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Platform Operations Engineer

Xpertise Recruitment Ltd
Posted a day ago, valid for 9 days
Location

Bristol, City of Bristol BS6 5EX

Salary

£52,000 - £62,400 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role of Platform Operations Engineer is based in Bristol with a hybrid working model.
  • The salary for this position is approximately £70,000, along with a bonus, good pension, share options, and private health benefits.
  • Candidates should have cloud experience, preferably with AWS, along with Linux administration skills and proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
  • Experience with Agile methodologies and scripting in Python, Perl, or Shell is desirable, as well as familiarity with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes.
  • This position offers the chance to work on impactful projects in a positive culture, contributing to tech for good initiatives.

Role: Platform Operations Engineer 

Location: Bristol | hybrid

Salary: c. £70,000 + bonus + good pension + share options + private health

Key Responsibilities:

Support, maintain and improve highly scalable and reliable cloud platform infrastructure services, alongside day to day operations of the Cloud Platform and be accountable for its availability. Continuous improvement is a key ethos of the team and is organised into run and build squads, responsible for day to day monitoring / support and continuous improvement opportunities to enhance and optimise the services they offer.

Experience required:

  • Cloud experience with AWS ideally (Azure is OK)
  • Linux admin experience (preferably Red Hat) or similar
  • Proficient with Terraform and IaC
  • Exposure to Agile software development methodologies (Automation, CI/CD etc)

Nice to have:

  • Comfortable scripting with one or more of the following: Python, Perl or Shell (they use Python most often)
  • Experience with container technologies using Docker and Kubernetes
  • Automating configuration management (e.g. Ansible, Chef, Puppet or Salt)

Why you would be interested:

  • Tech for good - have a genuine positive impact on peoples lives
  • Great culture and genuine people
  • Opportunity to work on lots of different projects (and alternate teams) e.g POCs / Changes to K8s / Spinning up new DBs / self service / automate / OSP Patching

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.