Platform Engineer

Sopra Steria Ltd; Salisbury; Hybrid; GBP 51,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm is seeking an experienced Platform or Infrastructure Engineer for a unique opportunity in Salisbury. This hybrid role involves working on an exciting project for the MOD, responsible for automation and technical solutions in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates will have production experience with Broadcom/VMware, automation tooling, and a strong grasp of networking. The position offers a salary of up to £60,000, alongside flexible working arrangements and a variety of benefits including health cash plan and pension.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Health cash plan

Life assurance

Pension

Flexible benefits fund

Qualifications

• Production experience working with Broadcom/VMware technologies in enterprise scale environments.
• Working knowledge and some hands-on experience with automation tooling and scripting.
• Strong understanding of networks, protocols, and network security.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all aspects of automation capabilities.
• Embed and enhance open-source and commercial tooling.
• Understand and deliver an Infrastructure as Code strategy.
• Provide technical support and mentoring.

Skills

Production experience with Broadcom/VMware technologies

Hands-on experience with automation tooling

Knowledge of Microsoft and LINUX Operating Systems

Understanding of networks and protocols

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

Kubernetes

Tanzu

Job description

Overview

Are you an experienced Platform or Infrastructure Engineer looking for a unique opportunity? Sopra Steria’s Aerospace Defence and Security sector are currently on the lookout for individuals with a background in platform, infrastructure or DevOps for an exciting new project working within the MOD. You will be on the front line of designing and developing technical solutions that support a key client in the public sector. This role is an excellent platform for experienced individuals looking for opportunities to grow, learn and develop offering scope to work with industry standard technologies including Public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure and OCI), Automation and IaC tech (Ansible and Terraform) and containerisation.

This is a hybrid role based out of our office in Salisbury, you will be in the office 3 days a week on average.

Due to the nature of the client, we are only able to progress with candidates eligible and willing to go through the Developed Vetting (DV) clearance process.

What you'll be doing:

• You will be responsible for all aspects of our automation capabilities.
• Embed and enhance open-source and commercial tooling for use internally to deliver enhanced capabilities to our customers.
• Understand and strive to deliver an Infrastructure as Code strategy.
• Assist with the definition of technical requirements for future capabilities.
• Provide technical support, mentoring and fault resolution to our support teams.
• Leverage and analyse operational data to inform decision making and support our service owners.

What you’ll bring:

• Production experience working with Broadcom/VMware technologies in highly available enterprise scale environments.
• Working knowledge and some hands-on experience with automation tooling and scripting.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft and LINUX Operating Systems and TCP/IP networking.
• Strong understanding of networks and protocols and network security.

It would be great if you had:

• Hybrid and multi-cloud experience with Azure, AWS or OCI
• Ansible, Terraform, Aria automation tooling
• Container technologies (Kubernetes, Tanzu)

If you are interested in this role but not sure if your skills and experience are exactly what we’re looking for, please do apply, we’d love to hear from you!

Employment Type: Full-time, permanent
Location: Hybrid 3 days a week spent on site in Salisbury
Security Clearance Level: Eligible and willing to go through the DV clearance process
Internal Recruiter: Olly Walker
Salary: Up to £60,000
Benefits: 25 days annual leave with the choice to buy additional days, health cash plan, life assurance, pension, and generous flexible benefits fund

Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improves performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you’re interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible.

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Our Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions that bring clients enduring business value across the UK’s Public and Private sectors. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported, delivering exceptional rates of customer satisfaction in the UK’s most complex safety- and security-critical markets.