Senior Platform Engineer

Description

Compensation details will be shared by the recruiter during the first interview.

The Perks

• Home office equipment reimbursement

• Performance relate bonus

• Private medical cover for you and your family/partner (Medicover)

• Multikafeteria system (you can choose a multisport card, vouchers, etc.)

• Life insurance (Generali)

• LinkedIn Learning platform free access

• Share Plans for Employees

• Career-focused technical and leadership training in-class and online, incl. unlimited access to LinkedIn Learning platform

• Well-being events as well as Employee Assistance Programme

• Summer picnic, New Year party and other social events

• Three additional days off a year - one to celebrate your Birthday and two for voluntary work

• App-based parking spots booking system

• Stretching sessions

How we work

• Lead and Inspire: Drives trust, alignment, and enthusiasm

• Think Big: Focus on the problems that most impact commercial outcomes

• Champion the client: Understand and prioritise client's needs

• Deliver at pace: Push for fast, sustainable growth;

• Raise the bar: Take ownership, be accountable and share feedback

What you'll do

• Design and architect scalable AWS cloud infrastructure, developing IaC solutions using Terraform and leading cloud technology evaluation and standardisation initiatives

• Build, optimise, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, establishing DevOps and DevSecOps best practices across the organisation

• Architect and manage Kubernetes environments (EKS, AKS, GKE) and implement platform engineering tools to deliver self-service capabilities via an IDP (e.g. Backstage)

• Define and enforce monitoring, alerting, and observability standards to ensure infrastructure reliability and performance

• Foster collaboration between development and operations teams, bridging gaps to drive a unified engineering culture

• Mentor junior engineers, share knowledge across the team, and write and maintain documentation to support continuous learning and engineering best practices

What you'll need for this role

• Cloud Infrastructure & Experience: 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering with hands-on experience designing and administering complex platforms across AWS, GCP, and Azure, including deep knowledge of networking (VPC, Direct Connect, Transit Gateways, BGP, OSPF) and IaaS/PaaS architectural patterns

• Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation: 2+ years with IaC tools (Terraform or Ansible) and hands-on experience with orchestration and automation platforms (AWX, Ansible Tower, Terragrunt), scripting in Python, Bash, or Go

• DevOps & DevSecOps: 2+ years designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, or equivalent, with strong knowledge of security best practices including secrets management, vulnerability scanning, and compliance

• Kubernetes & Containers: 2+ years of Kubernetes administration across on-premises and cloud environments (EKS preferred, AKS, GKE), with proficiency in networking, RBAC, pod security, service mesh (Istio), and Docker image management

• Platform Engineering & Developer Tooling: Experience implementing developer portals (Backstage), artifact repositories (JFrog Artifactory, Nexus), API gateways, and self-service platform engineering tools to support internal teams

• Observability & Reliability: Hands-on experience with monitoring and observability platforms (Honeycomb, Prometheus, Grafana), including defining alerting standards and ensuring infrastructure reliability at scale

• Architecture & Design: Strong grasp of microservices architecture, cloud networking protocols (Layer 2/3, MPLS), DNS, load balancing, and traffic management, with the ability to contribute to and implement technical direction

• Version Control & Collaboration: Proficiency across version control systems (Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) with the ability to operate autonomously and contribute to engineering standards across teams