SEE YOURSELF IN THE TEAM

The DevSecOps & Database – Platform Engineering team is responsible for building and securing the foundational database infrastructure that supports critical enterprise systems. The team blends deep technical expertise in database engineering with modern DevSecOps practices to deliver scalable, secure, and high-performance platforms.
Working across a diverse technology landscape, including Oracle, Exadata, AWS, and CI/CD tooling, they are focused on enabling automation, resilience, and compliance at scale.
The team values hands-on engineering, architectural thinking, and a strong culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.
If you’re passionate about building enterprise-grade platforms that balance innovation with governance, this is the team for you.

YOUR TECHNICAL SKILLS & EXPERTISE

• Extensive expertise in Oracle Exadata, including RAC, ASM, Data Guard, and performance tuning for high-volume OLTP systems.
• Proven experience deploying and managing Oracle workloads on AWS, OCI, or hybrid cloud environments.
• Familiarity with Oracle Enterprise Manager, REST APIs, and database observability tooling.
• Understanding of database DevOps practices, including Liquibase or similar tools for schema versioning and automation.
• Significant experience designing scalable, secure, and resilient platforms within large, complex enterprise environments.
• Advanced proficiency in managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation.
• Hands-on experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
• Expertise in CI/CD pipeline development and management, using tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and CircleCI.
• Strong understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices, with proficiency in integrating and utilising observability tools such as OpenTelemetry (OTel), Prometheus, Grafana, and Observe.
• Advanced scripting and automation skills using Python, Bash, Go, or PowerShell.
• Experience with configuration management tools including Ansible, Chef, and Puppet.
• Solid grasp of networking fundamentals, including DNS, load balancing, VPCs, firewalls, and VPNs.
• Knowledge of service mesh architectures (e.g., Istio) and API gateways for secure and scalable service communication.
• Expertise in identity and access management, secrets management, and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and CIS Benchmarks.
• Strong commercial awareness in cloud cost management, budgeting, and optimisation strategies.

SOFT SKILLS, LEADERSHIP & COLLABORATION

• Technical Leadership, including mentoring engineers, leading platform initiatives
• Cross-functional Collaboration with DevOps, SREs, developers, and product teams
• Stakeholder Communication, translating technical concepts for non-technical audiences
• Project Management using agile methodologies, backlog grooming, sprint planning
• Problem Solving, strategic thinking and troubleshooting complex systems
• Adaptability and comfort in navigating evolving tech stacks and business needs
• Strong documentation quality adherence, creating clear, maintainable platform documentation
• Fostering an environment of innovation, driving continuous improvement and evaluating emerging technologies
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As a Principal Platform Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering the future of our Oracle platform engineering capability. Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the design, automation, and optimisation of Oracle Exadata infrastructure to support enterprise-critical workloads.
• Acting as a subject matter expert (SME) in Oracle platform engineering, providing technical leadership and mentoring across engineering teams.
• Driving platform reliability and performance, embedding Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles into day-to-day operations.
• Developing and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for consistent, scalable, and secure platform provisioning and lifecycle management.
• Integrating Oracle database operations into CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous delivery and reducing deployment risk.
• Collaborating closely with DBAs, SREs, cloud engineers, and application teams to streamline operations and improve platform resilience.
• Leading incident response and root cause analysis, ensuring rapid recovery and long-term remediation of platform issues.
• Championing observability and monitoring, implementing tools and practices that enhance visibility, alerting, and performance insights.
• Ensuring compliance with security, governance, and audit requirements, embedding best practices into platform design and operations.
• Contributing to platform strategy and roadmap, influencing architectural decisions and engineering standards across the organisation.
• Supporting cloud integration and migration efforts, particularly for Oracle workloads on AWS, OCI, and hybrid environments.
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, automation, and technical excellence across the platform engineering function.