Platform Engineer

Job summary

The Platform Engineer role is centered on enhancing the Streaming team's infrastructure by implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and managing Kubernetes deployments in AWS. Key responsibilities include troubleshooting production issues, reviewing pull requests, and sharing best practices within the Common Platform team, utilizing tools such as Prometheus and Jenkins to ensure efficient operations.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and proven experience of secure cloud practices
• Knowledge and proven experience of Infrastructure as Code technologies
• Knowledge and proven experience of containerisation and deploying container workloads
• Knowledge and proven experience with Continuous Delivery / Continuous Integration patterns
• Knowledge and proven experience with monitoring and alerting tools
• Knowledge and proven experience responding to production incidents
• Knowledge and proven experience in cloud cost optimisation
• Knowledge and proven experience with in depth knowledge of Linux
• Knowledge and experience working within an Agile delivery methodology
• Strong communication skills

Responsibilities

• Implementing IaC with Terraform
• Working within Streaming to prioritise work for upgrades and business delivery
• Supporting engineers with deployment and production issues
• Reviewing and approving pull requests from engineers in Streaming
• Maintaining and supporting infrastructure for Streaming
• Managing upgrades of the Kubernetes deployments in AWS
• Defining and designing the infrastructure for the future
• Sharing best practice within the Common Platform team

Skills

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