JOB TITLE:
Junior Platform Engineer
SALARY:
£30,000 - £40,000 p.a.
HOURS:
Full-tme (37.5 hours per week):
THE ROLE
As Junior Platform Engineer you will work alongside our experienced platform team to support and improve Bud’s cloud infrastructure. This is a developmental role designed to help you build hands-on expertise in cloud engineering, automation and software development, while contributing to the reliability of the platform that our software engineering team relies on every day.
With guidance and mentorship from senior engineers, you will help maintain and optimise our build and release processes, assist with monitoring and troubleshooting, and gradually take on more responsibility as your skills develop. You will be encouraged to learn, ask questions and grow into a confident platform engineer with a clear path for progression within the team.
KEY ACTIVITIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
You will work under the guidance of senior platform engineers to:
- Help maintain, monitor and support Bud’s Azure cloud environments
- Assist with build and release pipelines in Azure DevOps
- Support developers by helping investigate logs, application insights and platform issues
- Contribute to infrastructure-as-code work, with mentorship, as your confidence grows
- Document processes and contribute to improving how the team works
- Learn and apply best practice in security, reliability and automation
SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
Essential:
- Foundational understanding of cloud computing concepts (ideally Microsoft Azure, but AWS or GCP exposure is welcome)
- Familiarity with at least one scripting language (e.g. PowerShell, Bash or Python)
- Basic understanding of relational databases and SQL
- Awareness of CI/CD concepts and version control (e.g. Git)
- A genuine enthusiasm for automation, infrastructure and continuous improvement
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative approach to problem solving
- A willingness to learn, take feedback and develop technically over time
- Familiarity with networking basics (DNS, firewalls)
- Exposure to infrastructure as code, e.g. Terraform
- Eligibility for SC Clearance
Desirable:
- Any hands-on exposure to Azure PaaS services (e.g. WebApps, Service Bus, Cosmos, SQL, Redis, Functions)
- Awareness of distributed systems concepts, e.g. microservices
- Exposure to containers (Docker) or orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Any experience with C#.NET or TypeScript
- Relevant qualifications, certifications (e.g. AZ-900) or personal projects demonstrating interest in the field
- Experience with AI LLM (Azure OpenAI Foundry)
THE PERSON
We judge each person on their own individual merits. For this role we are looking for someone early in their career who combines a genuine interest in cloud infrastructure and automation with a positive can-do attitude, pride in their work, good communication skills and a strong desire to learn.
You don’t need years of commercial experience — what matters most is curiosity, a willingness to ask questions, and the drive to get stuck in. Whether you’re coming from a junior engineering role, an apprenticeship, a relevant degree, or a self-taught route, we’re interested in people who are excited about platform engineering and want to grow with us.
THE COMPANY
Bud provides a market-leading solution that helps businesses maximise these new opportunities. Our vision is to provide a service that has strong appeal globally and across all parts of the workplace education and training marketplace.
Bud’s software is a powerful and intuitive apprenticeship management platform designed to simplify the delivery of apprenticeships and bring the many processes together within a single system. Bud seamlessly combines application management, programme creation, learning delivery, workforce and learner reporting, funding management and more
THE LOCATION
· The role is Hybrid with some office work expected.
· Office Location: Origin, Berkeley Square, Bristol BS8 1HP.
THE PERKS
- Hybrid working
- 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays)
- Additional day Birthday leave.
- +1 day leave for each year length of service up to 4 extra days
- Purchase up to 5 days leave per year
- Enhanced company contributory pension scheme
- 4 x Salary Life Assurance
- Private healthcare
- Subsidised dental care plan
- Eye Care Plan
- Head Office gym, free breakfast and lunch once a month.
- Free Nero Coffee once a week, free cinema and film tickets, up to 50% discount on sporting brands plus other offers through the Healthcare (subject to criteria)
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Employee welfare scheme
- Company socials
- Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00-£40,000.00 per year
Application question(s):
- This roles requires a UK Security Check that requires you to have lived in the UK for 4 out of the past 5 years and will undertake a background check, criminal record check and a financial check. Please confirm you will satisfy this requirement.
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bristol BS8 1HP
