Platform Engineer - DevOps, Flexible Hybrid

Principality; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 35,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Hybrid office

Wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Principality IT is seeking a Platform Engineer to deliver technical solutions that support change delivery across the Society. You’ll create and manage environments, data and integrations across the software delivery lifecycle, selecting on-premises or cloud technologies where they best fit the need.

You’ll champion a collaborative DevOps culture, develop CI/CD capability and improve automation and processes behind software deployment.

Qualifications

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines, source control, build automation, automated testing and deployment tooling.
• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps and cloud technologies.
• Understanding of infrastructure across on‑premises and cloud environments, including virtualisation, containerisation and microservices.
• Experience with SQL and .NET, alongside automation and infrastructure tools used in software delivery.
• Understanding of non‑functional testing, including security, availability, scalability and reliability.
• Awareness of secure coding and testing techniques.
• Familiarity with reporting, analytics, data modelling or data architecture tools.
• Strong analytical problem‑solving, numerical reasoning and technical writing skills.
• Familiarity with continuous integration concepts, Agile‑hybrid delivery models and measures of DevOps effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve DevOps capability, delivery environments and non-functional testing support across change delivery team
• Develop continuous integration, continuous delivery and automation solutions that improve delivery speed while maintaining quality.
• Create and manage technical environments, data and integrations across the software delivery lifecycle.
• Design and improve deployment processes for managed environments.
• Explore and introduce tools and techniques aligned with industry good practice, reducing friction and the cost of delivery.
• Partner with delivery teams to understand requirements, support adoption and share knowledge.
• Use meaningful DevOps measures to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Apply secure engineering and testing practices to the solutions you help deliver.

Skills

CI/CD pipelines

Analytical thinking

Agile-hybrid delivery

Non-functional testing

Secure coding

Data modelling

Data architecture

Problem solving

Technical writing

Tools

Azure DevOps

Cloud platforms

Virtualisation

Job description

Principality IT is seeking a Platform Engineer to deliver technical solutions that support change delivery across the Society. You’ll create and manage environments, data and integrations across the software delivery lifecycle, selecting on-premises or cloud technologies where they best fit the need.

You’ll champion a collaborative DevOps culture, develop CI/CD capability and improve automation and processes behind software deployment.