Senior AWS Platform Engineer

Job Description

• Develop, and maintain platforms using AWS services, adhering to best practices for scalability, reliability, and security.

• Deploy Windows and Linux servers following infrastructure as code and modern DevSecOps practices
• Use configuration management tooling to automate the deployment and configuration of third-party software products
• Deploy and administer Container Orchestration environments following infrastructure as code and modern DevSecOps practices
• Deploy and maintain Container based solutions
• Work with other platform engineers, providing guidance and mentoring juniors to help improve their skills.
• Peer review code, ensuring it is of high quality, well-structured, and maintainable.
• Contribute to a community of like-minded engineers to ensure we learn from one another and continuously improve our practices

Requirements

• Skill Requirement
• Essential Technical Skills (all require 3yrs+ experience in production setting):
• Experience designing and building secure platforms on AWS using well architected framework
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tooling (e.g. Terraform, Bicep, Pulumi) 
• Experience with Configuration Management tooling (e.g. Ansible, Puppet, Chef) 
• Experience with setting up and administering Container Orchestration systems (e.g. EKS, AKS, OpenShift) 
• Experience with Container technologies (e.g. Helm, Harbour) 
• Experience with Build & Release Automation (e.g. Jenkins, ArgoCD, Flux, SonarQube) 
• Experience with Coding Languages (e.g. Python, Bash, Powershell, Go) 
• Experience working with distributed source control solutions and following best practices e.g. Git, branching, pull requests 
• Experience in building products using enterprise integration patterns and practices (like event-driven architectures)
• Must have AWS Solution Architect certification

Desirable Technical Skills:

• Experience with Cloud Networking 
• Experience administering Operating Systems 
• Experience setting up and administering observability tooling 
• Experience of Agile and Product based Delivery 
• Experience of good coding patterns & practices 

Essential Soft Skills:

• Bright, curious, entrepreneurial person who takes initiative and is willing to learn 
• Passion to be a part of a cutting-edge team that challenges the status quo 
• Expert knowledge of operating in DevSecOps environment 
• Someone who knows what good looks like and inspires those around them to achieve 
• Technically strong and willing and able to learn at a fast pace 
• A can-do attitude and team player 
• Focus on continuous improvement