DevOps Engineer/Platform Engineer (SC Cleared) - London or Leeds, UK

Cactus IT Solutions UK Ltd

Leeds, UK

8 days ago

Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Experience level

Expert

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.careerboard.com

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Computer Networks DevOps Github Groovy Linux Commands Cloud Services Software Engineering Software Testing Automation Framework Web Services Scripting

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Delivery Pipeline Software Security Software Troubleshooting Cloudformation Containerization Kubernetes Infrastructure Automation Frameworks Api Gateway Terraform Docker Jenkins

Job description

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.

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
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, etc. Location London/Leeds, United Kingdom