Senior Platform Engineer

The main responsibilities of the position include:

• Initiate and actively drive the adoption of good patterns, structures and use of technologies for development and operations
• Investigate and identify practices and work that can benefit from automation 
• Monitor and suggest improvements to the existing CI/CD process to increase speed, safety and reliability
• Implement and coordinate implementation with the parties involved
• Develop and maintain existing /GitLab CI pipeline libraries
• Assist developers with setting up CI/CD for their projects and provide support for any issues that may arise
• Stay up to date with the latest tools and trends in the industry
• Provide senior-level, best practice recommendations and implementations to our Windows, Linux and Kubernetes hosting environments 
• Function as a mentor to junior team members, providing technical guidance and recommending continued learning opportunities to help them develop
• Educate fellow team members as well as Application Development Teams about the platforms used-for and hosted-by our team. Key tools and concepts in this space are: Gitlab, Docker, AWS, Terraform, Istio Service Mesh,  Kubernetes , Kafka, ELK
• Work with our Security team to remediate high-risk vulnerabilities and ensure the security of our environments are being scrutinised as appropriate for their use case 
• Offer services related to the above tasks and projects to any of the Companies of the Group as instructed by the Line Manager

Main requirements:

• University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar discipline
• 7+ years’ experience within the following areas: Cloud ( AWS), Release Pipeline Management, Windows Server Administration, Linux Administration, Certificate Management, PowerShell scripting, Bash/python scripting, Configuration Management and IAC (Ansible/Terraform), DNS, Networking  
• Enterprise-level Kubernetes experience 
• Solid Linux administration skills 
• Commitment to continuous improvement, with a focus on observability, modern application architecture styles, blue-green / canary deployments, CI/CD pipeline management 
• Ability to self-motivate, study, and stay on-top of emerging technologies and trends, while meeting business deadlines 
• Experience with tools including: Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, MSK, New Relic

The following will be considered an advantage:

• Familiarity with database concepts
• Working experience with at least one cloud provider (preferably AWS)
• Experience with Apache Kafka configuration and troubleshooting
• Experience with ELK configuration and troubleshooting
• Scripting skills (Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go, etc.)

The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You

• Show Your Skills – Online Technical Challenge
• Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition
• Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team
• Final Connection – Final Interview

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