Cloud/DevOps Platform Engineer
Posted 1 week ago by Evolve IT Recruitment Ltd
Negotiable
Inside
Hybrid
Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Summary: The Cloud/DevOps Platform Engineer role involves working in a hybrid capacity in Edinburgh, focusing on Azure and Terraform to enhance application delivery efficiency. The engineer will automate resource provisioning and develop infrastructure-as-code processes while collaborating with various technology teams. Responsibilities include simplifying resource management and mentoring team members. The position is a 6-month contract and classified as inside IR35.
Key Responsibilities:
- Automate the provisioning of resources and application needs.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code deployment processes.
- Simplify provisioning, management, and decommissioning of resources.
- Provide input into project execution within the team and organization.
- Build relationships with users to improve service delivery.
- Coach and mentor team members as needed.
Key Skills:
- Extensive knowledge in Azure.
- Experience with Terraform.
- Familiarity with Cloud Adoption Framework.
- Experience with automation observability tools.
- Experience developing/maintaining developer self-service platforms.
- Exposure to AWS or GCP is advantageous.
- Experience with FinOps patterns and practices.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Edinburgh
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Cloud / Devops Platform Engineer (Azure / Terraform) – Edinburgh – 6 month Contract opportunity – Inside IR35 – Edinburgh hybrid (one day per week in office) Evolve IT Recruitment is currently recruiting for a Platform Engineer with extensive experience in Azure and Terraform to work with one of our clients based in Edinburgh to work as part of their Platform Engineering team and working alongside other inhouse technology teams. You will be responsible for ensuring application delivery is as efficient as possible by automating the provisioning of resources and application needs, you will also focus on developing infrastructure-as-code deployment processes and help developers reduce application provisioning time.
Other responsibilities include:
- Help simplify provisioning, management and decommission of the resources applications require to run over its lifecycle
- Provide input into the execution of projects in the team and wider organisation
- Build relationships with users to help improve the service offered
- Coach and mentor others as needed
Experience required:
- Extensive knowledge in Azure
- Terraform
- Cloud Adoption Framework experience
- Toolsets that help automation observability to provide performance insight
- Experience developing / maintaining developer self-service platforms
- Any exposure to AWS or GCP is advantageous
- Any experience with FinOps patterns and practices (Inform, Optimise, Operate)