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Platform Engineer

Vertical Aerospace · Bristol

Vertical Aerospace is building Valo, an electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft aiming for airliner-level safety certification in 2029. This Platform Engineer looks after the hybrid infrastructure the business runs on, from Azure to on-site Hyper-V and Active Directory, bringing a software mindset to automation, security and reliability.

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Company
Vertical Aerospace
Where
Bristol
Function
Engineering
Posted
3 weeks ago
Team
Digital VA

The role

What you’ll do

  • Keep Azure, Hyper-V, Linux and Active Directory infrastructure secure, available and modern
  • Automate infrastructure with Terraform, Azure DevOps and scripting
  • Run and test backup, disaster recovery and business continuity plans
  • Improve monitoring and support ISO 27001 compliance and vulnerability management

What you’ll need

  • Strong hands-on Azure experience, including VMs, AKS, storage and managed databases
  • Experience administering Hyper-V, Linux and Active Directory in a hybrid estate
  • Infrastructure as code with Terraform plus PowerShell, Python or Bash
  • Observability tools such as Datadog, Grafana or Prometheus

Good to know: Based at the Bristol office. 26 days' holiday plus bank holidays, 5% matched pension, company share scheme, performance bonus and free breakfast every day.

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