Principal Platform Engineer
Qodea
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Senior Platform Engineer
Qodea
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇷🇴 Romania
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Senior
Tech Stack
AnsibleCloudDockerGoGoogle Cloud PlatformKubernetesLinuxPrometheusPythonTerraform
About the role
- Design and implement scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions using Google Cloud Platform services and products
- Analyse business requirements and recommend appropriate cloud technologies and architectures
- Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure code using tools such as Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager
- Manage and automate the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud infrastructure using tools such as Kubernetes or Google Cloud Deployment Manager
- Optimise infrastructure costs by analysing usage and implementing cost-saving measures such as reserved instances or instance rightsizing
- Implement infrastructure-as-code practices to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control of cloud infrastructure
- Implement and maintain security controls and policies to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud infrastructure and data
- Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities, and perform regular security assessments and audits
- Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS
- Monitor cloud infrastructure and services for performance, availability, and security issues using tools such as Stackdriver or Prometheus
- Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot issues related to cloud infrastructure and services, and implement corrective actions and preventive measures
- Continuously improve the reliability and resilience of cloud infrastructure by implementing best practices such as fault-tolerance, redundancy, and disaster recovery
Requirements
- Excellent understanding of Google Cloud Platform architecture and services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Build.
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible and containerisation tools such as Docker.
- Ability to code using Python, Go, Bash, or similar scripting languages
- Understanding of networking, security, and compliance in a cloud environment and/or on linux distribution systems.
- Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and provide root cause analysis
- Already be, or desire to be professionally certified in Google Cloud
- Background in working with highly regulated industries (e.g., finance, healthcare)
Benefits
- Competitive base salary.
- Discretionary company bonus scheme.
- Employee referral scheme
- Meal Vouchers
- Health Care Package
- Life and Health Insurance
- Bookster
- 28 days of annual leave
- Floating bank holidays
- An extra paid day off on your birthday.
- Ten paid learning days per year.
- Flexible working hours
- Sabbatical leave (after 5 years).
- Work from anywhere (up to 3 weeks per year).
- Industry-recognised training & certifications.
- Bonusly: employee recognition and rewards platform.
- Clear opportunities for career development.
- Length of Service Awards.
- Regular company events.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
cloud solutionsinfrastructure as codecost optimizationroot cause analysisscripting languagesnetworkingsecurity controlsdisaster recoveryfault tolerancecontainerization
Soft skills
analytical skillstroubleshootingproblem-solvingcommunicationcollaborationattention to detailadaptabilitycritical thinkingtime managementorganizational skills
Certifications
Google Cloud certification
