Senior Platform Engineer

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Warminster, Wiltshire, England, GBR
In-Office
Senior level
Artificial Intelligence • Software • Business Intelligence • Defense
The Role
Maintain and operate a mixed platform of cloud-native and legacy systems for defence training. Deploy/configure on MODCloud/D2S/OpenShift, manage Kubernetes and networking, build CI/CD and GitOps pipelines, apply SRE practices (monitoring, incident response, root cause analysis), support simulation/training systems, and collaborate with integration, modelling, and customer teams to ensure reliable, secure platform operations.
Summary Generated by Built In
We Are Skyral:
 
We believe every decision maker can be empowered by technology. Skyral combines AI, leading edge simulation technology and world class expertise to transform the decision making experience. Our products and services enable faster and more confident decisions in a complex, unforgiving world. We deploy practical, intuitive and efficient solutions to governments and enterprises, delivering outstanding outcomes at the speed of relevance.

At Omnia Training, we’ve brought together some of the UK’s most innovative defence training organisations under one powerful mission: to transform the British Army’s training system and create the best-trained Army in the world.

Omnia Training is redefining the British Army’s collective training. To do that, we are looking for the best and brightest minds from across the UK. Omnia Training is at the heart of the UK’s bold Land Industrial Strategy.

This is more than a job — it’s a mission. You will be part of a high-impact, collaborative environment, where every person in our team plays a critical role in delivering Omnia Training’s vision; designing, delivering, and transforming collective training.

Please note that this role will require onsite working in Warminster. Due to the nature of this role, Skyral can only consider applications from candidates who live in the UK and are eligible for SC clearance.

What You’ll Be Responsible For:

  • Deploy and configure systems on MODCloud / D2S / OpenShift

  • Manage Kubernetes environments, networking and connectivity, as well as security-aligned configurations.

  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows, and environment configurations to ensure repeatable and reliable deployments.

  • Support running systems by monitoring health, diagnosing platform and infrastructure issues and resolving deployment failures.

  • Work closely with integration engineers, customers and modelling engineers.

  • Support and maintain existing simulation and training systems, as well as existing deployment and virtualisation tools.

  • Apply SRE practices to improve system reliability, including observability (metrics, logs, tracing), incident response, and root cause analysis.

What We Are Looking For:

    This is not a pure cloud or greenfield platform role. You will be working across cloud-native services, legacy systems, and integrated simulation environments, ensuring they operate reliably as a single platform.

    Strong systems and infrastructure mindset

  • Comfortable working across modern and legacy environments
  • Calm under pressure during outages or failures

  • Pragmatic and delivery-focused, with a bias toward keeping systems running.

  • Strong collaborator across engineering disciplines

  • Adopts an SRE mindset, focusing on reliability, observability, and continuous improvement of running systems.

Key Technical Proficiencies:

  • Expert working knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, Teraform, Ansible, and Docker.

  • Understanding of Distributed Systems in production.

  • Experience working within constrained or regulated environments (e.g. MODCloud, D2S, OpenShift) and adapting to their tooling and limitations.

  • Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines with automated deployment workflows.

  • Familiarity with GitOps approaches and tools such as ArgoCD.

  • Strong understanding of Network fundamentals, Zero Trust solutions, service to service communications and distributed system connectivity.

  • Ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers.

  • Experience supporting or integrating legacy and non-cloud-native systems alongside modern infrastructure. 

  • Experience in developing with Go or Python as well as shell scripting.

  • Experience applying Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices such as monitoring, alerting, incident response, and service reliability improvement.

Note: Please feel empowered to apply for this position, even if you think you may only align with some of the qualities listed above. Your unique skills and perspectives could be just what we’re looking for.
 
What We Can Offer You:
 
 🌴Unlimited Paid Holiday - we value and support the need to maintain a strong work-life balance. 
 
🏡 Hybrid Working - we understand that a one-size-fits all approach doesn’t suit everyone. 
 
Flexible Working Hours -  We’re not bound by the 9-to-5 model. Collaborate with your manager on determining a work schedule that suits you. 
 
🍼 Enhanced Parental Leave - we’re proud to offer 26 weeks maternity leave and 4 weeks paternity leave at full pay.
 
🏥 Private Medical & Dental Insurance - offered through Bupa. 
 
💲Honest about Compensation - We maintain a well defined salary range which a member of the Talent Team will discuss with you during the first call. 
 
Healthy Snacks & Drinks Provided - If you decide to come into the office, we have a range of snacks and drinks for you to enjoy.
 
At Skyral, we are committed to fostering a culture of diversity, equality and inclusion. We also ensure that individuals with disabilities have access to reasonable adjustments. If you require such accommodations during the job application process we ask that you inform a member of our Talent Team.

Skills Required

  • Expert working knowledge of Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Ansible and Docker
  • Experience working within constrained or regulated environments (MODCloud, D2S, OpenShift)
  • Experience building and operating CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows
  • Familiarity with GitOps approaches and tools such as ArgoCD
  • Experience developing with Go or Python and shell scripting
  • Strong understanding of network fundamentals, Zero Trust, and distributed system connectivity
  • Ability to diagnose issues across infrastructure, networking, and application layers
  • Experience supporting or integrating legacy and non-cloud-native systems alongside modern infrastructure
  • Apply Site Reliability Engineering practices: monitoring, alerting, observability, incident response, root cause analysis
  • Strong systems and infrastructure mindset; calm under pressure and collaborative across engineering disciplines
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What We Do

Skyral Group is a British AI defence and software company that builds advanced modelling technology and simulation solutions for enterprise, defence, and national security clients worldwide. They combine data visualisation, artificial intelligence, and digital twin capabilities to create synthetic environments and virtual representations of complex worlds, helping decision-makers make faster, smarter, and more defensible decisions for their hardest problems.

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