Overview

Engineer, Platform Operations role at Carnival UK (P&O Cruises & Cunard). This pivotal role will involve operating and maintaining core platform services in the AWS cloud environment and contributing to automation of platform operations.

Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain core platform services (compute, storage, networking) in the AWS cloud environment.
• Support and evolve monitoring, alerting, and logging systems to ensure effective observability.
• Maintain and support CI/CD tooling and pipelines for secure and reliable software delivery.
• Contribute to automation of platform operations using infrastructure-as-code and scripting tools.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD tools like GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or Jenkins.
• Proficiency in observability platforms such as Dynatrace and SolarWinds.
• Scripting and automation using PowerShell, Bash, or Terraform.
• Familiarity with containerisation platforms (Docker, Kubernetes) and virtualised infrastructure.

About You: The Ideal Candidate

• Speaks up with ideas and concerns, demonstrating openness and clarity.
• Collaborates effectively and supports others with enthusiasm and shared ownership.
• Continuously learns and adapts, showing initiative in personal and team development.
• Demonstrates professionalism, reliability, and accountability in all tasks.

Opportunity Details

• Role level: CUK09, full-time, permanent.
• Hybrid working: up to two days from home.

Application Guidance

Diversity is our strength, and we encourage applications from varied experiences. If you’re passionate about technology and looking for growth, we’d love to hear from you. Applications may close earlier than advertised due to demand.

Why Join Us?

• Employee Discounted Cruising plus Friends and Family offers
• Annual bonus
• Minimum 25 days leave, bank holiday allowance, and holiday trading scheme
• Recognition scheme with prizes and awards
• Regular office events including live entertainment, lifestyle events and charity partner fundraisers
• Extensive learning and development opportunities
• Employee-led networks
• Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programmes
• Company paid Health Cash Plan and health assessment
• In-house Occupational Health help and access to digital GP
• Life Assurance
• Parental and adoption leave
• Employee Shares Plan
• Electric Car and Cycle to Work schemes
• Onsite restaurant offering range of healthy cooked and grab-and-go meals
• Discounted retail and leisure via discounts portal
• Contributory Defined Contribution Pension scheme
• A friendly welcome with help settling in

About Carnival UK

Holidays are one of life’s greatest pleasures. Carnival UK delivers unforgettable holiday happiness to guests and operates iconic brands from Britain’s seafaring heritage. We value diversity, inclusion, and a culture that supports safe, sustainable, compliant operations.