Senior Platform Engineer

Key responsibilities: • Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable platform solutions. Including monitoring, managing and optimising cloud-based (AWS) resources. • Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering across the whole organisation. • Document all procedures and policies for maintaining and improving system infrastructure. • Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) for efficient and secure deployment and operations. Whilst also working with development teams to facilitate the deployment and operation of systems. Skills Required: • Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application. • Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation (e.g. Jenkins and GitHub Actions). • Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes). • Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform. • Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions. • Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery. • Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams - including designers, product managers, and analysts.