Senior Platform Engineer
Posted 2 weeks ago by OpticoreIT
Negotiable
Inside
Undetermined
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Senior Platform Engineer role at Opticore IT involves collaborating with developers to document an AWS Account restore process and optimize custom tooling for a Broadcast Media client. This position is based in London on a 6-month contract inside IR35, with potential for extension. The role emphasizes mentoring team members and ensuring secure design practices while aligning work with engineering timelines. Candidates will work in a diverse and inclusive environment, contributing to various sectors including Finance and Telecommunications.
Key Responsibilities:
- Plan and phase work in alignment with team goals and broader engineering timelines.
- Participate in regular support and planning meetings, providing technical guidance and ensuring progress aligns with platform standards.
- Mentor and upskill team members in effectively using the custom tooling, development workflows and new services.
- Ensure secure design and implementation practices when working with systems handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
- Liaise with permanent members of staff to ensure that services follow (or extend) existing guardrails and patterns.
Key Skills:
- Expertise in Kubernetes
- Terraform
- AWS Cloud engineering
- CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in an Agile practice
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: London
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: Senior
Industry: IT
Opticore IT are currently searching for a Senior Platform Engineer to join our Broadcast Media client help & document a full AWS Account restore process via a CP Runbook. You'll join our excelling team based in the London area, on a 6-month contract inside IR35, with scope to extend. This is an exciting opportunity to collaborate closely with developers to design, build, and optimise custom tooling tailored to our internal platform to roll out, test and optimise a new suite of services built from open-source components. Opticore IT is a specialist Network Engineer and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.
What you'll be doing:
- Plan and phase work in alignment with team goals and broader engineering timelines.
- Participate in regular support and planning meetings, providing technical guidance and ensuring progress aligns with platform standards.
- Mentor and upskill team members in effectively using the custom tooling, development workflows and new services.
- Ensure secure design and implementation practices when working with systems handling Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
- Liaise with permanent members of staff to ensure that services follow (or extend) existing guardrails and patterns.
What you'll bring:
- Expertise in Kubernetes
- Terraform
- AWS Cloud engineering
- CI/CD pipelines
- Experience working in an Agile practice
Diversity: At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application. We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.