What you'll do
- Drive adoption of effective development and operations patterns, structures, and technologies
- Identify practices and tasks that can benefit from automation
- Monitor and improve CI/CD processes for greater speed, safety, and reliability
- Implement solutions and coordinate implementation with involved parties
- Develop and maintain GitLab CI pipeline libraries
- Help developers set up CI/CD and resolve related issues
- Provide best-practice recommendations for Windows, Linux, and Kubernetes hosting environments
- Mentor junior team members through technical guidance and learning recommendations
- Educate team members and application development teams on supported platforms and tools
- Work with Security to remediate high-risk vulnerabilities and review environment security
- Provide related services and support to Group companies as directed by the Line Manager
Key requirements
- 7+ years' experience
- AWS cloud services, Kubernetes, Docker, and Istio Service Mesh
- CI/CD pipeline management and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible
- Linux administration and Windows Server administration
- PowerShell scripting and Bash/Python scripting
- Networking and DNS, plus Certificate management
- Observability
- Computer Science / Engineering / Any Field
About the job
As our Senior Platform Engineer, you will join a team who strive to push cloud services to the maximum limit every day using cutting-edge technologies. If you are a highly self-motivated professional who embraces DevOps culture, has experience with AWS services and technologies and is passionate about learning, automating, innovating and working in a highly collaborative environment, we'd like to hear from you!
The main responsibilities of the position include:
Initiate and actively drive the adoption of good patterns, structures and use of technologies for development and operations
Investigate and identify practices and work that can benefit from automation
Monitor and suggest improvements to the existing CI/CD process to increase speed, safety and reliability
Implement and coordinate implementation with the parties involved
Develop and maintain existing /GitLab CI pipeline libraries
Assist developers with setting up CI/CD for their projects and provide support for any issues that may arise
Stay up to date with the latest tools and trends in the industry
Provide senior-level, best practice recommendations and implementations to our Windows, Linux and Kubernetes hosting environments
Function as a mentor to junior team members, providing technical guidance and recommending continued learning opportunities to help them develop
Educate fellow team members as well as Application Development Teams about the platforms used-for and hosted-by our team. Key tools and concepts in this space are: Gitlab, Docker, AWS, Terraform, Istio Service Mesh, Kubernetes , Kafka, ELK
Work with our Security team to remediate high-risk vulnerabilities and ensure the security of our environments are being scrutinised as appropriate for their use case
Offer services related to the above tasks and projects to any of the Companies of the Group as instructed by the Line Manager
Main requirements:
University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar discipline
7+ years’ experience within the following areas: Cloud ( AWS), Release Pipeline Management, Windows Server Administration, Linux Administration, Certificate Management, PowerShell scripting, Bash/python scripting, Configuration Management and IAC (Ansible/Terraform), DNS, Networking
Enterprise-level Kubernetes experience
Solid Linux administration skills
Commitment to continuous improvement, with a focus on observability, modern application architecture styles, blue-green / canary deployments, CI/CD pipeline management
Ability to self-motivate, study, and stay on-top of emerging technologies and trends, while meeting business deadlines
Experience with tools including: Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, MSK, New Relic
The following will be considered an advantage:
Familiarity with database concepts
Working experience with at least one cloud provider (preferably AWS)
Experience with Apache Kafka configuration and troubleshooting
Experience with ELK configuration and troubleshooting
Scripting skills (Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go, etc.)
The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You
Show Your Skills – Online Technical Challenge
Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition
Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team
Final Connection – Final Interview
All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!
About the company
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About the company
We Give Every Client the Best Possible Trading Experience
Every client, regardless of account size, gets access to the same excellent trading conditions. Everyone who chooses XM has the same opportunity to pursue their investment goals.
Join Us
We pioneered the strict no requotes, no rejections policy that established our reputation. To prevent slippage and keep your strategy aligned with real-time market prices, 99% of all trades are executed in less than one second.