Platform Engineer
| Posting date: | 19 August 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 September 2025 |
| Location: | Cardiff, Cardiff, CF10 1EP |
| Remote working: | Hybrid - work remotely up to 4 days per week |
| Company: | Hays Specialist Recruitment |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4717359_1755617856 |
Summary
Hays are supporting a Cardiff-based professional services business who are recruiting for 2x Platform Engineer / DevOps Engineers. The roles are initially 12-month fixed-term contracts but could go permanent / extend. The roles offer flexible hybrid working going on site as and when required, but this could be between a couple of times a week to a couple of times a month. The salary range, depending on experience is between £40k - £58k.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Designing and implementing DevOps and automation solutions across development and testing.
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, including infrastructure-as-code.
- Supporting cloud and on-prem delivery with reusable platform components to streamline workflows.
- Collaborating with Change teams to embed tools and processes for fast, safe software delivery.
- Enabling automated non-functional testing (e.g. security, performance) through platform features.
- Advocating DevOps best practices and mentoring teams on platform use, security, and metrics.
- Driving a platform-as-product mindset focused on self-service, scalability, and developer experience.
What you'll need:
- Solid experience with Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines, Boards, Artifacts)
- Strong grasp of DevOps and CI/CD across hybrid environments
- Skilled in Git, scripting (PowerShell/Bash), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Bicep)
- Familiar with containerisation (Docker) and microservices delivery
- Comfortable working across cloud and on-premise setups
- Understanding of secure development practices and performance-focused testing
In return, you'll be part of a tech-led team where innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning are at the heart of everything. Your ideas will shape how we deliver real value through technology in a supportive, forward-thinking environment. You'll be able to work in a remote / hybrid flexible working pattern going on site in central Cardiff as and when required for team meetings and receive a salary depending on experience between c£40k - £58k + benefits.
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