Roles & Responsibilities
We are seeking a skilled Platform Operations Engineer to join on a 1-year contract . The engineer will work with government agencies to support and maintain critical on-premises platforms and infrastructure, ensuring stability, performance, and modernisation of essential IT systems.
Key Responsibilities
- Maintain and support enterprise infrastructure platforms including compute, storage, virtualisation, and backup solutions.
- Implement platform standards and automation to improve reliability and efficiency.
- Support platform enhancement and infrastructure modernisation initiatives.
- Manage and optimise virtualisation platforms (VMware, Hyper-V).
- Implement and operate monitoring / observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
- Perform platform patching, backup, disaster recovery, and high availability measures.
- Provide L2 / L3 technical support for incidents and problem resolution.
- Support containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes) where required.
- Apply Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices for provisioning and configuration.
- Ensure compliance with security controls, access management, and hardening.
- Collaborate with application teams to support scalability and stability needs.
- Maintain documentation, runbooks, and SOPs for platform operations.
Requirements
Degree / Diploma in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, or related fields.Minimum 5 years of experience in infrastructure operations / engineering.Strong skills in enterprise virtualisation platforms (VMware, Hyper-V).Experience with storage systems (SAN, NAS) and enterprise backup solutions.Proficiency in Linux and Windows Server administration.Familiarity with automation tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef) and scripting (Python, PowerShell, Bash).Knowledge of networking concepts and infrastructure monitoring.Experience with containerisation and Infrastructure as Code practices.Certifications such as VCP, RHCE, Microsoft Certified (Server), or ITIL v4 are an advantage.Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.Tell employers what skills you have
Puppet
Scalability
Kubernetes
High Availability
VMware
Scripting
Reliability
Networking
Python
Docker
ITIL
Ansible
Orchestration
Disaster Recovery
Linux
Technical Support