Platform Engineer

Date Posted: 2026-06-24 • Country: United Kingdom • Location: Gloucester, South Gloucestershire • Position: Platform Engineer (Permanent, full time) • Work arrangement: Hybrid (min 3 days a week on site) • Security Clearance: SC and eDV required. About the Role As a Platform Engineer, you will deploy applications and software to cloud or on‑premises environments across various business areas, building and automating development tools, infrastructure and release pipelines. Key Responsibilities Deploy applications and software to cloud or on-prem environments.

Build and set up development tools and infrastructure. Understand project stakeholder needs. 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. Work with other engineers to ensure development follows established processes and works as intended.

Required Experience and Skills Experience working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model. Cloud technologies (AWS or Azure) and infrastructure as code (Terraform, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, etc.). Experience building and deploying large‑scale applications in Continuous Integration/Delivery pipelines, container platform 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. Benefits Competitive salary (in £).

Contributory pension scheme (up to 10.5% company contribution) and 6×salary “Life Assurance” with pension. 25 days holiday (increasing with service) plus statutory public holidays; option to buy/sell up to 5 days (37hr). 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: enhanced maternity, paternity and shared parental leave. 37‑hr working week; early Friday finish at 1.30pm. Remote, hybrid and site‑based working opportunities.

Up to 5 paid days volunteering each year. Flexible working culture focused on output; formal flexible arrangements available on request. Equal Employment Opportunity 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr