Junior Platform Engineer

ITV

DevOps / Platform Engineer part of the Core Team at ITV developing patterns, processes, and tooling. Involves collaboration, efficient communication, and collaboration with Embedded Platform Engineers.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomJuniorWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, along with strong experience in managing cloud infrastructure on AWS, particularly with Kubernetes deployments. Proven ability to implement Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) practices and maintain high-performance, scalable, and secure cloud environments.

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Infrastructure As Code (IaC)TerraformAWS Cloud InfrastructureKubernetes ManagementContinuous Integration/Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)

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Hard Skills

Infrastructure As Code (IaC)TerraformAWSKubernetesJenkinsGitHub ActionsLinux (Centos, Amazon Linux 2)Cloud Cost OptimisationMonitoring and Alerting ToolsAgile Methodology

Soft Skills

Strong Communication SkillsConstructive FeedbackTeam CollaborationMentoring/Coaching

Tools & Technologies

JenkinsGitHub ActionsKubernetesHelm

Industry Keywords

Cloud PracticesScalable InfrastructureProduction Incident ResponseContinuous DeliveryVersion Control Strategies

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudJenkinsKubernetesLinuxTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Implementing IaC with Terraform and utilising functions of the Common Platform
Working within Core Platform to prioritise work for upgrades and business delivery and supporting engineers with deployment and production issues
Reviewing and approving pull requests from engineers across ITV to support deployment of new infrastructure, permission changes and access
Maintaining and supporting infrastructure for the Core Platform Team including the Common Platform Infrastructure e.g. Jenkins
Managing upgrades of the Kubernetes deployments in AWS
Defining and designing the infrastructure for the future - whether this be for a new application or re-design of an existing application
Sharing best practice within the Common Platform team and contributing back ideas, improvements and designs

Requirements

What you’ll need

Knowledge and proven experience of secure cloud practices, and building highly performance and scalable cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS)
Knowledge and proven experience of Infrastructure as Code technologies (ideally Terraform) and using and implementing version control strategies with these technologies
Knowledge and proven experience of containerisation and deploying container workloads, ideally on Kubernetes
Knowledge and proven experience with Continuous Delivery / Continuous Integration patterns and platforms e.g. Jenkins, GitHub actions etc
Knowledge and proven experience with monitoring and alerting tools
Knowledge and proven experience responding to production incidents to diagnose and resolve issues related to the infrastructure supporting the services
Knowledge and proven experience in cloud cost optimisation and balancing this with resilient infrastructure needs
Knowledge and proven experience with in depth knowledge of Linux (Centos, Amazon Linux 2)
Knowledge and experience working within an Agile delivery methodology
Strong communication skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback, and receive constructive feedback for improvements (particularly an ability to show constructive design and code collaboration e.g. PR reviews)
Passionate to work within a team structure and build relationships with multiple teams (Embedded team and Common Platform)
Able to travel to London once a month to collaborate with the wider Common Platform team and your embedded team in London
Experience and knowledge of Kubernetes and management tools such as helm
Experience with mentoring / coaching or Line Management - the role has an expectation to Line Manage more junior team members

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible working with a range of options to suit everyone
Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more
Annual bonus opportunity
Competitive pension contribution
Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares
Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life