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Platform Engineer
UNiDAYS · Nottingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Nottingham, ENG, United KingdomHybrid
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Nottingham, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Platform Engineer role is centered on enhancing platform strategy, cloud automation, and developer experience. Responsibilities include building, testing, and implementing cloud services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), collaborating with software engineers, and monitoring platform performance with an SRE mindset for SLIs and SLOs, leveraging AWS cloud services and tools like CloudFormation and Terraform.
Benefits
25 days holiday per year increasing with length of serviceBank holidaysCompetitive salaries4pm finishes every FridayCompany pension schemePrivate health insurance (BUPA)Dental insurance (BUPA)Income protection policyLife assurance policyEmployee assistance programEnhanced parental leave payRegular team building activities150 pounds towards home office set up
Qualifications
- Strong cloud knowledge with hands-on AWS experience
- Strong IaC background (CloudFormation & Terraform preferred)
- Experience with application deployment strategies and cloud architectural patterns
- ECS/EKS experience with clusters across environments
- Knowledge of security, networking, CDN, load balancing, and storage solutions
- Understanding of CI/CD practices across multiple environments
- Development experience in core languages (C#, python, TypeScript)
Responsibilities
- Build, test, and implement cloud services via IaC
- Work closely with software engineers to understand platform needs
- Identify new technologies and drive improvements across the platform
- Create and improve self-serving capabilities for software teams
- Monitor platform performance with an SRE mindset for SLIs and SLOs
- Define, improve, implement, and document best practices
- Participate in on-call duties one week per month
Skills
AWSCloudFormationC#DynamoDBECSEKSPythonRedshiftTerraformTypeScript
Certifications
AWS/Terraform certification
Relocation
No