About the Role
IKP Platform Engineer (Kubernetes Automation) – Hiring ASAPStart Date: ASAPDuration: 6 months, with the opportunity to extend for a further 6 monthsLocation: Hybrid – 2 days remote, 3 days in the Sheffield OfficeRate: £400 - £450 per day inside IR35We have an opening for a IKP Platform Engineer to join Capgemini. You will be part of a team responsible for the end?to?end operation, automation and enhancement of a large?scale hybrid server estate supporting business?critical workloads, for end client HSBC.The Expertise we are looking for:Strong, real hands-on Kubernetes skills (not managed/cloud K8s services).Ability to operate, configure, maintain and troubleshoot clusters deployed on physical/VM infrastructure.Solid experience supporting cloud-native environments using on-prem or hybrid deployment models.Strong automation experience using: Ansible, Python, GitHub / Git, CI/CD tools (Jenkins or similar)Good understanding of Linux system engineering, networking fundamentals and container ecosystem toolsAbility to work across fulfilment and engineering tasks—flexible to take on any required technical activity.Experience implementing production changes, ideally in large enterprise environments.Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills across infrastructure, platform and automation layers.Ability to document, improve and standardise engineering procedures and automated workflows.