Associate Platform Engineer

3 weeks ago


Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom Nominet Full time

Company description:

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of internet infrastructure. While we're best known for running .UK domains, we also help protect public services from cyber threat.

As a public benefit company, our work funds the ability to make a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve peoples’ lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

We’re also already a Carbon Neutral company and we’re committed to helping the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.

Job description:

Associate Platform Engineer

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Hybrid minimum 20% on-site in our Oxford Science Park office

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, and we’re committed to building an inclusive, diverse community that celebrates and welcomes everyone.If there are any adjustments we could make to the recruitment and selection process to support you, please let us know.

About Us

We’re Nominet – a world-leading domain name registry operating at the heart of internet infrastructure. While we're best known for running .UK domains, we also help protect public services from cyber threat.

As a public benefit company, our work funds the ability to make a positive impact on society. We’ve donated millions to projects that use technology to improve peoples’ lives and have committed to delivering £60m worth of support over the next three years.

We’re also already a Carbon Neutral company and we’re committed to helping the UK reach Net Zero by 2050.

About the role

As an Associate Platform Engineer at Nominet, you will play a pivotal role in our project team dedicated to building our new platform. Working within cross-functional squads, you will gain hands-on experience with the entire tech stack, actively contributing to the development of the platform. Throughout this process, you will receive guidance and mentorship from Enterprise architects, technical leads, and experienced Platform Engineers.

In addition to platform development, you will provide essential hardware lifecycle and data center hardware support, ensuring the infrastructure's robustness and reliability. Your mentorship from highly skilled engineers will extend across all sites, encompassing multiple beta and production environments, as you continuously strive to improve efficiency and effectiveness.

Responsibilities will also include servicing the platform, including critical tasks such as monitoring and alerting, backups, system support, and proactive maintenance. Leveraging automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices, you will establish immutable and repeatable practices throughout the platform, promoting efficiency and reducing the risk of errors.

Your dedication to servicing the platform will contribute to creating a highly available service for application stacks, aiming for an impressive 99.995% uptime. Collaborating closely with supporting teams, including Security, SecOps, Dev, DevOps, Database, and Networks, you will ensure a seamless integration of different components and maintain a strong focus on platform reliability and security.

You will have the autonomy and empowerment to deliver exceptional services to our customers while embracing the latest technologies and best practices in the industry, under the guidance of highly skilled engineers, as you contribute to the creation and running of a new best-in-class PaaS solution.

What we offer

  • 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days

  • Bupa private healthcare + Employee Assistance Programme and Medicash

  • Electric vehicle scheme with on-site charging points

  • Rewards platform with access to discounts at hundreds of shops, restaurants etc.

  • And many more

Please note, all roles working for Nominet will be subject to a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check. Some roles due to the nature of their work, will require additional security clearance.



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