Mid-Level Platform Engineer – #33773 Full Time

Company Profile:

Our client is headquartered in Manchester, UK where they leverage cutting-edge technology to offer robust and scalable cloud solutions. They are the forefront of the private cloud sector, pioneering advanced solutions within the cloud-native ecosystem. They are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in cloud technology.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain ArgoCD deployments and infrastructure.

• Make sure that everything in develop, stage, and production are up and running

• Setting up and monitoring tools that have been deployed for each cluster.

• Fine-tune performance of each pod and make sure that everything is properly optimized

• Architect and implement advanced features, focusing on scalability, security, and performance within the Kubernetes ecosystem.

• Dive deep into Kubernetes internals, including controllers, CRDs, and extension API servers, to enhance and troubleshoot our systems.

• Ensure the reliability and maintainability of our systems by documenting processes and maintaining stringent testing protocols.

• 2-3 years working experience as a Platform Engineering, DevOps Engineering, SRE, or other similar roles.

• Deep experience with ArgoCD and preferably GitHub Actions

• Experience with LGTM Stack(Loki, Grafana, Tempo, and Mimir)

• Exceptional expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm

• Knowledge in managing sensitive data and hardening security via Vault, AWS Secrets management, etc

• Experience managing Linux OS Machines

• Knowledge in managing large scale systems using infrastructure as a code such as Crossplane and Terraform

• Basic networking

• Open source tools: knowledge dealing with open source tools such and external-dns, reloader, descheduler, cert-manager, etc and the eagerness to learn and explore new tools

• Familiarity with the broader cloud-native ecosystem, including CI/CD practices, container orchestration, and major cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure).

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a team setting.

• Amenable to work on a shifting schedule

• You will be a full-time contractor under our client’s UK-headquartered company. You will settle your own taxes.

• 28 days PTOs (given on the first day; accrued on a per month basis)

• 13th month pay – given end of the year (pro-rated)

• HMO card/monthly allowance – AXA Health Card for Principal Only – Day 1

• Laptop will be provided after a couple of months of employment

• Annual Merit increase is based on performance