Platform Engineer AWS Python - Fintech
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Job description
As a Platform Engineer you will take a lead role in the design, implementation, maintenance and support of the AWS infrastructure and services, collaborating with technical, operational and business stakeholders to deliver scalable, secure and resilient infrastructure and applications.
You'll take ownership for infrastructure and platform capabilities, seeking to improve efficiency, optimise costs and address technical debt whilst ensuring comprehensive technical documentation and the development, maintenance and delivery of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
This is a high profile role with stakeholder interaction across all levels of the business, with clear objectives, initial projects will be on a database migration to AWS and an overhaul of security across the cloud estate.
Requirements
- You have strong experience in a similar role, working on the delivery and management of AWS infrastructure and services within high performance environments
- You have experience with serverless and containerisation technologies: Lambda, Docker, ECS, Fargate
- You have experience with CI/CD and containerisation: Terraform, GitHub Actions, Serverless Framework
- You can code with Python, TypeScript and / or C#
- You're familiar with both Windows and Linux environment administration
- You're capable of producing high quality technical documentation suitable for use in design assurance, incident response and support
- You're collaborative and pragmatic with great communication skills
- Experience with any of the following would also be of benefit: Okta, Snowflake, Datadog, PostgreSQL, Glue, Athena, API Gateway, CloudFront, data networking, including AWS Transit Gateway, Cisco routing and switching technology
Benefits & conditions
There's a hybrid work from home policy, with Monday to Wednesday in the brand new London offices and flexibility to work from home Thursday and Fridays., As a Platform Engineer (AWS Python) you will earn a competitive package including:
- Salary to £100k
- Bonus (c20%)
- Pension (5% employer contribution)
- 25 days holiday (increasing to 27 after two years and 30 after)
- Life Assurance (4x base salary)
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Range of training, career development and supported learning
- Impactful role working on cutting edge technology