Platform Engineer

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Platform EngineerPermanent PositionBased in Central LondonAll Salaries Considered*Multiple roles* Devops/Infrastructure or Cloud (AWS)Responsible for building functional systems to help us keep our environments running smoothly.Platform Engineers responsibilities include continuous integration and delivery pipeline, cloud and datacentre infrastructure and site reliability. You must have a keen eye for detail, problem-solving skills and be a team player.Key AccountabilitiesOwn the platform and the CI/CD pipelinesChampion the DevOps culture within your squadSet up monitoring and alerting processes on the symptoms and not outagesImprove the deployment process to make it as straightforward and efficient as possibleDocument every action so your findings turn into repeatable actions-and then into automationDesign, build and maintain core infrastructureDebug platform issues across services and levels of the stackPlan the growth of our infrastructure to support our products and services Essential Skills Experience as an Infrastructure, DevOps, Platforms or Site Reliability EngineerExperience with Infrastructure as Code build tools like TerraformExperience with server configuration and automation tools like Ansible, Chef, PuppetUnderstand and be an advocate of the DevOps culture and squad mentality in software developmentExperience using system monitoring tools and automated testing frameworksExperience using CI/CD tools and platformsAbility to learn new languages and technologiesStrong communication skills and able to work collaboratively, where required as part of a teamGood problem-solving skills Essential skills if filling AWS (cloud) skillset (not all applicants)5 years' experience as an Infrastructure, DevOps, Platforms or Site Reliability EngineerAbility and previous experience mentoring and coaching team membersExcellent working knowledge of Amazon Web Services (AWS) including: VPC, TGW, Route53, EC2, ECS, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, EFS, EBS, KMSExperience building production grade infrastructure in AWS (Backup & Deployment Strategies, Security)Familiar with cloud architecture concepts (Cost optimisation, High Availability, Fault Tolerance) Essential skills if filling Infrastructure skillset (not all applicants)Ability and previous experience mentoring and coaching team membersExperience with LinuxExperience with any of the following: VirtualisationHigh Performance Computing Environments (HPC)Storage Attached NetworksScalable File Systems for HPCNetworking and Security Desirable skills:Previous hands on experience moving products and infrastructure from traditional data centre to cloud providerHands on experience with GitLabHashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateCertified Kubernetes AdministratorRed Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation Desirable skills if filling AWS (Cloud) skillset (not all applicants)Previous hands on experience moving products and infrastructure from traditional data centre to cloud providerHands on experience with GitLabAWS Certified Developer - AssociateAWS Certified SysOps Administrator - AssociateAWS Certified Solutions Architect - AssociateAWS Certified Solutions Architect - ProfessionalHashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateCertified Kubernetes AdministratorRed Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation Academic or vocational qualifications and/or professional memberships without which this role cannot perform if filling AWS (Cloud) skillset (not all applicantsAWS Certified DevOps Engineer - ProfessionalAWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional Due to the volume of applications, we regret that we can only respond to those meeting our above requirements.