Cloud Platform Engineer - SaaS Provider.

The Company:
Market Leading Software Provider/SaaS, utilising leading-edge technology, delivering transportation technology, working with the market leaders long-term. They have consistently innovated to create a best in the market, SaaS product, with over two decades of experience in their sector.

The Opportunity:
We are looking for a CloudPlatform Engineer to play a pivotal role in supporting their core products and associated systems, working in a hybrid role with occasional visits on-site, Ensuring the on-prem infrastructure and AWS cloud estate are ready and available to support the teams, digital services, and customers. Candidates MUST HAVE good experience with AWS, Linux, Docker/Kubernetes, as well as a commercial background in supporting technical infrastructures (Networks, Storage, Windows etc.).

The company offers Hybrid working with 1 day week in the East Midlands office .The role is split as 80% on-prem (with occasional trips to client sites) and 20% cloud-based (AWS).

Core technical skills, responsibilities & attributes for the Cloud Platform Engineer role:

• Proven experience as a Platform/Infrastructure/DevOps Engineer, working with Development/QA Teams, with a strong understanding of the development life cycle (Sprints/Scrum and/or Agile etc).
• MUST HAVE - Linux Systems, Docker/Kubernetes, CICD, Git (or similar), AWS.
• MUST COME from a strong Infrastructure Engineering background, encompassing - Server configurations, cabinets, network components, Switches & Firewalls.
• An in-depth (very much a hands-on) technical role, with the personality able to build relationships, first class communicator who can manage their workload and has a strong attention to detail.
• Provision environments and services that are used by customers, development, engineering, and test teams. Assist in deploying product updates and improving customer experience.
• Systems Administration Support, Security; User management; Upgrades/Patching; Scripting/Process Automation eg, Ansible; Monitoring and System Analytics, CI/CD, Environment/Infrastructure Management.
• Create, manage, and maintain the Infrastructure as Code for the project, deploy and update Docker Stacks to a Docker Swarm, ensuring Lab configurations.

The company offers a Hybrid working environment working from home and 1 day per week in their East Midlands office, with a base salary range of £55-60K, depending on experience and a fantastic benefits package including: 27 days annual leave in addition to public holidays, contributory pension, Private healthcare, Income protection, Life Assurance, tailored development and other flexible benefits.

Please apply now for a comprehensive specification on the position: Cloud Platform Engineer - SaaS Provider.