Platform Engineer
Recruiter
Premier Group
Listed on
10th June 2022
Location
Poole
Salary/Rate
£500 - £550
Type
Contract
Start Date
2022-06-09
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Platform EngineerRate: £525 -550per day (Outisde IR35)
Hybrid
2-3 days remote
Oiffice is based in Poole
Type: Contract 3 -6 months
My Cllient is seeking a Platform Engineer with immediate start to join the DevOps team, which supplies Smart Transport solutions around the world.
Through an expert knowledge of cloud computing platforms (IaaS & PaaS) you will be involved in the development of our cloud platform primarily on AWS. You will be able to demonstrate an intimate knowledge in how to build reliable, highly available systems which fulfil the needs of the business and dovetail with the development team to ensure overall system excellence.
Responsibilities:
Develop reliable and scalable cloud Infrastructure utilising DevOps toolchains Be responsible for the reliability of the SaaS platform that will be our main growth area. Work with architects and engineering to ensure that the system (platform and software) adheres to the qualities as stated in the architectural description. Work with various teams to ensure that the CI/CD pipeline for IaC works as seamlessly as the code pipeline.Experience:
Have proven experience building highly available, reliable platforms which support enterprise applications in AWS. You should have experience of best practices in terms of abstractions so that the primary focus shall be on a SaaS offering, but deployments can still be made locally for those customers who have a requirement to do so. Have experience of securely connecting to physical devices which are deployed around the world. Strong candidates will have experience of how to craft environments that support good practices for the development team such as auto scaling, blue green deployments, auto failover etc Knowledge of tools and practices to ensure that the platform is up to date in terms of security patching and CVE monitoring.Securing multi tenanted cloud environments, including integrations to multiple on premise locations. Ideally be certified against at least one cloud provider. Any experience with VMware vSphere would also be useful
Core Skills:
Demonstrable strong AWS knowledge and best practicesIn depth experience of writing, testing and deploying infrastructure using IaC/Terraform In depth knowledge of Kubernetes and experience of Helm Managing containerised applications in DockerProvisioning tools such as Ansible Service Discovery; Consul, Vault etc JIRA and ConfluenceRancher & RKE2 would be a plusSource control using Bitbucket / GitCreating and managing CI/CD pipelines with JenkinsIn depth knowledge of cloud architecture patterns and principles (e.g. Microservices, 12 Factor app, Enterprise integration Patterns) and best practice Monitoring solutions for cloud environments i.e. Datadog etcExcellent time management and working to deadlinesIf you are interested in the Platform Engineer position, please apply with an up to date CV as soon as possible.
Platform Engineer
Rate: £525 -550per day (Outisde IR35)
Hybrid
2-3 days remote
Oiffice is based in Poole
Type: Contract 3 -6 months
