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Customer Platforms Engineer
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Salary
Not disclosed by employer
£54,700
Going rate
Skilled Worker going rate
This role likely qualifies for a Skilled Worker visa
Our predicted code SOC 2134 (74% match) is an eligible occupation, with a going rate of £54,700, and OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC is a licensed sponsor. That is our reading of the published rules. Whether they issue a Certificate of Sponsorship is still their call.
About the role
We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our Customer Platforms team. Our team works with stakeholders across the business to deliver reliable, high-quality customer experience from end-to-end, from our corporate website to our critical business systems integration. The role is primarily focused on extending and improving our cloud infrastructure, but has the opportunity to extend into application development work. You will be working closely with a friendly, high-performing, cross-disciplinary team with knowledge and interests across our business and software stack.
Key responsibilities- Infrastructure-as-code – working closely with the team to design and implement new features using AWS, terraform and GitLab.
- Observability and support – performing root-cause analysis of incidents and improving our OpenTelemetry/Grafana observability tools.
- Security – ensuring security by design, governance and compliance across our applications, monitoring vulnerabilities and implementing automated security testing.
- Continuous improvement and continuous delivery – ensuring we deploy confidently and quickly by improving and maintaining our testing and deployment processes in GitLab CI
We expect a strong candidate to show experience and expertise in:
- Infrastructure as Code in Terraform
- Deploying to AWS, especially ECS, CloudFront, Lambdas, EventBridge and SQS
- Securing applications and data in a hybrid cloud
- CI/CD Automation
- OpenTelemetry for observability
- Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills
We are also keen to talk about:
- Cost control and calculation in cloud environments
- Asynchronous architectural patterns, including event-based architectures
- Programming experience or background
- Compliance with frameworks such as ISO270001, ISO9001 and ISO13485, GMP and GDPR
This description is the source posting as it read when we added it. We are not affiliated with OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC, so check their own site for the current details.
Where this offer sits in the market
SOC 2134 · UK · ONS ASHE 2025 · ~343k in sampleSimilar sponsored roles
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Does this job guarantee visa sponsorship?
Not necessarily. OXFORD NANOPORE TECHNOLOGIES PLC holds a sponsor licence, but sponsorship for a specific hire is always the employer's decision. Be upfront in your application that you'll require it.
What salary is needed for this role to be eligible?
The offer must clear both the general threshold and the SOC 2134 going rate of £54,700. New-entrant and shortage discounts can lower it.