Senior Platform Engineer – Cloud, Automation & Scale

The Very Group; Liverpool City Council; Hybrid; AUD 140,477 - 180,613; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible, hybrid working model

Inclusive culture and environment

£1,000 flexible benefits allowance

30 days holiday + bank holidays

Udemy learning access

Up to 25% discount on Very.co.uk

Matched pension up to 6%

Job summary

A leading digital retailer in Liverpool is looking for a Principal Platform Engineer responsible for designing and managing platforms that empower the engineering team. Candidates should possess strong AWS knowledge, as well as automation skills with a diverse technology stack including Ansible and Terraform. The role offers flexibility, a great benefits package, including a £1,000 flexible benefits allowance, hybrid working, and numerous learning opportunities to foster career growth.

Qualifications

• Experience building reliable, secure scalable platforms.
• Understanding of AWS, terraforming and related tools.
• Experienced through application development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain secure, reliable cloud infrastructure.
• Manage integrations between hosting platforms and applications.
• Automate working practices where possible.

Skills

Experience of building reliable, secure scalable platforms

An understanding of AWS

Understanding application development from conception to delivery

Experience with technology stack: Ansible, Terraform, gitlab, etc.

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

GitLab

Jenkins

EKS

ECS

VPC

EC2

AWS firewall

Helm charts

Groovy

Packer

Job description

A leading digital retailer in Liverpool is looking for a Principal Platform Engineer responsible for designing and managing platforms that empower the engineering team. Candidates should possess strong AWS knowledge, as well as automation skills with a diverse technology stack including Ansible and Terraform. The role offers flexibility, a great benefits package, including a £1,000 flexible benefits allowance, hybrid working, and numerous learning opportunities to foster career growth.