Cloud Platform Engineer

Exciting new opportunity in the Cloud Team. We are looking for a new Cloud Platform Engineer to design, develop, test and deploy solutions to improve collaboration and productivity of the development teams by automating infrastructure, automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance.

This is a full time, permanent opportunity based from either our office in Brackmills business park, Northampton or Raunds, Northamptonshire with some home working.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking either full-time or part-time hours (minimum 30 hours per week).

What you will be doing as a Cloud Platform Engineer:

• You will be responsible for creating, maintaining and deploying secure, high-available, fault-tolerant systems at scale via on-premise and cloud-native architectures for development, testing and production environments.
• Developing and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery and security/performance monitoring
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and optimise for flow therefore allowing the delivery teams to deploy new code daily.
• Help to develop policies, standards, governance, and related guidance for teams in using the CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
• Collaborate with Release Manager in the release planning, by identifying deployment steps and other activities that must be undertaken prior and post deployment;
• Responsible for developing and supporting container-based solutions using Kubernetes/Docker for Azure Cloud.

What we need from you:

• Broad experience within the Cloud Technologies and Platforms, including but not limited to:
  • Azure Cloud
  • Azure DevOps (or other CI/CD GIT platforms)
  • Azure Active Directory (Identity Management, Service Principles, Security Groups, Role Management, MFA)
  • Key Vault
  • Cloud Security and Connectivity (vNet, DNS, Firewalls, Express Route / Direct Connect, VPN, GTM, NSG)
  • Subscription Management (Resource Groups, cost management)
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Shared Services (Kubernetes, API Management)
  • CDN (Akamai)
  • High Availability (Zones and Regions, Service Recovery)

• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Azure.
• Practical experience with containerization and clustering technologies i.e., Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience of building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium, etc.
• Excellent communicator, able to influence decision makers and work successfully in cross-functional teams

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
• Staff Discount.
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events.

How to apply

Good luck with your application.  Before you apply, please speak to your manager, so that they are aware of your interest in this role.  You will also need to attach a CV as part of your application.  Please take note that this advert is a summary of the main duties and responsibilities and may be subject to change.  If you have any questions or need further support or information, please contact the Hiring Manager, Ross Haywood, or Holly Gibbins, Recruitment Advisor.