Platform Engineer
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Design and manage hybrid cloud and on-prem infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (e.g. CloudFormation, Terraform), ensuring secure, repeatable, production-aligned environments.Maintain cloud and local systems (Windows/Linux), covering patching, networking, storage, virtualisation, and container platforms.Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines with blue-green, canary, and rolling deployments, including automated, zero-downtime database releases.Implement comprehensive monitoring, logging, alerting, and automated incident workflows with clear reporting.Strengthen cloud security posture (IAM, secrets, vulnerability scanning) and embed DevSecOps practices while maintaining PCI-DSS compliance.Drive reliability through SLIs/SLOs, incident response, disaster recovery testing, and capacity planning for peak events.Optimise performance and cost across hybrid environments through right-sizing, forecasting, and resource governance.Apply AI-driven tooling for anomaly detection, operational optimisation, and compliance automation.Collaborate cross-functionally, maintain documentation, and promote DevOps best practices.
Requirements
5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering (hybrid environments).Strong AWS expertise across compute, networking, storage, and security services.Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation required; Terraform/Pulumi desirable).Docker and ECS and/or Kubernetes.CI/CD pipeline development and controlled deployment strategies.Strong Linux administration and networking fundamentals.Python (essential) and Bash/Shell scripting.Monitoring/logging tools (e.g. Grafana, Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus).Cloud security tooling and solid understanding of SRE principles.
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