Platform Specialist

SThree Plc
London, UK
11 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Temporary contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Compensation
£130,000.0 - £182,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) .NET Framework Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) Amazon Web Services Microsoft Azure Bash Shell Cloud Engineering Configuration Management Continuous Integration Linux Distributed Systems Python (Programming Language)
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Windows PowerShell SQL Databases Data Logging Scripting Enterprise Software Applications Cloud Platform System Grafana Software Troubleshooting Reliability of Systems SAPBasis Containerization Kubernetes Information Technology Deployment Automation Terraform Data Pipelines Docker Microservices

Job description

This is a contract opportunity to register your interest in future Platform Specialist roles within our infrastructure and cloud engineering teams. Roles of this type may involve designing, building and maintaining scalable platform solutions that enable development teams to deploy, monitor and operate applications reliably. You could work with modern cloud infrastructure, containerisation technologies and CI/CD pipelines to support distributed systems and microservices-based architectures., * Designing and implementing cloud platform solutions using Azure, AWS or GCP

  • Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Working with containerisation technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
  • Supporting development teams in adopting microservices architectures and APIs
  • Managing infrastructure as code using tools such as Terraform
  • Collaborating with teams to improve system reliability, scalability and performance
  • Contributing to platform documentation and best practices
  • Supporting the deployment and configuration of distributed systems

Requirements

  • Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP)
  • Working knowledge of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes)
  • Experience with CI/CD pipeline design and implementation
  • Understanding of microservices and distributed systems
  • Proficiency in infrastructure as code or configuration management
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills
  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with .NET, Java or Python development ecosystems
  • Familiarity with monitoring, logging and observability tools
  • Knowledge of Linux and Windows system administration
  • Experience with SQL databases and data pipelines
  • Exposure to SAP environments or enterprise systems
  • Scripting experience (Bash, PowerShell)

Benefits & conditions

  • Opportunity to work on scalable, distributed systems that support real business outcomes
  • Collaboration with talented engineering teams across multiple disciplines
  • Potential to shape technical standards and best practices within platform engineering
  • Flexibility and professional development opportunities within a consultancy environment

About the company

SThree is the global STEM workforce consultancy. We advise businesses, build expert teams and deliver project solutions to outpace tomorrow, together.

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