Cloud Platform Engineer - £65,000 - Must be able to commute to Glasgow office

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Cloud Platform Engineer to join our client's dynamic Digital team, contributing to delivering a seamless digital experience across the organisation.

Responsibilities: In this role, you will have the opportunity to shape our technical strategies for digital product development, implementation, and maintenance. Collaborating within cross-functional teams in a hybrid working model, your key duties will include:

• Managing and deploying crucial systems with a focus on automation, user-friendly configuration, minimising errors, repeatability, and security.
• Creating and managing automated cloud pipelines.
• Using monitoring tools to assess service performance.
• Applying infrastructure-as-code principles to deliver scalable, predictable, and automated solutions.
• Enabling development teams to effectively build and deliver software solutions.
• Advocating for automated, resilient, and secure development processes.
• Addressing and resolving anomalies and contributing to broader investigative efforts as required.
• Providing support and collaboration with engineering teams on cutting-edge technologies.
• Participating in an on-call rotation for system support.

Essential Skills:

• Proven experience in designing and implementing solutions on the Azure platform.
• Proficiency in monitoring services to ensure optimal performance and stability.
• Capability to deploy various Azure resources, such as IaaS, PaaS, and serverless solutions.
• Familiarity with the Hub-Spoke architectural model.
• Expertise in cloud orchestration tools like Terraform and Ansible.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes.
• Experience in developing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Solid analytical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and sound judgement.

Desirable Skills:

• Background in Linux system administration.
• Understanding of networking concepts.
• Knowledge of HAProxy.
• Experience with Eventstore.
• Familiarity with databases like MySQL/MariaDB/Galera.
• Experience working with Redis.
• Knowledge of vSphere/VMWare platforms.

If you are a forward-thinking, adaptable professional eager to embrace new technologies and methodologies, we encourage you to apply and become a key part of their innovative team.