Platform Engineer

Woolf Group; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FinTech company specializing in Data Analytics is seeking a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer. This role involves managing cloud infrastructure on AWS and developing CI/CD pipelines to support development teams. Ideal candidates will have strong experience with AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes, as well as proficiency in Python and Bash scripting.

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS, Azure, or Google GCP.
• Skills in Terraform and CI/CD tools are essential.
• Proficiency in scripting with Python and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud infrastructure primarily on AWS.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines for NodeJS microservices.
• Support developers with pipeline issues and GitLab management.

Skills

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Docker

GitLab

Terraform

Python

Bash

Linux

Datadog

Job description

Established ‘ethically minded’ FinTech specialising in cutting edge Data Analytics are looking for a DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer.

Wide variety of technology and cloud providers, including (but not limited to):

• AWS for most of their own internal projects
• Azure and IBM Cloud for customer projects
• Kubernetes, Helm and Docker for deployment of services
• Istio for service mesh
• GitLab for source control
• GitLab-CI for CICD pipeline
• Bash and Python for pipeline scripts
• Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure as code
• Postgres (including RDS and Aurora) for most databases
• SAML, OIDC and LDAP for single-sign on platform
• Linux is used as a base OS for all servers and containers
• DataDog for monitoring and logging platform

Responsibilities include:

• Day to day management of cloud infrastructure supporting our various projects, primarily on AWS but occasionally some Azure or Google GCP.
• Deployment of new cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Development of CICD pipelines (Gitlab CI) for deployment of our NodeJS microservices to Kubernetes (EKS) clusters using Istio, Docker, Helm, Python and Bash scripting.
• Supporting developers and other engineers with any pipeline issues.
• General management and operations of GitLab source control system.
• Monitoring and management of our Datadog instance, including log management and APM