Core Platform Engineer

We are a global technology group, headquartered in London. We deploy experts and frontier technology, like AI, to help organisations thrive through change. We have over 600 professionals (>75% hands-on technical talent) spread across Europe, North America and Asia, and are backed by Marlin Equity Partners. We help customers: Work smarter – Building modern, scalable infrastructure, apps and workflows that actually improve your bottom line. Engage personally – Creating digital experiences that capture attention, convert sales, and keep customers coming back. Stay secure – Establishing the security, governance and compliance systems that protect you from threats, fines, and downtime. We work with some of the world's biggest brands to solve their biggest problems. From highly regulated financial institutions to fast-moving tech unicorns and global retailers. Different worlds, same standard: we ship tangible outcomes into production, fast. Then we work alongside customers to maintain and optimise them long term, upskilling their teams along the way. Work where work matters. At Beyond, we believe in work that leaves a mark. This role is for the innovative people who thrive on solving problems that don't have answers yet, for those who are accountable for tangible outcomes, and for individuals who act with integrity when it absolutely has to work. Here, you will build and operate cloud platforms for enterprise clients as a Core Platform Engineer in our Professional Services team. This is a hands-on delivery role: you will work within a wider engagement team, contributing to the technical direction set by senior engineers and architects. You will take ownership of well-defined pieces of work, deliver them to a high standard, and grow your consulting craft on real engagements with the support of more experienced colleagues. This role is designed for impact, and we believe our best work happens when we connect. While we operate a flexible model, we expect you to spend time on site (at our offices or a client location) for collaboration sessions, customer meetings, and internal workshops. Role Responsibilities Deliver cloud infrastructure. Build scalable, reliable, and cost effective cloud platforms on Google Cloud and adjacent technologies. Implement components of target state architectures, understand the tradeoffs behind them, and turn clear requirements into working infrastructure. Build and operate at scale. Implement infrastructure as code with Terraform or Cloud Deployment Manager, automate the deployment and management of cloud environments, and apply established patterns for fault tolerance, redundancy, and disaster recovery. Contribute to cost optimisation through usage analysis and rightsizing. Uphold the engineering standard. Follow and help maintain platform standards for IaC, CI/CD, security, observability, and reliability across engagements. Take part in post-incident reviews and help codify lessons learned. Support client engagements. Participate in discovery workshops, contribute to architecture discussions, and communicate clearly with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Support pre-sales activity such as estimation and scoping under the guidance of senior colleagues. Embed security and compliance. Implement and maintain controls that protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of client infrastructure and data. Help respond to incidents and vulnerabilities, support regular assessments, and follow standards such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS where they apply. Operate and improve in production. Monitor cloud infrastructure for performance, availability, and security using tools such as Cloud Operations Suite or Prometheus. Contribute to root cause analysis on incidents and help implement preventive measures. Grow and share knowledge. Take part in design and code reviews, learn from senior engineers, and support graduate engineers where you can. Share knowledge internally and build towards certifications. Requirements Essential Experience: 3+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure, including at least 2 years on Google Cloud (GCP), AWS, or Azure. The specific cloud isn't important, what is important is your track record on that cloud and your ability to transfer those skills to Google Cloud (GCP). Experience contributing to complex engagements, ideally in a consulting, professional services, or platform-team context. Solid hands-on experience with a major cloud provider, including compute (GCE/EC2/AVM), container orchestration (GKE/EKS/AKS), networking, IAM, and CI/CD primitives such as Cloud Build. Good infrastructure automation skills with Terraform. Containerisation with Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes in production environments. Confident scripting and tooling in Python, Go, Bash, Powershell or equivalent. Working grounding in cloud networking, identity, security, and Linux fundamentals. Ability to investigate and help resolve cross-system issues. Hold, or be actively working towards, professional certification in Google Cloud, AWS or Azure. Experienced in configuring base operating systems (RHEL, Windows Server, Ubuntu) in an enterprise production setting (preferably 2 years or more). Delivery ownership. Able to take ownership of well-defined pieces of platform work and deliver them end to end to a high standard. Client awareness. Comfortable taking part in workshops and client meetings, and communicating clearly with both technical and non-technical audiences. Consulting craft. Developing your ability to scope and estimate your own work and navigate requirements, with support from senior colleagues when needed. Collaboration. Work well within an engagement team, support graduate engineers, and contribute to a positive team culture. Judgement. Able to work with a degree of independence on defined tasks, make sound calls within your area, and know when to ask for help or escalate. Communication. A clear written and verbal communicator across audiences, from engineers to client stakeholders. Desirable Experience: A current Google Cloud Professional qualification. Exposure to other IaC tooling, e.g. AWS CDK, Azure ARM and Bicep, OpenTofu, Pulumi, CDKTF. Familiarity with Helm and Kustomize. Configuring base operating systems using configuration management tooling (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet). Building automated images via Packer and Image Factory methodologies. Exposure to highly regulated industries (e.g. finance, healthcare, public sector), especially automating compliance through IaC. Interest in thought leadership — talks, writing, open-source contributions, or partner-track activity. Interest in supporting hiring and capability development at a team level. Built for what’s next. This role is aligned with Beyond's career framework at the Level 2: Core Professional Services level. Review the official Professional Services career framework for performance expectations. It details essential skills and behaviours for this level. Exceptional performance can lead to advancement opportunities within our career framework or internal opportunities with other departments, aligned with your career aspirations and business needs. Benefits We believe in supporting our team members both professionally and personally. Here's how we invest in you: Compensation and Financial Wellbeing Competitive base salary. De Minimis Allowance. 13th Month Pay: Equivalent to one month’s base salary, paid every December. Health and Wellness Medical Insurance: HMO coverage for the employee plus up to two dependents (employer-paid). Sick Leave: 15 paid days per year, pro-rated from the start date. Work-Life Balance and Growth Annual Leave: 28 days per calendar year (January 1 – December 31), pro-rated based on start date. Birthday Leave: An extra paid day off for your birthday. Learning Leaves: Ten paid learning days per year. Philippine Public Holidays: Statutory holidays are included. Bereavement Leave: 3 paid days. Parental Leave: Maternity or Paternity leave. Flexible Work Arrangement: Hybrid model (two to three days in the office). Peer Recognition: 100 Bonusly points per month for peer recognition. Diversity and Inclusion At Beyond, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability, or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all.