Platform Engineer

About The Role

As a Platform Engineer at BigHand, you will sit at the heart of our transformation into a truly cloud-native, AI-enabled SaaS organization. You will help modernize our platforms while strengthening our cloud, operational, and security capabilities.

Your Responsibilities

• Design & Build: Design, build, and operate highly available SaaS platforms supporting cloud migration, containerization (Kubernetes/Docker), and modern PaaS/Iaas architectures.
• Infrasture as Code: Develop and maintain IaC using Terraform to standardise, secure, and scale deployments via automation tooling.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Engineering, and Architecture teams to deliver secure platforms aligned with business goals.
• Operations & Security: Lead platform operations including incident management, observability, patching, upgrades, embedding security best practices (OWASP, ISO27001, SOC2), and vulnerability management.

We're Looking For

• Cloud Expertise: Significant hands-on experience (5+ years) in Platform Engineering or DevOps with a background in Azure, AWS, or GCP.
• Scripting & Automation: Strong scripting skills, ideally PowerShell and Bash, to automate workflows.
• Containerization: Experience managing container orchestration and CI/CD pipelines.

What We Offer

We offer a values-driven environment with 15 days of holiday plus extra time off during the holidays. Benefits include medical insurance, wellbeing leave, mental health support via online therapy, volunteer opportunities, family benefits (maternity/paternity), and remote-working arrangements.