Jobs / Janus Henderson Investors
Senior Platform Engineer
Janus Henderson Investors · London, ENG, United Kingdom
London, ENG, United KingdomExp: 6+ yrsHybrid
Remuneration
Annual discretionary bonus opportunity; competitive compensation, pension or retirement plans, and health, wellbeing, and lifestyle benefits.
Location
London, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
This senior platform engineering role leads enterprise CI/CD capabilities and developer experience, including the migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub and integration with Snowflake and Databricks. The work includes building and optimizing Azure platforms with Infrastructure-as-Code, embedding security and compliance into delivery pipelines, implementing observability and SRE practices, supporting audits, and developing self-service tooling and engineering standards.
Benefits
Generous holiday policiesHealth and wellbeing benefits, including Wellhub membershipPaid volunteer timeProfessional development coursesTuition and qualification reimbursementMaternity and paternity leave benefitsFamily servicesEmployee networking and social eventsLunch allowance for the subsidized onsite canteenPension or retirement plans
Qualifications
- At least 6 years of experience in platform engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure roles.
- Strong experience with Azure or other cloud platforms.
- Hands-on experience with GitHub, Azure DevOps, or GitLab CI, including CI/CD pipeline design and migration to GitHub.
- Experience with Terraform, Bicep, or equivalent Infrastructure-as-Code tools and automated cloud provisioning.
- Proficiency with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience implementing DevSecOps, SAST/DAST integration, secrets management, and secure pipeline execution.
- Experience with Snowflake or Databricks, including CI/CD integration, environment provisioning, and access control.
- Knowledge of Azure compute, networking, identity, and security services.
- Experience with observability tools and SRE practices.
- Strong scripting or programming skills in Python, PowerShell, or Bash.
- Experience in regulated, enterprise-scale environments with governance, auditability, and compliance requirements.
- Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to act as a hands-on subject matter expert and technical leader.
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
Responsibilities
- Lead migration from Azure DevOps to GitHub and deliver standardized CI/CD pipelines, reusable workflows, and release automation.
- Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform, Bicep, or similar tools.
- Deliver and optimize Azure cloud platforms for scalability, resilience, and cost efficiency.
- Support CI/CD integration, environment provisioning, and access controls for Snowflake and Databricks.
- Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and SRE practices, including SLIs, SLOs, and incident management.
- Embed security, compliance, auditability, and policy enforcement into platform components.
- Represent Platform Engineering in audit engagements, provide evidence, respond to findings, and drive remediation.
- Improve developer experience through standardization, self-service tools, templates, and AI-enabled capabilities.
- Collaborate with AI, architecture, cloud, SRE, and engineering teams on governed platform capabilities.
- Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical leadership, standards, and engineering practices.
Skills
AnsibleAzureAzure DevOpsAzure MonitorBashBicepDatabricksDockerGitHubGitLabGitLab CIGoGrafanaJavaKubernetesNexusPowerShellPrometheusPulumiPythonSnowflakeTerraformGitHub Actions
Certifications
Cloud technology or Kubernetes certifications
Degrees
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related fie
Industry
Investment management
Relocation
No