Platform Engineer - Bristol, United Kingdom - Huboo

Description

Huboo is seeking a "Platform Engineer" to join their dynamic Platform Engineering team.

As a Platform Engineer at Huboo you will play a vital role in ensuring and influencing the smooth operation of our technology-driven infrastructure and driving the direction of our innovative solutions to meet our clients' needs.

Join us at Huboo and be part of a driven and innovative team that is shaping the future of e-commerce fulfilment. Make a significant impact in an industry that is rapidly evolving and see your ideas come to life.

Please note candidates will not be contacted until after Monday 3rd June 2024

Key responsibilities for the role:

You will have a strong engineering background and extensive knowledge of AWS or similar cloud platform. You will join the Platform Engineering team working closely with engineering managers, principal engineers and DevOps engineers to correctly identify the work required to enable engineers to self-serve as much as possible.

The Platform Engineering team is responsible for striking the correct balance of engineering access whilst also taking into consideration security and best practices. The aim of the Platform engineering team is to increase the efficiency of the engineering teams.

You will be an advocate for the technology choices and roadmap of Huboo and will be an active participant in architectural discussions. You will be expected to work closely with other engineering teams to support, mentor and grow.

The successful candidate will require a deep understanding of cloud technologies, automation tools, and software development methodologies.

Main focus areas:

• Enable stream-aligned teams to concentrate on delivering value to the business
• Support the ongoing design and evolution of the architecture of Huboo products
• Coach, mentor and develop Engineers on how to successfully design and architect solutions
• Ensure best practices are observed in coding and documentation across Huboo system applications promoting high quality software design.
• Ensure integrity of data in databases throughout any architectural design changes
• Assessing the systems architecture currently in place and collaborating with technical staff to recommend solutions to improve it.
• Assessing the business impact that certain technical choices have.
• Review security implications of architectural designs
• Understand and seek to achieve true DevOps Culture
• Organise and manage AWS infrastructure into appropriate accounts for segregation of responsibilities
• Define and implement the appropriate security AWS policies, roles, groups, users
• Enable engineering teams to build and maintain CI and CD pipelines through all environments to production.
• Facilitate the steps of test automation, code analysis scanning and security/threat scanning as an integral part of the CI/CD pipelines
• Implement full orchestration of containers across all environments and define the optimum Deployment strategy
• Implement appropriate monitoring /feedback systems for applications and Cloud infrastructure
• Continuously improve DevOps practices by identifying and adopting new technologies and processes

Requirements

Role-specific capabilities:

• Communicate clearly in both written and verbal situations
• Collaborate with other teams, team members and functions
• Influence people within organisation and teams
• Work through problems in a logical and consistent way
• Convey analysis to other stakeholders and interested parties
• Escalate where necessary and understand business impact
• Keep and present a positive mindset
• Build and maintain trust
• Lead a team and mentor junior engineers

Knowledge in some or all of the following technical areas:

• AWS or similar cloud platform
• Azure DevOps Pipelines
• EKS or Kubernetes
• ECR
• SSO and Organisations (AWS Multi accounts)
• Networking (VPN, VPC, Private and Public subnets, Transit gateway)
• API Gateway
• Terraform
• Containerisation
• Docker
• Monitoring
• Datadog
• Hands on with POCs and new ideas to solve problems
• Systems Architecture
• Solution Documentation
• Business case creation and presentation
• Experience with either .Net, or PHP
• Fluent in English

Benefits

What you would receive as our Platform Engineer:

• Salary: depending on experience up to 80K
• Monday - Friday 37.5 hours
• Company share scheme
• Free car parking
• Pension scheme
• Company life assurance
• Company health care scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Opportunity for tickets for Bristol Sports, Bath Rugby and West Ham
• Casual dress
• Huboo Radio - our very own radio station

What we do at Huboo:

Huboo is an eCommerce fulfilment partner using great people and smart technology to enable businesses to grow.

We came to market because we could see an opportunity to do things differently. Our unique hub model creates service-led micro warehouses, putting people at the heart of an industry not known for it. For our clients that means higher quality service, and a human approach supported by flexible, end-to-end technology.

We enable start-ups and SMEs to outsource the complications of fulfilment, effortlessly integrating with the world's most popular sales channels and marketplaces.

For large and enterprise businesses, our tailored solutions adapt to the speed and scale modern business demands, driving efficiency and growth.

From our technology, to our warehouses, to our people, we help your business grow in the right way.

Businesses grow with Huboo

At Huboo, we're an inclusive team and believe that everybody has a voice. You'll get tons of opportunities throughout your career here to bring your ideas to the table regardless of your age, gender, sexuality, race, disability or religion.

If you feel you have the right mindset and skills, and you're excited by the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, rapidly growing, dynamic company that'll give you ample opportunity to be creative and succeed in your career then get in touch today

Full time permanent