Platform Engineer
BAE Systems Digital Intelligence
AzureCloudDockerKubernetesLinuxTerraform
Principal Platform Engineer – Azure
Appvia
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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💰 £90,000 - £120,000 per year
Job Level
Lead
Tech Stack
AzureCloudKubernetes
About the role
- Collaborate with prospective and existing customers to define and execute strategies for cloud and DevOps adoption
- Educate customers and industry stakeholders on the benefits and best practices of cloud-native technologies
- Lead large, complex public cloud projects, providing strategic direction and selecting appropriate technologies
- Manage teams of platform engineers and consultants, fostering a positive and collaborative team culture
- Engage with enterprise clients to understand their unique challenges and deliver tailored solutions
- Stay up-to-date with the latest trends and emerging technologies, contributing to industry knowledge sharing through blog posts and videos
Requirements
- Passionate about new technology and automation, experienced in leading an Engineering Team in Agile and DevOps best practices
- Knowledge of continuous integration and deployment practices
- Ability to collaborate with people of all levels of technical ability
- Understanding of industry best practices
- Project Management experience
- Fantastic people skills, including the ability to motivate a team towards a common goal
- Proven experience leading and delivering large, complex public cloud projects
- Extensive experience leading and managing teams, fostering a collaborative culture, and mentoring team members
- Significant experience engaging with enterprise clients, managing relationships, and ensuring high levels of customer satisfaction
- Proven commitment to staying up-to-date with the latest trends and contributing to industry knowledge sharing
- Real-world design and governance experience, particularly with: Conditional Access, Identity lifecycle and PIM, Entra ID Protection and integration with Defender or Sentinel
- Certification in relevant cloud technologies (Azure) at an expert/professional level is highly desirable
- Certification in Kubernetes administration is desirable
Benefits
- Flexible working with core hours of 10-4pm because we know life happens outside of work
- Hybrid working - only one compulsory office day per month
- 25 days’ holiday a year, plus bank holidays
- An additional day off for your birthday
- Enhanced maternity and paternity to full pay
- Workplace Nursery Benefit to help working parents
- Full Private Healthcare cover for you with partners and children covered 50%
- Death in Service
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Electric Car Scheme
- Pension plus a salary sacrifice option for even greater savings
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Free hygiene products available in the London office
- Free therapy through AXA
- Access to the Headspace App
- Trained Mental Health First Aiders
- Learning budget of £1,000 a year
- Your own MacBook Pro while you work at Appvia
- Dog friendly office
- Wear what makes you comfortable
- Free snacks in the office
- Pool table & ping pong table
- Regular team socials, board game nights, industry meetups and more!
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cloud-native technologiesDevOpsAgilecontinuous integrationcontinuous deploymentproject managementKubernetes administrationConditional AccessIdentity lifecyclePIM
Soft skills
collaborationteam leadershipmotivational skillscustomer engagementmentoringcommunicationrelationship managementproblem-solvingadaptabilityknowledge sharing
Certifications
Azure certificationKubernetes certification
