Platform engineer in insurance

XPS Group is a prominent and growing UK consultancy and administration firm within the pensions and insurance sectors. As a FTSE 250 company with over 2000 employees, we leverage expertise alongside advanced technology to serve over 1,400 pension schemes and their sponsors. Our goal is to foster a workplace where diverse talents thrive. The XPS Insurance Consulting team works with insurers, reinsurers and financial services clients, providing actuarial and technical support across reserving, capital, risk and financial reporting.

• Provision and maintain reusable Azure and AWS infrastructure as code for XPS and clients.
• Build and improve CI/CD with testing, release controls, environment promotion and rollback.
• Own platform delivery from requirements and design to implementation, release and handover.
• Implement networking, connectivity, identity, secure access and secrets management; monitor platforms and troubleshoot issues.
• Maintain tests, documentation and runbooks; improve delivery through effective, efficient and responsible use of approved AI tools.

• Financial services industry experience, with sound security, confidentiality and controlled-change practices.
• Hands-on Azure and AWS experience includes networking, connectivity, identity and security.
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation or equivalent including automated testing (e.g. Terratest, Checkov, policy-as-code); scripting in Python, PowerShell or Bash.
• CI/CD using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions or equivalent: build, test and deployment pipelines, Git peer review, release approvals, environment promotion and rollback.
• Secure access and secrets management, monitoring and troubleshooting; able to own delivery and manage changing client priorities.
• A recognised, relevant Azure or AWS cloud certification is essential; certification in either cloud is sufficient.
• Effective, efficient use of AI engineering tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Codex or Claude Code; not all required).
• Будет плюсом: Insurance industry experience; Consulting experience; Experience with containers, full stack app development; A relevant computing degree

• Enjoy a competitive salary, annual discretionary bonus, and 25 days’ holiday with buy/sell flexibility.
• Benefits include pension matching, healthcare plans, life assurance, and retailer discounts.
• We support our team with a flexible benefits scheme, employee assistance, and digital GP service.
• Participating in volunteering events is encouraged with paid volunteer days available.
• Referral bonuses are offered for introducing suitable candidates to XPS.