Location: Central London (Hybrid 2 days per week)

Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

My client is a FTSE 250 technology company with the culture and energy of a tech start-up. They are seeking a talented Platform Engineer to join their growing team based out of London. This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive self-starter to take ownership of their work, contribute to cutting-edge cloud-based projects, and progress their career within a business offering a clear pathway to Senior and Principal roles.

The successful candidate will play a critical role in maintaining and supporting the company’s suite of cloud-based services, ensuring their scalability and availability for engineering teams and end users.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineering Support: Provide hands-on support to engineering teams with platform-related changes and pipeline optimisation.
• DevOps Platform Management: Administer and enhance the company’s DevOps platform, ensuring secure and efficient operations across GitHub, CircleCI, and AWS environments.
• AWS Expertise: Design and implement scalable, reliable, and secure AWS cloud solutions, leveraging services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, and CloudWatch.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain scalable infrastructure using tools such as CloudFormation and Terraform.
• Containerisation and Clustering: Manage containerisation technologies, particularly Docker and Kubernetes, and oversee orchestration of clusters using Amazon EKS/ECS.
• Pipeline Development: Build and optimise continuous integration and delivery pipelines to support agile development and deployment processes.
• Security: Embed security best practices across platform operations, including vulnerability management, access control, and adherence to industry standards.

Candidate Profile

Experience & Qualifications:

• A degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent industry experience.
• At least 2 years’ experience in a DevOps or platform engineering role.
• Strong knowledge of GitHub, CircleCI, AWS, CloudFormation, and IaC tooling.
• Hands-on experience with AWS cloud architecture and services.
• Proven expertise with containerisation and orchestration tools, particularly Docker and Kubernetes, including EKS and ECS.
• A solid understanding of security best practices within DevOps environments.
• Experience within the fintech sector is highly desirable but not essential.

Skills & Attributes:

• A self-starter who takes ownership of their work and thrives in a dynamic environment.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to tackling challenges.
• The ability to prioritise effectively and manage multiple tasks.
• A desire to grow with the business, contributing to its success while advancing their own career.

Why This Role?

This role offers a unique opportunity to work in a fun, fast-paced environment with the backing of a FTSE 250 company while maintaining the agility of a start-up. My client offers:

• Exciting, cutting-edge cloud and DevOps projects.
• Company benefits
• Company perks (On site Gym, Bar, Pool tables)
• A clear progression pathway to Senior and Principal roles.
• A collaborative and innovative culture that values initiative and celebrates success.