Senior Platform Engineer

Senior Platform Engineer

Fully Remote

GBP40,000 - GBP52,000 per annum

Requirements:

Ensure the scalability and adaptability of our infrastructure to meet current and future needs.

Facilitate smooth integration of business changes into existing infrastructure.

Proactively identify and address capacity-related challenges.

Offer expert consultancy and guidance.

Provide technical support to develop and manage capacity management tools.

Enhance our capacity management capabilities through your expertise.

Engineer, validate, and implement innovative technical solutions.

Collaborate closely with internal and external stakeholders to deliver exceptional customer service.

In-depth understanding of end-to-end IT system infrastructure landscapes across on-premises and Cloud environments.

Proficiency in analysing infrastructure metrics and data to preemptively mitigate capacity issues and incidents.

Hands-on experience in implementing and supporting capacity management solutions, preferably with a robust background in technology operations.

Ability to engage effectively with a diverse range of stakeholders, including business counterparts, to grasp growth requirements and support business change initiatives.

Experience in developing and integrating toolsets for efficient collection and storage of time-series data.

Strong skills in data modelling techniques to forecast future platform risks and challenges.

Technical expertise to diagnose and resolve platform issues effectively.

Track record of contributing to the delivery of capacity management strategy and roadmap components.

Familiarity with capacity management tools such as Grafana, Influx, TCO, or similar.

Proficiency in VMware, Linux, and Windows Server environments.

Bonus if you have:

Background in numeracy or data science.

Practical experience in large multi-platform environments.

Familiarity with our toolchain, including Openshift/Kubernetes, Docker, GIT, Jenkins, GoCD, and Bash Scripting.

Strong programming skills and a developer mindset for automation in languages like Python, Java, or JavaScript.

Excellent and diverse experience in Shell script programming across Linux and Windows.

Experience working in multidisciplinary agile teams.