Platform Engineer

LSA Recruit

Leeds, United Kingdom

2 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Working hours

Regular working hours

Languages

English

Experience level

Senior

Job location

Leeds, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Computer Networks

Github

Groovy

Linux Commands

Cloud Services

Software Engineering

Software Testing Automation Framework

Web Services

Scripting (Bash/Python/Go/Ruby)

Delivery Pipeline

Software Security

Software Troubleshooting

Cloudformation

Containerization

Kubernetes

Infrastructure Automation Frameworks

Api Gateway

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

Job description

We have an exciting job opportunity for role Platform Engineer based in Leeds, UK (Weekly 3 days onsite) for Permanent

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Leeds (3 days in a week)

Job description:

Key responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable platform solutions. Including monitoring, managing and optimising cloud-based (AWS) resources.
Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering across the whole organisation.
Document all procedures and policies for maintaining and improving system infrastructure.
Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) for efficient and secure deployment and operations. Whilst also working with development teams to facilitate the
deployment and operation of systems.

Skills Required:

Minimum

Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation (eg Jenkins and GitHub Actions).
Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (eg, Docker, Kubernetes).
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.

Essential

Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.

Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams - including designers, product managers, and analysts.
Hands on CloudFormation Scripting, troubleshooting and debugging

Working knowledge of Chef, Scripting and troubleshooting
Experience with Python Scripting and troubleshooting
Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch), deployments, groovy Scripting

Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services

Experience with AWS services - EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG

Requirements

Minimum

Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation (eg Jenkins and GitHub Actions).
Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (eg, Docker, Kubernetes).
Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.

Essential

Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.

Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams - including designers, product managers, and analysts.
Hands on CloudFormation Scripting, troubleshooting and debugging