Platform Engineer - #2085952

Urgent Hiring: Platform Engineer – Glasgow (Contract)

Job Title: Platform Engineer

Location: Glasgow (5 days onsite)

Contract Type: Inside IR35

No. of Openings: 8

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate Envoy and Kong API gateway infrastructure serving production traffic
• Develop Go-based control-plane services (xDS controllers, gRPC APIs, Kubernetes controllers)
• Implement OPA policies (Rego) for gateway-level authorization
• Manage GitOps deployments via ArgoCD and Helm in multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
• Build and enhance OpenTelemetry pipelines (Dynatrace, Splunk SIEM)
• Automate WAF/CDN configurations (Akamai, Cloudflare) using WAF-as-code approaches
• Collaborate with teams to onboard and migrate traffic from legacy systems
• Support incident response, production readiness, and operational excellence
• Promote best practices in engineering, testing, and observability-first design

Required Skills

• 8+ years of experience with a degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• Strong expertise in Envoy Proxy and/or Kong API Gateway
• Advanced Go programming (concurrency, gRPC, Kubernetes client-go)
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS/on-prem) and GitOps practices
• Deep knowledge of OAuth2, OIDC, PKCE, mTLS, and session management
• Experience with OpenTelemetry, Dynatrace, Splunk SIEM
• Strong understanding of networking (L3–L7) and distributed systems
• Exposure to PostgreSQL, Kafka, CDN/WAF platforms, DNS steering, TLS lifecycle

Nice to Have

• Experience with TypeScript/React (dashboard development)
• AWS services (EKS, MSK, Lambda, Network Firewall)
• CI/CD pipelines (Bitbucket) and advanced GitOps workflows
• Knowledge of identity platforms (ForgeRock, SAML) and modern auth protocols

Ideal Candidate

A hands-on engineer passionate about building high-scale, low-latency, resilient platform services, with strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative mindset.

Apply now or reach out directly for a fast-track process. Immediate joiners preferred.