Cloud Platform Engineer

Howden Joinery; Northampton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Pension scheme

Staff discount

Onsite 2 days per week

Job summary

Howdens Joinery is seeking a Cloud Platform Engineer in the UK to design, build, and operate scalable Azure cloud platforms. The role requires 5+ years in Cloud, IaC, Kubernetes, and CI/CD, with strong security and networking experience.

You will automate infrastructure, deploy secure systems, and support development and production environments. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, architects, and release managers to deliver containerized solutions using Kubernetes and Docker for

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of experience in Azure Cloud.
• 5+ years with IaC and Terraform.
• 5+ years building and managing Kubernetes environments.
• 5+ years with Azure DevOps or other CI/CD platforms.
• 5+ years of experience with cloud security and connectivity (Key Vault, vNet, DNS, firewalls, VPN, GTM, NSG).
• Practical experience with containerization and clustering (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience building automated CI/CD pipelines with SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium.
• Excellent communicator who can influence decision makers across cross-functional teams.
• Desirable: Azure Active Directory, CAF, API Management, cloud monitoring, CDN, HA across zones/regions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy solutions that improve collaboration and productivity for development teams.
• Automate infrastructure, automate workflows, and measure/improve application performance.
• Create, maintain, and deploy secure, highly available, fault-tolerant systems at scale across on-premise and cloud-native architectures.
• Support development, testing, and production environments.
• Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system and data backup, disaster recovery, and security and performance monitoring.
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and enable daily code deployment by delivery teams.
• Develop policies, standards, governance, and guidance for teams using the CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
• Collaborate with the Release Manager on release planning, including deployment steps and pre-/post-deployment activities.
• Develop and support container-based solutions using Kubernetes and Docker for Azure Cloud.

Skills

Azure Cloud

Terraform

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps/ CI-CD

Cloud security

Docker

CI/CD pipelines

Communication

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

SonarQube

Fortify

Selenium

Git

Job description

Salary: £22,000 - 60,000 per year

Requirements:

• We need you to have at least 5 years of experience in Azure Cloud.
• We need you to have at least 5 years of experience with IaC and Terraform.
• We need you to have at least 5 years of experience building and managing Kubernetes environments.
• We need you to have at least 5 years of experience with Azure DevOps or other CI/CD GIT platforms.
• We need you to have at least 5 years of experience with cloud security and connectivity, including Key Vault, vNet, DNS, firewalls, ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, VPN, GTM, and NSG.
• We need you to have practical experience with containerization and clustering technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
• We need you to have experience building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, and Selenium.
• We need you to be an excellent communicator who can influence decision makers and work successfully in cross-functional teams.
• Desirable experience includes Azure Active Directory, Cloud Adoption Framework, API Management, cloud monitoring, CDN, and high availability across zones and regions.

Responsibilities:

• We will ask you to design, develop, test, and deploy solutions that improve collaboration and productivity for development teams.
• We will ask you to automate infrastructure, automate workflows, and continuously measure and improve application performance.
• We will ask you to create, maintain, and deploy secure, highly available, fault-tolerant systems at scale across on-premise and cloud-native architectures.
• We will ask you to support development, testing, and production environments.
• We will ask you to develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system and data backup, disaster recovery, and security and performance monitoring.
• We will ask you to deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and optimise flow, enabling daily code deployment by delivery teams.
• We will ask you to help develop policies, standards, governance, and guidance for teams using the CI/CD pipelines.
• We will ask you to work with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
• We will ask you to collaborate with the Release Manager on release planning, including identifying deployment steps and pre- and post-deployment activities.
• We will ask you to develop and support container-based solutions using Kubernetes and Docker for Azure Cloud.

Technologies:

• API
• Active Directory
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• Flow
• Git
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Security
• Selenium
• Terraform
• VPN
• ASP.NET

More:

We are Howdens Joinery, a highly successful FTSE 100 business with more than 900 depots nationwide and more than 11,000 staff. Our sales reached circa 2.3bn last year, and we continue to experience significant growth and success. We remain a local business with traditional values, a strong entrepreneurial ethos, and opportunities to develop in a fast-paced, commercial environment. We offer a competitive salary, annual company bonus, an excellent pension scheme with company contributions of up to 12%, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays with the option to buy additional days, staff discount, and exceptional reward and recognition events. This is a permanent Cloud Platform Engineer role based in our Northampton or Raunds offices, working onsite 2 days per week. We are committed to an inclusive environment and support adjustments during the application process.