Platform Engineer
Job Title: Platform Engineer
Department: Development
Reporting to: IT & DevOps Manager
Location: Reading, Berkshire, UK
Type (Full/Part time): Permanent Full Time
Job Context: Work as part of the platform engineering team to design, implement, and maintain cloud platforms suitable for a global SaaS business. Work closely with the development and test team, technical architect, and internal IT team as appropriate.
Responsibilities:
– Design, implement, and maintain cloud platform solutions
– Configure deployment, monitoring, and logging tools
– Ensure documentation is accurate and regularly updated
– Respond to system failures and ensure corrective action is taken
– Take part in core maintenance activities including
- Cloud Platform
- Application
- Database
- Logging
– Configure and monitor backups
– Contribute to business continuity and disaster recovery exercises, as well as being part of the BC & DR response team
– Continually identify areas for improvement in all areas of Autino’s IT infrastructure, tooling, and practices
– Support and mentor junior staff as appropriate
Essential Skills:
- Cloud engineering / operations
- Networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, SSL certificates, firewalls, load balancers, routers)
- Virtualisation technology
- Microsoft SQL Server, Redis
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript, REST/SOAP APIs
- Ability to problem solve and think logically
- Attention to detail, and ability to manage workload
- Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Ability to self-teach new technologies and skills
Desirable Skills:
- CI/CD tooling (Octopus, TeamCity, VSO, Git)
- ITIL, Scrum, Lean, Kanban, ISO27001, PCI DSS or similar
- Software development experience
Requirements:
- 1-2 years experience in engineering role
- A technical apprenticeship, degree, or equivalent qualificatio