Overview
Join to apply for the Senior Platform Engineer role at Gespreksleider Jacobs.
Salary: £63,824 to £83,778 (including allowances) plus excellent Civil Service benefits and pension
Locations: London, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, Belfast, Birmingham, Salford
Working pattern: Hybrid / Flexible working
This is your chance to help shape the future of digital delivery at DBT by building a performant, secure and developer-friendly hosting environment that underpins vital government services.
The Role
As a Senior Platform Engineer, You Will
* Provide development teams with tools such as observability, monitoring, dashboards, and CI/CD pipelines.
* Design and scale DBT's global product platform.
* Evangelise service-level objectives and negotiate error budgets.
* Participate in an on-call rota (with allowance).
* Drive improvements in developer experience, streamlining deployment and boosting productivity.
Projects include: rolling out an observability tool for system monitoring, automating deployments to reduce downtime, and developing CLI tooling for developers.
You'll work with: AWS, Azure, Terraform/CloudFormation, Docker, ECS/ECR, ElasticSearch/OpenSearch, Python/Django, PostgreSQL (RDS), Sentry, Redis/Elasticache.
Essential Criteria
* Cloud experience with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud.
* Ability to build reliable, well-tested infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, AWS Copilot, CloudFormation, Pulumi).
* Fluency in one or more programming languages, writing clean and effective code.
* Knowledge of Linux/Unix fundamentals and TCP/IP networking.
* Ability to evaluate user impact of infrastructure and platform changes, with a focus on developer experience.
* In-depth experience of designing solutions to complex technical problems independently.
Desirable: experience designing/implementing Docker images and prototyping with open-source components.
Benefits
* Civil Service pension with average employer contribution of 28.97%
* 25 days annual leave, rising to 30 with service
* Hybrid/flexible working (2-3 days in office per week)
* Three paid volunteering days per year
* Learning and development tailored to your role
* Inclusive culture encouraging diversity
How To Apply
Submit a 2-page CV aligned to the essential criteria. Inspire People will review applications against these requirements before progressing to DBT hiring managers. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to interview and complete a technical problem-solving exercise.
Security Clearance
This role requires SC clearance. To be eligible, you must have been resident in the UK for at least 3 of the last 5 years. Failure to meet SC criteria will result in withdrawal of your application.
If you are a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer or SRE looking to enhance your career and make a difference across government digital services, apply today or contact Keesha Paulsen at Inspire People in confidence for more information.
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