Overview

Job Title: Junior Platform Engineer

Reporting To: Lead Platform Engineer

Location: Bristol / Hybrid Working

Job Type: Full Time 37.5 hours a week

Our Purpose

As a current market leader, Nourish Care provides a digital solution to the health and social care sector which enhances the process of recording, analysing, and sharing of information.

About the role

As a Junior Platform Engineer, you will support the design, deployment, and maintenance of infrastructure systems that meet best practice security, compliance, and performance requirements of the healthcare industry. You’ll be part of a collaborative engineering team focused on automation, observability, and reliability, helping deliver highly available and compliant platforms.

The role and responsibilities

• Assist with deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters (EKS) and containerized workloads in AWS
• Help maintain Infrastructure as Code using tools like Terraform
• Support the development and improvement of CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments with GitHub Actions and ArgoCD
• Contribute to monitoring, alerting, and logging systems (e.g., CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana)
• Work on automated provisioning, scaling, and configuration of infrastructure resources using AWS services (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, etc.)
• Participate in on call rotations and root cause analysis of platform-related incidents
• Maintain internal documentation on platform tools, policies, and operational procedures
• Collaborate with security, compliance, and development teams to meet healthcare-specific requirements

Required Experience

Must-Have:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or relevant field, or equivalent experience
• Familiarity with Kubernetes and containerization concepts (Docker)
• Understanding of cloud networking, IAM, and basic infrastructure components
• Exposure to CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Jenkins
• Basic scripting experience (Python, Bash, or similar)
• Interest in infrastructure, automation, and security best practices

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with EKS, Terraform, and Helm
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch)
• Experience with container security scanning and policy tools (e.g., Aqua, Trivy, OPA)
• 25 Days paid leave, Plus Public holidays
• Additional incremental leave for length of service up to 5 days
• Private Medical Insurance, including a personal health fund
• Group Life Assurance
• Employee Referral Bonus Scheme
• Enhanced Maternity leave
• Pension Contribution
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Birthday Day off
• and many more.....

Other information

All positions at Nourish are subject to a satisfactory Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check, references and receipt of the appropriate Right to Work documents. Nourish is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and we actively seek and embrace differences in thinking, experience, ethnicity, age, gender, faith, personalities and styles.

The different skills, experiences and backgrounds our employees bring to their roles creates a diverse and makes Nourish a special place to work.