Junior Platform Engineer

Skip to main content MENU Search ITV Careers for jobs or pages JUNIOR PLATFORM ENGINEER Home > Jobs > Junior Platform Engineer Job Reference: 300002861920475 Company: ITV Division: Tech, Data & Product Business Area: Technology Contract Type: Perm Full time Salary: £30,000-£47,500 Workplace: White City, London - 1-2 days a week in the office Closing Date: 16th July 2026 Return to jobs THE ROLE The team As a DevOps / Platform Engineer in the Core Team you are part of our Group Technology Platforms business area working out of our London office. The Core Team supports software development at ITV by developing the patterns, processes and tooling that make up the Common Platform - our internal development platform. We do this by taking the best of open source, cloud native and SaaS tooling, and packaging it in highly automated, easy to deploy template architectures and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns. As the owner of the Common Platform tooling, the Core Team is responsible to the consumers of the Platform for bug & issue resolution and feature requests. You will also be working alongside our Embedded Platform Engineers, as part of the wider Common Platform team, to ensure that best practice, devops capabilities and tooling are shared across ITV’s software development teams. To do this, you will be expected to effectively communicate upcoming platform changes to downstream teams through presentations, training workshops and coaching sessions. The role Implementing IaC with Terraform and utilising functions of the Common Platform Working within Core Platform to prioritise work for upgrades and business delivery and supporting engineers with deployment and production issues Reviewing and approving pull requests from engineers across ITV to support deployment of new infrastructure, permission changes and access Maintaining and supporting infrastructure for the Core Platform Team including the Common Platform Infrastructure e.g. Jenkins Managing upgrades of the Kubernetes deployments in AWS Defining and designing the infrastructure for the future - whether this be for a new application or re-design of an existing application Sharing best practice within the Common Platform team and contributing back ideas, improvements and designs Skills you’ll need (minimum criteria) Knowledge and proven experience of secure cloud practices, and building highly performance and scalable cloud infrastructure (ideally AWS) Knowledge and proven experience of Infrastructure as Code technologies (ideally Terraform) and using and implementing version control strategies with these technologies Knowledge and proven experience of containerisation and deploying container workloads, ideally on Kubernetes Knowledge and proven experience with Continuous Delivery / Continuous Integration patterns and platforms e.g. Jenkins, GitHub actions etc Knowledge and proven experience with monitoring and alerting tools Knowledge and proven experience responding to production incidents to diagnose and resolve issues related to the infrastructure supporting the services Other things we’re looking for (key criteria) Knowledge and proven experience in cloud cost optimisation and balancing this with resilient infrastructure needs Knowledge and proven experience with in depth knowledge of Linux (Centos, Amazon Linux 2) Knowledge and experience working within an Agile delivery methodology Strong communication skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback, and receive constructive feedback for improvements (particularly an ability to show constructive design and code collaboration e.g. PR reviews) Passionate to work within a team structure and build relationships with multiple teams (Embedded team and Common Platform) Able to travel to London once a month to collaborate with the wider Common Platform team and your embedded team in London Experience and knowledge of Kubernetes and management tools such as helm Experience with mentoring / coaching or Line Management - the role has an expectation to Line Manage more junior team members ITV IS FOR EVERYONE. We create and showcase content by, with and for everyone, connecting and reflecting modern audiences. We are committed to championing diversity, equity, and inclusion across our organisation and in everything we do. As part of this commitment, we actively encourage applications for this role from candidates who are Deaf, Disabled and Neurodivergent, People of Colour, and candidates from working class backgrounds. As a Disability Confident Leader, if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you are disabled, we’ll guarantee to take you to the next stage*. We're happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application and selection process as part of our reasonable adjustments. Drop us a line if you require anything at talkingcareers@itv.com. Click the button below to find out more about applying with a disability. *There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume of applications. Applying with a disability YOUR IMPACT SENDS RIPPLES ITV offers some great rewards and benefits including: Flexible working with a range of options Generous holiday allowance, plus you can buy more Annual bonus opportunity Competitive pension contribution Save as you earn - with an opportunity to buy ITV shares Wellbeing and volunteering days plus a wide range of opportunities to help you live a balanced and healthy life More about our benefits TECH, DATA & PRODUCT TEAM Behind every famous face, every programme, every channel is one of our market-leading technology teams. Discover more about the teams that are building products that millions of people use. Find out more WHAT IS THE MAGIC OF ITV? It starts with a simple love of television. Watching it, creating it, talking about it. Whether it’s daytime or primetime, for downtime or anytime. We’re inspired by our audiences. Who helps shape what we make. Standing shoulder to shoulder with them. Because what matters to them, matters to us. Starting conversations. Winning hearts. Changing minds and sometimes even society itself. Big or small, what we make makes an impact. LONDON ITV White City, 201 Wood Lane, London, GB, W12 7RU Find us DON'T JUST WATCH Be a part of it Apply now Share this job Apply now CORPORATE ITV Plc ITV Social Purpose Press Centre ITV Media Commissioning INFORMATION Privacy Notice Accessibility Statement Terms & Conditions Cookie Policy Change my cookie preferences Accessibility Sitemap © Copyright ITV plc 2026 We use cookies to personalise the content of our website for you, to analyse the traffic to our website and to help us display adverts to you. 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