Platform Engineers wanted. £60,000 - £85,000. Nottingham

  • CVL
  • Nottingham, UK
  • Sep 09, 2016
SQL

Job Description

Platform Engineers wanted. £60,000 - £85,000. Nottingham. Agile Delivery Consultancy. Our award winning client, who are a well-known Agile delivery consultancy are looking for Platform Engineers/ DevOps Engineers who are passionate about working with the latest technologies and passionate about exceeding client expectations. You will get the chance to work with different clients, across different industries and therefore gain exposure to different technology sets. If interested, please see the details below: Platform Engineer Salary: £60,000 - £85,000. Location: Central London Duration: Permanent Benefits ⢠Flexible working hours ⢠Regular get togethers, special interest and sporting groups ⢠Fully stocked kitchens with free treats, food and drink ⢠Competitive salary and rewards structure ⢠Secondment opportunities between the UK and USA ⢠Commuter benefits programme ⢠Lunch and learns, tech talks and coding challenges ⢠A weekend away every summer ⢠Healthcare and income protection Responsibilities: Platform Engineer works primarily within a project team with the following responsibilities: ⢠Managing, supporting, maintaining and improving the projectâs infrastructure, automation, continuous integration system and application release process. ⢠Acting as a bridge between operations and development teams. ⢠Supporting knowledge transfer by mentoring others. ⢠You will need to be seen as a leader within the field of âDev Opsâ and understand the effect of delivering leading edge technical solutions and the technical impact on the client. ⢠As a subject Matter expert, you will be required to get involved in Pre-Sales and bid activities, to ensure we are able to present the very best and market leading solution to our clients. Essential ⢠Strong commercial experience of managing complex multi-tier enterprise infrastructure environments. ⢠In-depth configuration management, automation and scripting skills including use of a scripting language such as Python or Ruby, proficiency with shell scripting (e.g. BASH) ⢠In-depth knowledge of platform and application automated deployment technologies (e.g. Ansible, Terraform, Cobbler, Puppet, Chef, Tivoli Provisioning Manager, Foreman) ⢠Exposure to iterative/agile development methodologies (SCRUM, XP, DSDM, RUP etc.) ⢠Exposure to continuous integration and build tools (e.g. Jenkins, TeamCity). ⢠Use of source code version control (e.g. git, subversion). ⢠Excellent Linux/Unix system administration skills with a bias towards RedHat Enterprise Linux versions 6 and 7. ⢠Understanding of software and infrastructure architecture including performance tuning applications, infrastructure and databases. ⢠Good database knowledge and SQL skills (on an enterprise database such as Oracle or EnterpriseDB). ⢠In depth knowledge of virtualisation platforms and cloud orchestration technologies such as AWS, VSphere, Xenserver, Xen, Cloudstack etc. ⢠Experience with building systems in an autoscaling environment including Self-Healing systems If interested, please get in contact, I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks Tom Bacon DevOps recruitment consultant Xpertise Recruitment (Apply online only)