Platform Engineer
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Job description
At Hometrack, our cloud platform is central to delivering industry-leading solutions. As a Platform Engineer, you will be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of our cloud infrastructure and data platforms, encompassing design, operation, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps pipelines.
You will report to the Head of Operational Engineering and collaborate closely with the wider Engineering team within a cross-functional structure. This role involves working with internal and external clients to deliver projects and business-as-usual (BAU) work with a focus on best practices, high standards, and meeting defined SLAs. You will also be a key driver in defining engineering disciplines, identifying opportunities for continuous improvement, and championing automation efforts across the platform.Key Responsibilities
- Collaboration: Partner with Software and Data Engineers to ensure all platform requirements for security, scalability, availability, monitoring, and support are met.
- Compliance: Help maintain platform monitoring to meet strict performance, capacity, availability, and security controls, specifically aligning with ISO-27001 standards.
- DevOps Enablement: Define and promote DevOps best practices for building, testing, and reliably releasing software components.
- Release Management: Assist in the coordination of releases, covering deployment, configuration, and successful rollout of software components and systems to various environments.
- Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC): Write and maintain robust IaC to facilitate the automated and consistent creation and management of environments, constantly seeking opportunities to simplify and enhance existing solutions.
- Support & Incident Response: Serve as part of the 3rd Line support team for the platform, including leading critical incident response and resolution efforts.
- Availability: Participate in an On-Call Rota and take part in out-of-hours releases as required.
Requirements
Do you have experience in Terraform?, * Strong experience building and supporting Microsoft Azure cloud-based architecture and infrastructure.
- Solid understanding of basic networking principles, including IPv4.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps, CI/CD, and automation tooling, such as Terraform, Azure DevOps, and GitHub.
- Proven track record in providing reliable support for cloud-based infrastructure.
- Experience in implementing and improving existing cloud solutions, aligning them with the Microsoft Azure Well-Architected Framework (covering security, capacity, performance, availability, and monitoring).
- Ability to support daily BAU services for internal and external clients, including SFTP, Virtual Desktops, BPM software, IAM, and other core services.
- Expertise in troubleshooting high-performance and business-critical solutions for both API and web-based applications.
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical topics clearly to non-technical audiences.
Preferred Skills
- Relevant experience managing commercial infrastructure within the financial services sector.
- Previous experience working on a dedicated SRE, Platform, or DevOps team.
- A pragmatic approach to problem-solving, appreciating simplicity over complexity while knowing when to navigate between both.
- Capability to understand and accurately attribute cloud costs to specific teams and services.
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