Platform Engineer

1 month ago

Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom PayPoint plc Full time

Overview of Role


As a Platform Engineer, you will create and maintain the tools and infrastructure that enable our product engineers to work more efficiently and securely. Your work will be pivotal in developing standards and best practices, ensuring that our platform is robust, scalable, and dependable.


Be responsible for and deliver:


• Build and maintain the central infrastructure that is foundational to our platform – e.g. AKS clusters, API gateways.

• Create and maintain standards and ways of working that enable us to manage key non-functional requirements, such as security and cost optimisation.

• Collaborate with product engineers to understand their pain points and prioritise the platform engineering backlog.

• Participate in architecture design sessions to ensure our platform capabilities are aligned with business goals.

• Enable product engineers to build on the platform successfully through collaborating with teams, running knowledge sharing sessions and maintaining clear documentation.

• Maintain and continuously look to improve CI/CD pipelines.

• Update documentation, policies and procedures as well as ensuring that they are followed.

• Monitoring and remediation of vulnerabilities.

• Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends to recommend and implement innovative solutions that provide a competitive edge.


What we would like from you….


• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or demonstratable knowledge of infrastructure and automation related technologies.

• Experience in a similar role at a company with a distributed cloud architecture.

• Experience with containerisation and Kubernetes

• Experience implementing effective CICD pipelines, along with the associated scripting and automation skills, including setup, maintenance, and improvement

• Familiarity in network and container security rules.

• Experience administering GNU-Linux systems.

• You know what good platform engineering looks like and can help us shape the outcomes for this role.

• Knowledge of DevSecOps and how to create secure delivery pipelines.

• Ability to make pragmatic, risk-based decisions that balance the commercial objectives of the business with non-functional requirements of the technology platform.

• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.


It would be great if you already have…


• Experience with Kustomize, helm

• Experience with Azure DevOps

• Familiarity with tools for Kubernetes YAML quality checks.

• Proficient in PowerShell Scripting, Bash Scripting, Python, C#

• Design of Highly Available Systems

• Certification in Kubernetes, Azure, or other relevant areas is a plus.


What can we do for you?


You can expect a rewarding experience working with us in our Hybrid role with visits to our head office in Welwyn Garden City.


You will benefit from a range of company benefits such as:

• Holiday purchase scheme, with 25 days holiday plus bank holidays as standard.

• On-site gym at our office (Free), and nationwide corporate rate gym membership

• Online benefits portal where you can access lots of deals, discounts - for example of shopping or holidays

• Love2Shop Everyday Benefits card

• Progression and Development

• Contributory company pension scheme

• Private medical insurance

• Life assurance of 3 x annual gross salary, with the option to purchase additional cover

• You’re also able to purchase a range of benefits at a discounted rate including, critical illness cover, bicycles via our Cycle2Work scheme, dental insurance and TasteCard dining discount card

• Electric Car Scheme


At PayPoint, we're committed to creating an inclusive culture where everyone can thrive and feel a sense of belonging. PayPoint is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

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