Senior Platform Engineer

Ecm Selection; Cambridge; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare-tech company near Cambridge is looking for an experienced Platform Engineer to enhance their build and deployment processes. The role involves architecting the CI/CD system, automating tasks, and ensuring security across infrastructure. Ideal candidates will have strong DevOps experience, particularly with Jenkins and Terraform, as well as knowledge of cloud platforms. A highly competitive salary and excellent benefits are offered, with the role being fully office-based.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Excellent benefits package

Qualifications

• Successful track record in infrastructure design and deployment.
• Expertise in DevOps technologies such as Jenkins and Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure like AWS or Azure.

Responsibilities

• Architect the CI/CD system and automate engineering processes.
• Act as a domain expert in infrastructure and security.
• Collaborate between development and operations teams.

Skills

Infrastructure design and deployment

DevOps technologies (Jenkins, CircleCI, CI/CD)

Scripting in Bash or Python

Server and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)

Knowledge of security risks and strategies

Job description

Overview

Fully office-based and close to Cambridge, this game-changing healthcare-tech company are seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to help them further automate their build and deployment infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Architect the CI/CD system and automate labour-intensive tasks to streamline engineering processes.
• Be the domain expert in infrastructure and security; foster coordination between development and operations teams.
• Work with technologies ranging from on-prem hypervisors and Infrastructure-As-A-Service/Platform-As-A-Service to virtualised software containers.

Qualifications

• A successful track record of infrastructure design and deployment for both in-house and cloud-based environments
• Expertise in DevOps technologies such as Jenkins, CircleCI, CI/CD, Terraform, and Ansible
• Scripting in Bash or Python
• Hands-on practical experience setting up servers, storage, networking, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS or Azure
• A sound knowledge of security risks and strategies
• Full existing right to work in the UK without restriction, time limit, or sponsorship

Environment & Benefits

On-prem hypervisor or virtualised software containers such as Proxmox or ESXi would be an advantage. Based in modern offices near Cambridge, the role features a highly competitive salary and an excellent benefits package. In the interest of team collaboration, this role is fully office based.

How to apply

Interested? Send your CV to ECM Selection. We do read every CV and try to respond to everyone. Or consider recommending a friend for £250; details are available from the selection team.

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