Platform Engineer

Motability Operations Ltd; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive reward package

28 days annual leave

Private medical insurance

Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Life assurance at 4x salary

Employee Discount Scheme

Job summary

A leading UK mobility solutions provider seeks a candidate to join their collaborative team focused on maintaining critical infrastructure. You will leverage your expertise in AWS and Terraform to automate and optimize processes. The ideal applicant should have strong Linux skills and be proficient in scripting. This role offers a hybrid working model that promotes work-life balance and a variety of competitive benefits including a discretionary bonus and healthcare support.

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years experience with AWS services.
• Experience with Terraform for infrastructure automation.
• Strong command line skills in Linux required.
• Scripting proficiency in Bash or Python.
• Experience in Agile methodologies is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and provide input for clear product commissioning.
• Assist in design solutions enhancing business efficiency.
• Create product roadmap aligning with business goals.
• Foster collaborative and agile work environment.
• Identify and rectify inefficiencies in systems.

Skills

AWS (VPC, RDS, API Gateway)

Terraform

Linux command line experience

Scripting (Bash, Python)

Infrastructure as Code

Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban)

Container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes)

Job description

You will be part of a dynamic and collaborative team responsible for maintaining and optimizing our critical Infrastructure platform. You will work closely with platform engineers, security teams, and other stakeholders to ensure the platform meets the needs of our business.

Strategy and Development

• Support and provide input to help commission a clear and compelling product.
• Assist with design solutions that bring efficiencies to the business.
• Assist with the creation of a comprehensive product roadmap that aligns with business goals and customer needs. Prioritise features and initiatives based on strategic value.
• Work closely with our colleague to understand the requirements. Foster a collaborative and agile work environment.
• Explore methods to improve user experience by leveraging self-service and automation.
• Identify inefficiencies and remediate with a focus on the thinnest viable model.
• Stay up to date with industry trends and explore new technologies to enhance the platform.

About You

• Experience working with AWS (eg VPC, RDS, API Gateway, SES, Route53)
• Experience working with Terraform
• Strong command line experience with Linux (minimum of 2 years)
• Proficient at scripting with one or more of the following: Bash or Python
• Automating delivery of Infrastructure as Code e.g. Terraform
• Proficient knowledge in Agile methodologies, particularly Scrum or Kanban
• Any experience with Internal Developer Platforms is beneficial
• Any experience with container technologies using Docker and Kubernetes is beneficial

About The Company

Motability Operations is a unique organisation, virtually one of a kind. We combine a strong sense of purpose with a real commercial edge to ensure we provide the best possible worry‑free mobility solutions to over 860,000 customers and their families across the UK. Customers exchange their higher rate mobility allowance to lease a range of affordable vehicles (cars, wheelchair accessible vehicles, scooters, and powered wheelchairs) with insurance, maintenance and breakdown assistance included. We are the largest car fleet operator in the UK (purchasing around 10% of all the new cars sold in the UK) and work with a network of around 5,000 car dealers and all the major manufacturers. We pride ourselves on delivering outstanding customer service, achieving an independently verified customer satisfaction rating of 9.8 out of 10.

Our Values Are At The Heart Of Everything We Do. They Represent Ambition, And We Look For Our People To Live And Breathe Them Every Day

• We find solutions

We operate hybrid working across the organisation where we split our time between working on‑site at our offices, and at home, remotely within the UK. We believe hybrid working achieves a good work/life balance for our colleagues, allowing us to connect with each other, collaborate on important work, and perform together to deliver for our customers. It allows us to have the flexibility to work remotely up to 2‑days per week whilst also using the great office spaces we have available.

Benefits

• Competitive reward package including an annual discretionary bonus
• 28 days annual leave with option to purchase and sell days
• Free fresh fruit and snacks in the office
• 1 day for volunteering
• Funded Private Medical Insurance cover
• Electric/Hybrid Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme and Cycle to Work Scheme
• Life assurance at 4 times your basic salary to give you peace of mind that your loved ones will receive some financial help
• Funded health screening for over 50sVoluntary benefits: charitable giving, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, health and cancer screenings for you and your partner, discounted gym memberships and season ticket loans
• Employee Discount Scheme with an app to save on the go
• Free access to healthcare apps such as Peppy, Unmind, Aviva Digital GP and volunteering app on Hand for all employees
• Generous family leave policies

At Motability Operations, we believe in building a diverse workforce, where our people are empowered to attend work as their true selves, and we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. We want to sustain a culture that nurtures, where employees are free to flourish and where they’re rewarded equally, regardless of race, nationality or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, age, disability, or gender.

We pride ourselves on being an inclusive employer and as such, all our offices provide first rate disability access. With our hybrid working environment, we do our best to accommodate part‑time and flexible working requests where possible, building on our culture of trust, empowerment, and flexibility.