Platform Engineer

Company: SmartChoice International Limited
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Location: Glasgow
Job Description:

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
  • 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
  • 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.

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Posted: June 13th, 2026