About the job

• Job Description:Skills Required:MinimumExperience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
• Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation (e.g. Jenkins and GitHub Actions). - Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Essential Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.
• Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
• Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams — including designers, product managers, and analysts.
• Hands on CloudFormation scripting, troubleshooting and debugging - Working knowledge of Chef, scripting and troubleshooting - Experience with Python scripting and troubleshooting - Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch), deployments, groovy scripting
• Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services
• Experience with AWS services – EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG, etc.

Requirements added by the job poster

• 5+ years of work experience with AWS CloudFormation

·        Cloud Platforms: AWS (VPC, EC2, IAM, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Route 53, Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store)

·        Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (Amazon EKS), Amazon ECS Fargate, Helm

·        Kubernetes Ecosystem: Karpenter, Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA), EKS Pod Identity, AWS Load Balancer Controller, cert-manager, ExternalDNS

·        CI/CD & GitOps: Harness, CircleCI, JetBrains TeamCity, ArgoCD

·        Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation

·        Databases: PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Amazon ElastiCache (Redis)

·        Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, CloudWatch

·        Security & Code Quality: SonarQube, Veracode, Wiz

·        Artefact Management: JFrog Artifactory, Amazon ECR

·        Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, Linux

·        Core Competencies: Cloud Architecture, Disaster Recovery, Platform Engineering, Incident Management, Cost Optimisation, DevSecOps