Platform Engineer

Peregrine; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Standard employee benefits

Hybrid working model

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Reading is seeking a Technical Services Platform Engineer to implement and enhance a secure digital environment for engineering. You will ensure system performance and maintain regulatory standards while collaborating with cross-functional teams. The ideal candidate has over 3 years of experience in platform engineering, particularly in cloud services and infrastructure management. This role offers a hybrid working model and a range of employee benefits.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering or related field.
• Demonstrable hands-on expertise in cloud services and operating systems.
• Highly experienced troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Implement, maintain and enhance the infrastructure for engineering workloads.
• Ensure high availability and performance of hosted solutions.
• Document processes and solutions for future reference.

Skills

Cloud Services

Windows Server

Redhat Linux (RHEL) Server

Kubernetes Administration

DevOps CI/CD tooling

Network fundamentals

Coding languages for scripting

Job description

Direct message the job poster from Peregrine

Join us as a Technical Services Platform Engineer at Peregrine Resourcing.

Hybrid working (3 days on-site attendance)

How Specialist Talent Works:

At Peregrine, we find the best talent for our clients. As a permanent employee of Peregrine, with access to all our standard benefits, you will be deployed across our portfolio of clients as a specialist consultant, working on a wide array of complex projects across multiple industries.

The Role:

The Technical Services Platform Engineer will be a core team member of the Technical Services Product team. The team will implement, manage and enhance a highly secure, state of the art digital solutions for engineers and software developers. Working alongside other Network, Security and Platform Engineers, the engineer builds, deploys, administers, supports and maintains solutions within a highly regulated industry.

The Technical Services Platform Engineer must understand architecture, design, delivery, operation and control of IT infrastructure including hardware, operating systems and data storage, within wide and local area networks.

As a Platform Engineer in a highly regulated environment, you will be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining a secure and scalable hosting environment for engineering and software development environments. This includes:

• Building and management of systems and components in physical and virtualised computing environments
• Monitoring of performance of systems and services in relation to their contribution to business performance, their security and their sustainability
• Preparation for new or changed services, operation of the change process including governance
• Maintenance of regulatory, legal and professional standards

We are looking for candidates with 3+ years of relevant experience in Platform Engineering, or a related field, with demonstrable hands-on expertise with Cloud Services, Windows Server / Desktop, Redhat Linux (RHEL) Server, Kubernetes Administration/Development and DevOps CI/CD tooling.

Responsibilities:

• Implement, maintain and enhance the infrastructure hosting for engineering and software development workloads.
• Ensure high availability and performance of hosted solutions
• Carry out virtual and physical infrastructure/network/storage builds and rebuilds
• Assists in the preparation of detailed technical delivery plans
• Maintain detailed design documentation and knowledge management for operational transparency
• Contribute to the design and integration of new solutions to meet evolving business needs
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement improvements and expansions
• Comply with Governance and change control policies

Skills & Experience:

• Sound grasp of network fundamentals encompassing Switching, Routing, Firewalls, VLans and VNets, and an understanding of various network protocols and services
• Demonstrable experience of navigating the release-to-service process, including security and accreditation procedures
• Providing invaluable technical insights and expertise on designs, solutions, tools, techniques, and standards
• Hands-on development of pragmatic solutions for real-world challenges
• Highly experienced troubleshooting skills
• Knowledge of coding languages for scripting (e.g. Bash, PoweShell, Python, Perl, BAT) is an advantage

Communication:

• Effectively communicating to team members and stakeholders across various teams
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
• Document processes and solutions to create a knowledge base for future reference.

Collaboration & Relationship Management:

• Collaborate with Product Owner, architects, security administrators, and other workload administrators to plan and implement a modern workplace strategy that meets the business needs of an organisation.
• Working with Product Owner and engineers to enable enhancements to the environment.

Analytical and Problem-solving skills:

• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
• Strong understanding of application support methodologies and best practices.

About us:

At Peregrine, we see beyond the immediate and look to the horizon. We build lasting, meaningful partnerships with our clients, and deliver flexible solutions for every resourcing need, both now and in the future. Together, we help our clients to engage, develop and harness the skills they need to achieve and grow the workforce they want. We have a range of benefits you will receive alongside your salary.

Our culture:

At Peregrine we embrace fresh ideas, and we love learning fast. Our solutions are trusted and established, so we have the confidence of knowing we have a solid foundation. We rely on openness and honesty, and we’re always ready to help each other out. And we believe that our work can benefit society – whether it’s finding the digital talent of the future or being a driver for social mobility.

Our commitment to diversity:

At Peregrine, we’re proudly committed to championing diversity and inclusion, with company-wide initiatives to drive greater social mobility and reduce our environmental impact. Our teams represent a huge breadth of cultures, languages, and ethnicities, and over 20 different nationalities. We also employ candidates from a range of educational and socioeconomic backgrounds. Our partnerships with numerous charities ensure that we can stay well-informed and continue to improve our practices for the future. It reflects in the way we recruit for our clients as we assist them in becoming more diverse.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

• Industries

  Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing, Engineering Services, and Energy Technology

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