Senior Platform Engineer - London - Perm

  • McCabe & Barton
  • Dec 07, 2021
Full time I.T. & Communications

Job Description

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for on-premise platforms
  • Hosted server architecture and systems administration, which is currently Virtual/Linux.
  • Role covers project and BAU work
  • Uses automation for efficient deployment and maintenance (Ansible).
  • Troubleshooting issues and handle incident escalations while promoting production change management processes and procedures
  • Interfacing with all levels of the business
  • Bringing your own ideas to optimise and further automate the platform stack

Requirements

  • Good experience of working with Unix and perhaps, more recently, modern cloud technology
  • Substantial experience in the deployment and management of Linux Servers
  • Good knowledge of managing virtual machines
  • Demonstratable knowledge of Rest APIs, Git, PKI and SSL certificates, RedHat/Fedora, DNS, Mail, LDAP and Kernel-level debugging is also highly desirable
  • Experience in automation and management of platform configuration using Ansible, Python, Puppet or similar
  • Scripting/coding experience
  • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Approachable and a team player
  • Self-motivated, organised, adaptable and a quick learner
  • Excellent organisational and communication skills
  • Experience of working in the financial sector could also be beneficial. However, we will offer relevant financial training to the successful candidate
  • A degree in a related field, such as Engineering or Computer Science is desirable