Platform Engineer

Synthesized; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the software development industry is seeking a Platform Engineer to enhance their cloud capabilities. This role involves developing cloud automation strategies and creating secure infrastructure through code, impacting both development and customer engineering teams. The position offers significant growth opportunities and the chance to mentor team members while shaping cloud architecture decisions.

Benefits

Generous cash compensation and share options

Flexible work hours

Personal development budget

Comprehensive health, vision, and dental plan coverage

33 days paid leave per year

Snacks and drinks provided weekly

Company events and regular team socials

Qualifications

• Proven experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools and methodologies.
• Understanding of DevOps principles and practices.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform.
• Develop automation scripts for cloud resource provisioning.
• Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Cloud Automation

CI/CD

DevOps Principles

Cloud Security Best Practices

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Resource Manager

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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The Role

We're expanding our cloud offering capabilities and seeking a Platform Engineer to strengthen our foundation for future growth. You'll develop our cloud automation strategy, creating scalable, secure infrastructure through code. This role has a significant impact on both our development teams and customers' engineering teams. You'll shape our cloud architecture decisions from the ground up while mentoring team members, with significant growth opportunities as you build solutions that enable faster development without compromising security.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Azure Resource Manager templates
• Develop automation scripts and workflows for cloud resource provisioning, configuration management, and operational tasks
• Build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment and application delivery
• Create monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions through code
• Implement and automate security controls according to best practices and compliance requirements
• Optimise and implement automated controls for cloud resource utilisation and cost management
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues through programmatic approaches
• Be a beacon of infrastructure knowledge for the team, illuminating the path through the cloudy skies of modern large-scale tech
• Proven experience with at least one major cloud provider (AWS, Azure, GCP, or similar)
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools and methodologies
• Understanding of DevOps principles and practices
• Knowledge of containerisation technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift)
• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and tools (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps)
• Experience with monitoring and observability implementation
• Understanding of cloud security best practices and implementing security controls as code

What sets you apart

• Experience with multiple cloud platforms
• OpenShift administration and automation experience
• Industry-recognized cloud and security certifications
• Hands-on experience implementing technical controls for compliance frameworks such as SOC2 and ISO-27001
• Experience with serverless architectures and function-as-a-service implementations
• Knowledge of security scanning and testing tools for infrastructure code
• Familiarity with secret management solutions
• Background in software development
• Ability to maintain good humour when explaining for the fifth time why "turning it off and on again" isn't always the solution to cloud problems
• Wonderful office in the heart of Shoreditch, hybrid 3-days
• Generous cash compensation and share options
• Flexible work hours
• Personal development budget (coaching, courses, events)
• Comprehensive health, vision, and dental plan coverage ️
• 33 days paid leave per year including flexible national holidays
• Snacks and drinks provided weekly
• Working alongside great people in a friendly and respectful environment ️
• Company events, regular team socials, and international trips ️

We are committed to an inclusive and diverse workplace at Synthesized. Synthesized is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, marital status or any other legally protected status.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Industries

  Software Development

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