Platform Engineer

Overview

Hamiltonian Dynamics is a growing technology company working across Defence and Cyber Security, delivering software solutions for high-assurance environments. With teams based in Gloucestershire, Manchester, and London, we are expanding our platform capability and are looking for Platform Engineers to join us.

• Build and maintain secure, repeatable infrastructure using automation and IaC
• Operate and improve containerised platforms and cloud environments
• Support CI/CD pipelines and developer workflows
• Improve observability, reliability, and operational resilience
• Collaborate across teams to evolve platform standards and tooling

Experience in one or more of the following, with openness to learning new tools:

• Infrastructure as Code and automation (e.g. Terraform, Ansible)
• Containerisation and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure)
• CI/CD tools and modern delivery practices
• Logging, monitoring, and tracing (e.g. Elastic Stack, Grafana, Jaeger)
• Familiarity with CNCF tools and cloud-native best practices

• UK citizen with at least 10 years UK residency
• Must already hold high-level UK security clearance
• Willing to travel to customer sites in Gloucestershire, Manchester, or London

• Salary band: £40,, depending on experience (we may consider more junior or more senior outside this range for the right candidate)
• 10% Clearance Bonus
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
• Buy or sell up to 5 days leave per year
• 8% employer pension contribution
• BUPA health cover
• Life cover of 4× salary
• EV car scheme via salary sacrifice
• EMI share scheme
• Flexible working and flexi-time
• 10 days per year training allowance

Every employee has an individual training and career development plan. We recognise that everyone learns differently and we actively support long-term growth.

• A 30-minute introductory chat with our recruiter, Sarah
• A 1-hour Microsoft Teams interview or on-site interview with two members of the team
• An informal conversation with two of our Founders
• We believe open, organic conversations are the best way for both sides to decide if the role is the right fit.