining exposure to the full stack that supports our production systems.
Working within a DevOpsSec mindset, you’ll help craft secure, repeatable deployment patterns for both the factory environment and our internal CI/CD infrastructure. This role offers a chance to broaden your skills by collaborating with electronics, robotics, and systems-engineering teams as we scale our automation platform.
Qualifications
Essential
* Practical experience deploying and maintaining servers, storage, and basic cloud resources (AWS or Azure) in either on-prem or cloud environments.
* Working knowledge of automation tools and scripting for infrastructure management (e.g., Terraform, Ansible, Python, Bash).
* Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelines—comfortable creating or modifying jobs in Git-based tools such as CircleCI or Jenkins.
* Foundational security awareness (e.g., handling secrets, following hardening checklists, basic PKI/certificate use).
* Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach when working with developers and other stakeholders.
* You have practical experience deploying infrastructure that enables dependable software delivery to cloud and on-prem environments, and you enjoy learning new technologies while working closely with teammates.
* This role will be a full-time on-site position at our campus in Melbourn.
Desirable
* Exposure to on-prem hypervisors and virtualised container platforms (Proxmox, ESXi, Docker, Kubernetes).
* Basic networking fundamentals (DHCP, DNS, VLANs, firewalls).
* Interest in robotics, electronics, or industrial automation systems.
* Familiarity with DevOpsSec principles and security considerations for regulated manufacturing environments.
Company and Role Details
Cellular Origins is part of the TTP Group, an employee-owned business. It is based on the TTP Campus, within purpose-built sustainable offices, labs and green surroundings, 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship, collaboration, and the freedom to do your best work.
Cellular Origins, a TTP Company, is enabling scalable, cost-effective and efficient manufacture of cell and gene therapies with an elegant robotic manufacturing automation solution that reduces cost and labour, eliminates human error, and increases efficiency.
Job responsibilities include designing, building, and maintaining the factory automation platform and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to scale the system.
Benefits
* Annual profit-related bonus
* 25 days holiday
* Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary
* Free lunch and all-day refreshments
* Private medical insurance for employees and dependants
* Enhanced family friendly leave
* Life insurance worth 6x salary
* Electric car leasing scheme
* Cycle to work scheme
* Season ticket loan
* Activities and community fund supporting healthy activities and clubs
* Local sports facilities and theatre discounts
Job Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
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