Senior Platform Engineer: Cloud-Native & GitOps Lead

Tracsis Rail Technology & Services; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 96,740 - 133,948; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working hours

25 days holiday + bank holidays

Udemy Licence for learning and development

Bupa Medical Health care

Life assurance (3x basic salary)

Enhanced Parental Leave

2 volunteering days per year

Tusker Car Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Job summary

A leading Rail Technology firm is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the development of scalable platform capabilities. This role involves defining standards, mentoring junior engineers, and driving service reliability improvements. Candidates should have a deep understanding of cloud-native technologies and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers various benefits including flexible working hours, healthcare, and a supportive work environment.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of platform engineering and developer enablement.
• Experience with incident response and reliability improvements.
• Hands-on experience with developer tooling adoption.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of platform capabilities aligned with strategic goals.
• Drive incident response and service reliability improvements.
• Enhance developer experience through better tooling and documentation.

Skills

Platform engineering

Cloud-native technologies (Kubernetes, CI/CD)

Problem-solving skills

Mentorship

DevOps practices

Tools

Terraform

Incident response tools

Observability tools

Job description

A leading Rail Technology firm is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the development of scalable platform capabilities. This role involves defining standards, mentoring junior engineers, and driving service reliability improvements. Candidates should have a deep understanding of cloud-native technologies and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers various benefits including flexible working hours, healthcare, and a supportive work environment.