Platform Engineer

Evelyn Partners; Liverpool City Region; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Evelyn Partners is expanding its Data Services Team and seeks a Platform Engineer to enhance data modelling and reporting. The role involves provisioning infrastructure, developing automation scripts, and building CI/CD pipelines while working with cutting-edge technologies like Azure and Power BI. This is an exciting opportunity for data professionals looking to lead change and innovate in a collaborative environment.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Pension contribution

Hybrid working model

Generous holiday package

Option to purchase additional holiday

Shared parental leave

Fully funded training towards professional qualifications

Cycle to work scheme

Season ticket loan

Eye care support

Qualifications

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform).
• Strong working knowledge of the Azure ecosystem.
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines as code.

Responsibilities

• Provision infrastructure as code including end to end environments.
• Develop automation scripts and tooling to create capacity.
• Build CI/CD pipelines on GitHub Actions.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Azure ecosystem

CI/CD pipelines

Testability of code

Business Analysis

Job description

Company Description

Evelyn Partners is a UK leader in wealth management, providing personalised, expert investment management and financial planning advice to support clients in embracing what's next.

Our success hinges on our people and that's our secret for longevity. We are a team of passionate professionals and everything we do is guided by our purpose - placing the power of good advice into more hands, we go further to understand the needs of our clients and what matters most to them. We're here to help them make significant decisions with confidence, provide strong foundations for the future and guide them towards their goals.

Job Description

Evelyn Partners Data Services Team

At Evelyn Partners, we are expanding our Technology and Data Services team, investing in a large-scale modernisation programme to drive innovation and insights. We're building a new team to enhance data modelling, reporting, AI initiatives, and cloud data platforms like Snowflake.

As part of our transformation, we're growing our engineering and development team to automate reporting and deliver Power BI-driven insights that empower end users. This means exciting opportunities for learning, upskilling, and working with the latest technologies.

These roles can be based in Liverpool or Glasgow, with the requirement to be in the office to collaborate with colleagues twice a week.

Why Join Evelyn Partners Data Services Team?

• Investment in Data: We recognise the power of data and are fully committed to growing a best-in-class team.
• Cutting-Edge Tech: Work with Snowflake, Power BI, and AI-driven solutions to shape the future of data analytics.
• People-First Culture: A collaborative, flexible, and supportive work environment.
• Career Growth Opportunities: Continuous learning and upskilling in new and emerging technologies.
• Impactful Work: Be at the forefront of transforming our data strategy and driving business success.

If you're a data professional looking for an opportunity to lead change and innovative, we want to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

As a Platform Engineer you will provision infrastructure as code (Terraform) including end to end environments & resources. You will manage identities and associated permissions as well as core environment infrastructure such as storage, networking, logging & analytics, secrets management. A good understanding of Azure Container Apps and event driven processing would be a plus.

As a Platform Engineer, your responsibilities will include:

• Core data platform infrastructure such as Azure Data Factory, Azure BLOB Storage, Azure Batch etc.
• Develop automation scripts and tooling to create capacity within the Data Services team.
• Build CI/CD pipelines on GitHub Actions, including build/test/deployment workflows across Azure resources.
• Monitor system performance to analyse performance, security, and reliability utilising Azure Monitor, Azure Application Insights and Azure alerts.
• Integrate security and compliance into the platform with encryption and access management.
• Document configurations and processes so different teams understand how to use the Evelyn Data Platform.
• Collaborate with engineers and other stakeholders to understand what they need from the Evelyn Data Platform.

Qualifications

To be successful in this role, you should:

• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (preferably Terraform)
• Strong working knowledge of the Azure ecosystem (Azure storage account, APIM, Azure functions, VNet, CDN, monitor etc)
• Experience building CI/CD pipelines as code (Preferably GitHub Actions, TeamCity and Octopus Deploy)
• Strong focus on testability of all code deployed
• Knowledge of Azure serverless offerings
• Ability to communicate with non-technical colleagues at all levels of the organisation with confidence and with clarity.
• Business Analysis skills to derive requirements from business stakeholders

Nice to have

• Experience in JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience with Modern C# .NET development would be beneficial

Additional Information

As a colleague here at Evelyn Partners, you will have access to benefits that include:

• Competitive salary
• Private medical insurance
• Life assurance
• Pension contribution
• Hybrid working model (role dependent)
• Generous holiday package
• Option to purchase additional holiday
• Shared parental leave
• Fully funded training towards professional qualifications
• Cycle to work scheme
• Season ticket loan
• Eye care support

We are proud to value the differences that a diverse workforce brings, representative of society and our clients. At Evelyn Partners we have a wide range of highly active employee resource groups and we're delivering multiple diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives across the organisation. It is our commitment to provide a workspace where all colleagues, regardless of identity, background, or circumstance, feel respected as individuals and feel that they can achieve their full potential and work in a safe, supportive, and inclusive environment.

We are happy to make any reasonable adjustments to accommodate for your needs throughout the application process. Please let your Recruiter know.