Platform Engineer

As a Platform Engineer at Cellular Origins youll work alongside Senior Engineers to design build and maintain the network and on-prem server infrastructure that powers our cell-therapy automation factory services. Partnering closely with our software-engineering teams youll help automate build tasks create self-service environments and promote smooth collaboration between dev and this role youll contribute to maintaining and extending the factory architecturefrom rack-level physical layout through to servers switching firewalls and storage fabrics. Youll assist with managing our on-prem hypervisors IaaS/PaaS layers and containerised workloads gaining exposure to the full stack that supports our production systems.

Working within a DevOpsSec mindset youll help craft secure repeatable deployment patterns for both the factory environment and our internal CI/CD infrastructure. This role offers a chance to broaden your skills by collaborating with electronics robotics and systems-engineering teams as we scale our automation platform.

Qualifications :

Essential

• Practical experience deploying and maintaining servers storage and basic cloud resources (AWS or Azure) in either on-prem or cloud environments.
• Working knowledge of automation tools and scripting for infrastructure management (e.g. Terraform Ansible Python Bash).
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and CI/CD pipelinescomfortable creating or modifying jobs in Git-based tools such as CircleCI or Jenkins.
• Foundational security awareness (e.g. handling secrets following hardening checklists basic PKI/certificate use).
• Clear communication skills and a collaborative approach when working with developers and other stakeholders.

• You have practical experience deploying infrastructure that enables dependable software delivery to cloud and on-prem environments and you enjoy learning new technologies while working closely with teammates.
• This role will be a full time on-site position at our campus in Melbourn.

Desirable

• Exposure to on-prem hypervisors and virtualised container platforms (Proxmox ESXi Docker Kubernetes).
• Basic networking fundamentals (DHCP DNS VLANs firewalls).
• Interest in robotics electronics or industrial automation systems.
• Familiarity with DevOpsSec principles and security considerations for regulated manufacturing environments.

Additional Information :

Cellular Origins is based on the TTP Campus within purpose-built sustainable offices labs and green surroundings 10 miles south of Cambridge. Our working culture encourages entrepreneurship shared ideas and collaboration while providing you the freedom to do your best work. 

Our employee benefits include: 

• Annual bonus 
• 25 days holiday 
• Employer pension contribution of 10% of salary 
• Free lunch and all-day refreshments 
• Private medical insurance for employees and dependants 
• Enhanced family friendly leave 
• Life insurance worth 6x salary 
• Electric car leasing scheme 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Season ticket loan 
• Activities and community that supports healthy activities that bring colleagues together; whether its lunchtime squash or football Zumba or our own rock band. Colleagues initiate new clubs and outings whenever they feel theres something missing! 
• Local sports facilities and theatre discounts and memberships. 

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time