Principal Platform Engineer

Raytheon Systems • greater manchester, england • Posted July 01, 2026

About the Role

Principal Platform Engineer

Manchester

Permanent, full time

Hybrid (min 3 days a week on site)

All candidates must be willing and eligible to hold SC and eDV clearance.

Role & Responsibilities

Work as a Principal Platform Engineer, deploying applications and software to cloud or on-prem environments for our many business areas.

  • Building and setting up development tools and infrastructure
  • Understand the needs of project stakeholders
  • Automate and improve development and release processes
  • Ensure that systems are safe and secure against cyber security threats
  • Identify technical problems and develop software updates and solutions
  • Work with other engineers to ensure that development follows established processes and works as intended

Required Experience

  • Experience of working in an Agile/SCRUM/DevOps delivery model
  • Cloud technologi...