Platform Engineer - Leeds, United Kingdom - Equiniti

Equiniti

Verified Company

Leeds, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

EQ is a leading international provider of shareholder, pension, remediation and credit technology. With over 5,000 employees, it supports 37 Million people in 120 countries.

EQ's purpose is to care for every customer and simplify every transaction, deliveredwith less of an impact on the environment.

EQ's vision is to be the leading global share registrar, offering complementary services to its client base.

Role Summary

This role is suited to experienced Windows Platform Engineers (at least 3 years) who already have a good level of technical understanding (including DevOps and Cloud technologies) but are keen to use and develop their skills further.

The role will be located in the EQ Leeds office.

There is also a requirement to participate in an On Call rota and for completing some technical activities outside of business hours.

Core Duties / Responsibilities

Day to day management and operation of EQ Credit Services platforms across public cloud hosting platforms
Automation of platform infrastructure builds, configuration, software deployments and platform management through the use of DevOps tools and approaches.
Work collaboratively with EQ IT teams providing day to day platform support and contributing to ongoing platform improvement activities.
Deployment of new, and updates to existing, client facing EQ test and production platforms, working with internal project teams and external clients as required.
Whilst core hours are Monday to Friday 95.30, must also be willing to work flexibly to support out of hours activities and will be expected to join a 24x7 On Call Rota.

Knowledge & Experience

Good technical experience and understanding of platform infrastructure principles and architectures.
Good technical experience of deploying and managing cloud platforms most notably in Microsoft Azure.
Good technical experience configuring and running automated software and server deployment tools (e.g. Terraform, ARM / Bicep, Windows Powershell, WindowsDSC, Octopus Deploy, Puppet, Git, AzureDevOps)
Good technical experience administering Windows Server technologies (e.g. windows server, AD, GPOs, RDP, Terminal Services, Windows Clusters etc), covering Server 2012 platforms upwards.
Technical experience of managing and deploying container technologies, such as Docker and Kubernetes.
Good technical experience using and managing Microsoft Sql Server (as an infrastructure administrator).
Experience of working with 3rd party service providers to design, deploy and manage joint IT service solutions.
Good knowledge of information security practices within the financial services IT industry.

Experience or knowledge of the following would also be beneficial:

Encryption and Key Management
including Azure Encryption, Azure Key Vault, HSMs, SSL / TLS Configuration.
Monitoring and Alerting platforms such as New Relic, Azure Monitor, OpsGenie, Pager Duty
Load Balancing Technologies / Application Delivery Controllers such as Azure Application Gateways and Load Balancers
Network and Security Appliances and Technologies such as Alert Logic, Qualys, Dell Secureworks
ITILv3/4 and Service Management Principles
Vendor Certifications e.g. Microsoft Azure certifications, Microsoft MCSA / MCSE, Microsoft, approved / certified training courses

Skills, Capabilities and Attributes

Selfmotivated, with a desire to acquire knowledge and proactively improve platforms and solutions.
Good communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and work collaboratively to deliver objectives and find answers to problems.
Must be approachable, dependable and trustworthy, with a good attention to detail.
Ability to work to tight deadlines, managing a busy workload in a frequently changing environment, whilst always remaining calm.
Able to explain potentially complex IT problems and issues to nonIT users.

EQ Benefits:

Being a permanent member of the team at EQ you will be rewarded by our company benefits, including:

28 days holiday + 8 bank holidays. Option to buy more days through salary sacrifice.
A cash payment annually towards flexible benefits, e.g. dental insurance, gym membership, the above extra holiday etc.
4 x Life Assurance.
Company sick pay (2 months full pay, 2 months half, following probation).
Matched pension scheme (e.g. you pay in 6%, EQ pay in 6%), up to 10% each side (20% in total).
Discounts with major retailers (EQ Wins).
Maternity or adoption leave of 3 months full pay, with return to work bonus / 2 weeks paid paternity leave.

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