Platform Engineer - Secure Operations

Are you ready to take the next step in your engineering career and help operate, maintain and improve secure platforms that protect national security? At Leonardo, our Senior Platform Engineers combine strong hands-on technical capability with engineering leadership, service ownership and continuous improvement, helping ensure the platforms supporting our customers remain secure, available and fit for purpose.

Your work at Leonardo UK will see you solve customer and service problems in an agile, innovative and team-centric manner. This is an operational role supporting highly controlled environments, requiring regular on-site working and close collaboration with engineering, service management, security and customer teams.

Leonardo UK is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join the Cyber & Security Solutions Division team. This role is focused on operating, maintaining, assuring and improving platform and systems engineering solutions that underpin critical defence, government and public sector services.

What you will do as a Senior Platform Engineer

Candidates are not expected to be specialists in every area. We are particularly interested in broadly capable operational platform engineers who bring depth in one or more of these domains and can work across a multidisciplinary secure-service environment.

Security Clearance

This role is subject to pre-employment screening in line with the UK Government’s Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS). An additional range of Personnel Security Controls referred to as National Security Vetting (NSV) will apply. This role requires Developed Vetting (DV) clearance prior to starting. For more information and guidance please visit: https://careers.uk.leonardo.com/gb/en/security-and-vetting

Location

This role is based at our Yeovil site and supports the ongoing operation of secure customer environments. Due to the nature of the service and the systems supported, regular on-site attendance is required and this is not a traditional hybrid role.

Applications from candidates who would need to relocate to the Yeovil area are welcome. Relocation support is available, subject to policy and eligibility, and can be discussed during the recruitment process.

At Leonardo, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We offer a comprehensive, company-funded benefits package that supports your wellbeing, career development, and work–life balance.

For a full list of our company benefits please visit our website.

Leonardo is a global leader in Aerospace, Defence, and Security. Headquartered in Italy, we employ over 53,000 people worldwide including 8,500 across 9 sites in the UK. Our employees are not just part of a team—they are key contributors to shaping innovation, advancing technology, and enhancing global safety.

Leonardo UK operates a grade-based salary framework with broad bands. The salary range shown reflects the approved grade band for this role, or a narrower hiring range published within that band, and is benchmarked against the external market. Exceptions above the standard range are managed through governance controls to protect internal equity.

At Leonardo we are committed to building an inclusive, accessible, and welcoming workplace. We believe that a diverse workforce sparks creativity, drives innovation, and leads to better outcomes for our people and our customers. If you have any accessibility requirements to support you during the recruitment process, just let us know.

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Primary Location:

GB - Yeovil - Lysander Rd

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hybrid Working:

Onsite