Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer Overview

This role focuses on platform engineering within cloud environments, with responsibility for designing, building, and maintaining the infrastructure and technology foundations that support software applications and services. The position sits within Capgemini’s cloud infrastructure management community and is aimed at an experienced professional who can contribute both technically and collaboratively to platform outcomes.

What the role involves

• Designing, building, and supporting the platforms and infrastructure that software teams rely on to develop, deploy, and operate applications.
• Working on the underlying systems and tooling that make application delivery and operations more efficient.
• Contributing to cloud platform engineering work by helping create and maintain cloud-based platforms and infrastructure.
• Taking an active role in the professional cloud platform engineering community by sharing knowledge, following emerging trends, and applying current best practices.
• Making substantial contributions to team objectives, particularly where the work involves reliable, scalable, and efficient platform delivery.
• Using cloud engineering expertise across technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• Working independently on assigned tasks and using initiative to solve complex platform engineering problems.
• Starting to develop leadership capability through mentoring, guiding smaller workstreams, or leading specific parts of a project.

Additional platform and delivery responsibilities

• Supporting ESM platform work by building a foundational understanding of ESM platforms and processes.
• Identifying and contributing to service improvement opportunities within ESM-related work.
• Helping to gather and review requirements and translating those needs into integration platform features.
• Supporting business initiatives by building dependable, efficient, scalable, and business-oriented solutions.
• Helping connect and orchestrate a complex set of customer, partner, supplier, and Capgemini tools and solutions.
• Implementing and managing continuous integration and continuous delivery processes as part of DevOps delivery.
• Contributing to site reliability engineering activities, including oversight of software and performance across the full technology stack.

What the employer is looking for

• Experience at an experienced-professional level in platform engineering, cloud infrastructure, or a closely related technical discipline.
• A strong grasp of platform engineering principles, especially in cloud-based settings.
• Hands-on familiarity with cloud platforms and infrastructure technologies such as AWS, Azure, GCP, Docker, Kubernetes, and infrastructure as code.
• The ability to work autonomously, show initiative, and solve difficult technical problems effectively.
• Strong contribution to team goals and the ability to deliver meaningful outcomes in platform engineering work.
• Interest in, or readiness for, emerging leadership responsibilities such as mentoring junior engineers or leading smaller project elements.
• Foundational knowledge of ESM platforms and processes.
• Capability to assist with requirements analysis and map business needs to integration platform features.
• Understanding of how to build solutions that are reliable, efficient, scalable, and aligned with business priorities.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices, including CI/CD implementation and management.
• Awareness of site reliability engineering practices and the need to support performance across the full technology stack.

Role details

• Reference code: 393396.
• Posted on 23 July 2026.
• Experience level: Experienced Professionals.
• Contract type: Permanent.
• Location options: London, Manchester, Bristol, or Woking in Great Britain.
• Brand: Capgemini.
• Professional community: Cloud Infrastructure Management.

How to apply

Applications can be started through the job posting using the standard apply option or by applying with LinkedIn.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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