Platform Engineer

Platform Engineer with key skills in Linux, AWS, Ansible and Kubernetes is sought by an AI & data software house based near Birmingham.

Working within national infrastructure this Platform Engineer will be working with a close-knit technical team to monitor, manage and improve business critical applications and infrastructure with the aim of facilitating improvements in application deployment & scalability.

This role would suit a mid-level (2-4 years' experience) Platform Engineer with a solid background in software engineering and infrastructure who can bring experience working with the latest automation and config management tooling to create a fully automated deployment environment.

In return this Platform Engineer can expect a dynamic, engaging, R&D driven culture with extensive progression opportunities and the chance to own the platform functionality of this high growth business.

This Platform Engineer based near Birmingham should have most of the following key skills:

- IAC experience - Terraform, Ansible, Redhat etc
- Both on-premise and cloud (AWS, Azure) exposure
- Strong Kubernetes experience
- Experience delivering new tooling for infrastructures
- Linux/ GNU expertise would be a plus
- Database performance management (MongoDB, PostgreSQL etc)
- A background in software engineering would be extremely useful
- A personality who feels comfortable working in a fast paced, dynamic environment

This Platform Engineer based near Birmingham will receive:

- Starting salary of up to £80,000
- Long term remote working (one day a month on a Midlands based site)
- Bi-Annual salary reviews
- Clear progression pathway
- Generous private pension scheme
- 10% Bonus scheme
- Private healthcare
- Training budget & time allocation
- 25 days holiday plus bank holiday
- Choice of technology

So if you are a Platform Engineer and like the idea of joining a market leading company that offers excellent project ownership skills within a collaborative, autonomous environment please apply now to be considered.

Platform Engineer
Birmingham
Linux, Java, Python, C++, MongoDB, SRE, automation, node, infrastructure, Kubernetes, ansible, AWS, Terraform, ansible