Platform Engineer (Oracle DBA, Terraform, AWS)

About the role

SBS is looking for a Platform Engineer to join its MSS Engineering team. The role designs, deploys, automates and supports cloud-based platform infrastructure that powers engineering and customer solutions, and helps drive the adoption of AI-enabled engineering capabilities. It sits in Sheffield, UK, on a full-time basis.

Key responsibilities

• Design, deploy and maintain scalable, secure and highly available platform infrastructure.
• Administer, support and optimise Oracle database environments.
• Implement and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions with Terraform and Ansible.
• Develop automation tooling for deployment, configuration management and operations.
• Support AWS services, including containerised workloads and cloud-native services.
• Build and improve CI/CD pipelines.
• Monitor performance, availability and security and implement continuous improvements.
• Work with engineering teams on application deployment and infrastructure modernisation, including Landing Zone 2.0 readiness.
• Evaluate and implement AI-assisted engineering practices.
• Document architecture, procedures and standards, and share knowledge with the team.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 5+ years in Platform, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure Engineering or a similar role.
• Strong Oracle DBA experience, including implementation, maintenance and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Linux-based environments and strong problem-solving skills.

Required skills

• Terraform and Ansible
• AWS cloud environments
• CI/CD pipelines
• Python, Java or another relevant programming language
• Preferred: AWS Lambda, ECS/EKS, API Gateway, S3, IAM; containerisation; AI tools such as GitHub Copilot, Amazon Q, Claude Code, AWS Kiro; LLM-based automation

The company offers health coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, flexible work, career development and competitive pay.