Job Title: Platform Engineer
Location: United Kingdom (UK)
My client offers an opportunity to collaborate with motivated professionals on a mission to enhance the efficiency of the UK’s public sector through digital innovation. As they expand, with a team of over 200 individuals, they seek like-minded individuals who resonate with core values of excellence, trust, and client partnership.
The growth of the digital implementation team stands central to strategic goals. Engineers play a pivotal role in furnishing clients with hands-on expertise to either introduce novel digital services or refine existing ones. The scope encompasses the entire spectrum of design and delivery. Leveraging the latest cloud and on-premises technologies, to configure and integrate diverse commercial, open-source, and bespoke products, alongside automating infrastructure and application provisioning.
My client is in search of enthusiastic individuals eager to embark on their journey in IT or development, with a keen interest in gaining practical experience in the aforementioned domains. You are encouraged to contribute your ideas, expertise, enthusiasm, and dedication. In return, you are promised engaging work that positively impacts lives, opportunities to learn from seasoned professionals, and a supportive environment conducive to realising your full potential.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with clients to gather requirements and design tailored solutions
- Demonstrate proficiency in a programming language (e.g., Python)
- Uphold best practice coding standards with a focus on security
- Possess a basic understanding of cloud computing technologies like AWS or Azure
- Manage Windows Server and/or Unix-based operating systems
- Utilise version control software such as Git
- Exhibit strong communication and collaboration skills within a technical setting
Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise:
- Experience with software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies (e.g., Agile, XP).
- Proficiency in building, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
- Basic familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) or configuration as code (CaC) tools (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, Kubernetes).
- Knowledge of Agile team collaboration tools like Jira
- Familiarity with Git hosting platforms (e.g., Github, Gitlab)
- Deployment and configuration of application servers, web servers, and/or database servers on Linux and/or Microsoft environments
- Experience with SQL Databases (e.g., MySQL, Oracle, Microsoft SQL)
- Integration of application and/or infrastructure components with logging, monitoring, and alerting technologies
- API integration or development skills
- Understanding of secure microservice and containerized design, development, testing, and deployment
- Familiarity with enterprise identity and access management protocols (e.g., Kerberos, OAuth2, OpenID Connect)
- Knowledge of security best practices (OWASP, NCSC guidance, etc.)
- Understanding of modern data platform architectures, including containerization
Candidates must be eligible for, or have UK security clearance (SC).
Benefits:
- Discretionary bonus paid biannually
- 25 days of annual leave plus 8 bank holidays
- Biannual performance appraisal/pay review (annually thereafter for consultant and senior consultant grades)
- Investment in training relevant to individual development and company needs
- Participation in the stakeholder pension scheme
- Access to the cycle to work scheme
- Employee assistance programme
- Electric car leasing scheme
- Private medical insurance
Job Owner: t.stillwell
