Platform Engineer

Location/s: London, UK
Recruiter contact: Alice Roostan

Mott MacDonald is a global engineering, management, and development consultancy with over 20,000 employees across more than 50 countries and 140+ offices. 

We work across incredible global industries, delivering exciting work that is defining our future and making an important societal impact in the communities we serve. Our people power our performance – we succeed when they do. With countless opportunities to collaborate, learn, and grow, the possibilities for excellence are as varied as every individual. 

Whether you want to grow as a subject matter expert or broaden your experience with roles across our international community, you’re surrounded by global specialists who want to combine their expertise and champion you to be your best. As a proudly employee-owned business, we benefit our clients, our communities, and each other, investing in creating the right space for everyone to feel empowered, included, and valued. Whatever your ambition, Mott MacDonald is where people come to be brilliant.

Overview of the role

We are looking for a highly motivated individual to become a Senior Platform Engineer within our Digital Unit. The home office location is London, where you will join and become a key part of our global team and business.

We help our client’s put information at the heart of what they do and derive ever greater value from it. Our focus is the provision of outcome focused, game-changing results. This is powered by a unique combination of domain plus digital expertise, harnessing 120 years of engineering legacy alongside the power of cutting-edge technology, from both Mott MacDonald and our partners. By ‘connecting innovation to outcomes' we can continue to enable better outcomes across the planning, delivery, and operation of our client's asset base.

Key responsibilities and duties include:

• Design, build and maintain a scalable and reliable internal developer platform
• Develop and manage infrastructure as code using Terraform
• Implement and manage Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration
• Automate CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions
• Work with the Product Manager to understand software developers needs and provide appropriate platform solutions
• Ensure high availability and disaster recovery for platform services
• Monitor and optimize platform performance and resource utilization
• Implement security best practices and compliance measures
• Document platform architecture, processes, and procedures