Senior Platform Engineer

Position Summary The Senior Platform Engineer will play a key role in the strategic design, hands‑on delivery, and oversight of workstreams relating to Cloud Platform, DevOps, Security and Network support for the Fnality Payment System. As the SME, this person will be tasked with auditing the current technology ecosystem and making recommendations which future‑proof the Platform model to support long‑term business growth. Having worked in a similar industry, the Senior Platform Engineer will have the knowledge and experience, basing their decision making around considerations relating to the storage of highly sensitive data. Role & Responsibilities Develop and enhance the platform using Infrastructure‑as‑Code principles, with a strong emphasis on maintainability, reusability, and simplicity in design and implementation. Deploy and support Fnality highly resilient and scalable technology products and platforms to customers. Demonstrate strong security awareness, with the ability to identify potential vulnerabilities and proactively remed security risks. Review technical designs and provide well‑founded input or challenge assumptions based on practical experience and industry best practices. Use extensive experience working on infrastructure and CI/CD using Cloud‑Native best practices to help Fnality build platforms and systems that are operable, reliable and scalable. Deploy and support platforms to defined security architectural technology principles, standards, blueprints, and building blocks. Work with the wider team to create, maintain and deliver against an organised and cross‑organisation aligned backlog of delivery and support operations. Work collaboratively as part of the wider operations team from a platform operations perspective including rolling out of platform changes and incident management. Ensure IT compliance certifications and standards are gained, rolled out, adhered to, and upheld. Mentor, pair and develop other members of the team. Application performance monitoring and event management. Work closely with customers (Tier 1 Banks, Central Banks) on operational support issues and ensure 24×7 availability of Fnality platforms. Skills & Experience Experience working as a Cloud/DevOps/Platform/Infrastructure Senior or Lead Engineer relative to the seniority and complexity of the role. Experience of successfully delivering secure, large‑scale projects as cloud solutions. Experience managing best‑practice standards, administrating and troubleshooting cloud computing platforms, using AWS experience in supporting the development of DevOps pipelines. Experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, Flux, Helm). Knowledge of scripting languages to support automation. Strong understanding of network and security concepts. Experience working with SSO integration, using SAML/OpenID, Azure AD, Okta or other. Experience working with the AWS platform and tooling; including but not limited to AWS Security Hub, Inspector, Guard Duty, Config, WAF, SSM/SSM Docs, CloudHSM, and Landing Zone architecture. Experience working to Cyber Essentials guidelines, and Cyber Essentials Plus verification. Experience of working within NIST frameworks (800‑53; 800‑171; 800‑30). Experience working to ISO:27001 accreditation. Strategic, forward‑thinking approach with a passion for innovation and change. Willingness to get involved with a multitude of work and changing priorities in a fast‑paced, ambiguous environment. Comfortable working with limited resources and tight deadlines. Ability to see the bigger picture. Knowledge in majority of the following tech stack: CI/CD, e.g. GitLab, GitHub Actions. AWS multi‑account structure. AWS – EC2, ELB, S3, Security Hub, Config, etc. AWS EKS. Java and Golang. Ideally you will have (desirable but not essential) Experience in a Senior Platform Engineer role adhering to regulatory compliance and information security management frameworks (e.g. ISO 27001, NIST, etc.) and as of late had chances to flex your competency, ideally in an agile, fast‑growing scale‑up. Possess one or more of the following certifications: Certified Cloud Security Professional (CCSP), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), System Security Certified Practitioner (SSCP). Platform Engineering expertise (e.g. service, design, engineering) coupled with an understanding of financial services and relevant regulations and laws. Knowledge of and/or interest in blockchain, security operations, financial services back‑office processes, systems and products. Why should you join Fnality? We employ curious individuals who thrive working in a fast‑paced and constantly changing environment, who work best when empowered to drive their own work, and who are not afraid to fail fast and learn quicker. You will be an analytical thinker who is able to look at tasks and understand the most efficient way to achieve the desired outcome. You will be vigilantly outcome‑focused and fully agile in your approach to working. You will have an insatiable desire to learn, adept at picking up new challenges and giving it a go. You will want to deliver as much as learn and you will understand how important the power of the team is. About Us Digital transformation is changing our lives, work and businesses. While other sectors evolve however, financial markets remains slow, fragmented and siloed. What the world needs now is a future‑facing financial system for the digital age. At Fnality, we have been speaking – and listening – to the real users of today’s financial systems. From businesses to banks, there is a clear, collective ambition for a simpler, faster, safer and more resilient payment system; one that can move and settle money quickly and efficiently, with minimised risk and much more transparency. Fnality Global Payments We are building a new payment system that will enable tokenised, peer‑to‑peer markets. Fnality Global Payments (FnGP) will comprise a series of national systems, each regulated in its home jurisdiction. We call each of these a Fnality Payment System (FnPS). In each payment system, a Fnality settlement asset will act as the settlement/payment asset for any Payment (P), Delivery v, Payment (DvP) or payment vs. payment (PvP) need. FnGP is underpinned by Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The nature of DLT is such that it enables FnGP to: Allow for immediate settlement. Interoperate across business platforms and jurisdictions. The key benefits of the above are: Reduced counter‑party and credit risk. Reduced operational risk. Efficient liquidity management. An ability to move resources from risk mitigation to business growth. This role is a UK‑based role and you must be eligible to work in the UK. Please note we cannot sponsor visas for this role. #J-18808-Ljbffr