Senior Platform Engineer - AI MLOps Oxford, England, United Kingdom

Dubizzle Limited; Oxford; On-site; GBP 125,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology institute in Oxford is seeking a platform engineer for its MLOps team. You will architect and operate the cloud platform, implementing secure delivery pipelines and governance controls. The ideal candidate has experience with major cloud providers, Terraform, and managing Kubernetes clusters. Join us to make an impactful contribution to innovative scientific solutions. This position includes competitive benefits like enhanced holiday pay and private medical insurance.

Benefits

Enhanced holiday pay

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Hospital Cash Plan

Therapy Services

Perk Box

Electric Car Scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in platform engineering with a track record of automating processes.
• Expertise with major cloud providers such as OCI, AWS, GCP, or Azure.
• Proficiency in Terraform and managing large-scale Kubernetes clusters.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and operate the cloud platform and resilient compute infrastructure.
• Implement structured CI/CD/GitOps delivery pipelines.
• Design automated governance and security controls.
• Establish monitoring, alerting, and telemetry frameworks.
• Build self-service capabilities to support diverse workloads.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud provider expertise

Terraform proficiency

Kubernetes management

Python scripting

Job description

The Ellison Institute of Technology (EIT) Oxford’s purpose is to have a global impact by fundamentally reimagining the way science and technology translate into end-to-end solutions and delivering these solutions in programmes and platforms that respond to humanity’s most challenging problems.

EIT Oxford will ensure scientific discoveries and pioneering science are turned into products for the benefit of society that can have high-impact worldwide and, over time, be commercialised to ensure long-term sustainability.

Led by a world-class faculty of scientists, technologists, policy makers, economists and entrepreneurs, the Ellison Institute of Technology aims to develop and deploy commercially sustainable solutions to solve some of humanity’s most enduring challenges. Our work is guided by four Humane Endeavours: Health, Medical Science & Generative Biology, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture, Climate Change & Managing Atmospheric CO2 and Artificial Intelligence & Robotics.

Set for completion in 2027, the EIT Campus in Littlemore will include more than 300,000 sq ft of research laboratories, educational and gathering spaces. Fuelled by growing ambition and the strength of Oxford’s science ecosystem, EIT is now expanding its footprint to a 2 million sq ft Campus across the western part of The Oxford Science Park. Designed by Foster + Partners led by Lord Norman Foster, this will become a transformative workplace for up to 7,000 people, with autonomous laboratories, purpose-built laboratories including a plant sciences building and dynamic spaces to spark interdisciplinary collaboration.

Our MLOps team

Join ourMLOpsteam to build the cloud and compute foundation that enables scientific breakthroughs. Deliver reliable, secure platforms and self-service guardrails that accelerate experimentation and turn ideas into results—faster, at scale, and with confidence.

Day-to-day, you might:

• Architect, build, and operate our cloud platform, moving infrastructure beyond the initial setup to deliver resilient compute, network, and storage, including full-sized GPU clusters

• Drive the implementation of highly structured, auditable delivery pipelines (CI/CD/GitOps) using to enforce automated, repeatable infrastructure changes

• Design and deploy automated governance and security controls using Policy-as-Code (specifically Kyverno and YAML) to ensure strong isolation, protect data, and meet internal audit standards

• Establish the foundational monitoring, alerting, and telemetry framework required for robust operations, defining clear SLOs, and setting the course for future SRE work

• Partner with Research and Data teams to build self-service capabilities that efficiently support diverse workloads, from Python notebooks to distributed clusters

What makes you a great fit:

• Proven experience platform engineering, with a demonstrable track record of architecting and automating operational processes
• A highly proactive attitude and a passion for introducing and automating operational structure
• Expertise with at least one major cloud provider (OCI, AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Proficiency with Terraform for declarative, large‑scale infrastructure provisioning
• Comfortable with operating and managing large-scale, resilient Kubernetes clusters
• Proficiency in at least one major language for system-level tools (e.g. Python, Go, or Java) with some scripting experience

It would also be great if you had:

• Familiarity with modern Policy-as-Code tooling

• A passion for introducing and automating operational rigour and structure

• Experience supporting ML and Data Engineering workloads

We offer the following salary and benefits:

Enhanced holiday pay

Pension

Life Assurance

Income Protection

Private Medical Insurance

Hospital Cash Plan

Therapy Services

Perk Box

Electric Car Scheme

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Why work for EIT:

At the Ellison Institute, we believe a collaborative, inclusive team is key to our success. We are building a supportive environment where creative risks are encouraged, and everyone feels heard. Valuing emotional intelligence, empathy, respect, and resilience, we encourage people to be curious and to have a shared commitment to excellence. Join us and make an impact!