Senior Platform Engineer

Vorboss is building London’s next-generation business fibre network. This is a responsibility that we take seriously; we understand that for most businesses, reliable fibre internet is as important as heat, electricity, and water. We want to completely change the fibre network in London (and beyond), and we’re on the hunt for smart, talented people to join us.

At Vorboss, we do the right thing—no matter what. Our unwavering focus on engineering excellence and unrivalled commitment to customer service is trusted by the most important organisations across the UK and Europe in the technology, pharmaceutical, financial, and e-commerce industries.  

We’re proud to have earned one of the best reputations in the industry, and it is essential to us that we maintain that reputation as we grow. Our team is tight knit and highly talented. We trust each other to do the right thing, take responsibility, and be a champion for our collective success.  

We’re looking for talented, smart people to join us as we embark on this exciting period of growth. Our vision for Vorboss is to be ‘the best job that someone ever had’, regardless of how long they stay with us, and promise to provide a supportive workplace based on respect and trust.

As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will be instrumental in shaping and maintaining the infrastructure that empowers all Vorboss software. You will help set the technical vision for our platform: evaluating new tools and frameworks, designing patterns, and establishing guardrails that ensure security and compliance without impeding developer velocity.

Day-to-day, you’ll be balancing hands-on tasks (rolling out cluster upgrades, debugging pod networking issues, or extending a Terraform module) with higher-level strategic planning (road mapping capacity expansion and migrations, identifying single points of failure, or drafting runbooks for critical incident response).

(Please note that this list is not exhaustive)

• Manage and scale Kubernetes clusters (on-prem and hybrid cloud) to ensure high availability, security, and performance.

• Oversee on-premises hardware and networking, partnering closely with our NOC/ops teams to monitor capacity, perform hardware upgrades, and troubleshoot any underlying platform issues.

• Develop and maintain internal platform tooling, automation scripts, and dashboards (e.g., Terraform modules, Helm charts, GitOps pipelines) that drive consistency, repeatability, and visibility across environments.

• Collaborate with Software Engineering, Security, and IT stakeholders to translate high-level requirements into scalable, secure platform components, ensuring compliance with our SLAs and data protection standards.

• Champion a culture of platform reliability and developer empowerment by conducting regular architecture reviews, hosting brown-bag sessions on platform features, and continuously gathering feedback to refine our platform roadmap.

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• 5+ years working in platform or infrastructure engineering roles, with a strong focus on Kubernetes administration (on-prem and cloud), even better if you have experience with Azure.

• Expertise in container orchestration (Kubernetes/OpenShift) and related tooling (Helm, EKS, Operators).

• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar) and CI/CD workflows.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, Thanos, or equivalents) to ensure platform reliability.

• Experience partnering with cross-functional stakeholders (Software Engineering, Security, IT) to ensure platform features align with business requirements and compliance standards.

• Pragmatic problem-solver: you balance competing priorities (speed vs. stability, new features vs. technical debt) to deliver the best outcome.

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You may not meet every single desired requirement listed under "the right candidate" section. If your experience looks a little different from what we’ve identified and you thinkyou can bring value to the role, we’d love to learn more about you!

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We believe in taking care of our staff both mentally andphysically and in order to support this we offer a range of benefits that youcan access.  

•    Employee Share Plan-Once an employee at Vorboss, we offer the opportunity to become a shareholderin the company*. 

•    Company pensionscheme. 

•    Bonus scheme. 

•    25 days of annualleave allowance that increases with years served (excluding bank holidays). 

•    Private Healthcare. 

•    Life assurance.

•    Income Protection.

•    Access to Spill, ourmental health support partner. 

•    Cycle to workscheme.  

•    Half price gymmemberships through the healthcare provider. 

•    Free eye test. 

•    Travel loan. 

•    Hastee app, to helpmanage your salary and finances. 

(*Terms & conditions apply- amount possible to buy is capped and contingent on pre-existing variables.)

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We aim to be an equal opportunities employer and we are determined to ensure that no applicant or employee receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, or race, or is disadvantaged by conditions or requirements which cannot be shown to be justifiable.

We aim to create a working environment free of bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination, promoting dignity and respect for all, and where individual differences and the contributions of all staff are recognised and valued.

This commitment includes training managers and all other employees about their rights and responsibilities under the equality, diversity, and inclusion policy. Responsibilities include staff conducting themselves to help the organisation provide equal opportunities in employment, and prevent bullying, harassment, victimisation, and unlawful discrimination.

Vorboss promotes step-free access at our main headquarters, whilst taking into consideration physical barriers employees might face across all other sites.  

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