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Senior Platform Engineer

Wickes · Watford, ENG, United Kingdom
Watford, ENG, United KingdomExp: 10+ yrsHybrid
Remuneration
Not specified
Location
Watford, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
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Job summary

Wickes is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure, focusing on automation and best practices in a DevOps environment.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering
  • 7+ years of hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure
  • Expert-level proficiency with AWS services
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools, primarily Terraform
  • Strong expertise with Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD
  • Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go)
  • Understanding of containerization technologies and orchestration
  • Understanding of networking concepts and security best practices

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS using Infrastructure as Code principles
  • Optimize AWS resource utilization and costs
  • Implement and enforce security best practices across AWS environments
  • Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and application issues
  • Architect, develop, and maintain CI/CD pipelines
  • Drive adoption of best practices for version control and workflows
  • Promote a DevOps culture within the organization
  • Collaborate with development teams and stakeholders
  • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
  • Define KPIs and success metrics for platform effectiveness

Skills

AWSAWS KMSBashCloudWatchConfluenceDatadogDockerDynamoDBECSEKSGitGitLabGitLab CIGoGrafanaIAMJenkinsKubernetesAWS LambdaPrometheusPythonS3SNSSQSTerraform

Degrees

Bachelor's degree in business, computer science, computer engineering, system an

Relocation

No