About Darktrace
Darktrace is a global leader in AI for cybersecurity that keeps organizations ahead of the changing threat landscape every day. Founded in 2013, Darktrace provides the essential cybersecurity platform protecting nearly 10,000 organizations from unknown threats using its proprietary AI. The Darktrace Active AI Security Platform™ delivers a proactive approach to cyber resilience secure the business across all digital estates – from network to cloud to email. Breakthrough innovations from our R&D teams have resulted in over 200 patent applications filed. Darktrace’s platform and services are supported by over 2,400 employees around the world.
Platform Engineer – Role Overview
In this role, you will play a key part in ensuring our cloud infrastructure is robust, scalable and performance‑optimised while collaborating closely with development teams to deliver secure and efficient solutions.
Responsibilities
* Support the deployment and scaling of our global cloud applications.
* Lead container orchestration using Kubernetes and other cloud‑native tools.
* Advise development teams on optimizing the use of public cloud resources.
* Support new applications as they transition to production.
* Collaborate closely with development teams to ensure the infrastructure meets their requirements, promoting scalable application practices.
* Utilise expertise in container orchestration to facilitate seamless deployment of applications, prioritising reliability, observability and performance.
* Stay current with the latest technologies, introduce innovative solutions, and address operational challenges through strategic automation and optimisation efforts.
Qualifications
* Strong scripting or application development skills, with proficiency in Python.
* Experience with infrastructure provisioning tools like Terraform or AWS CloudFormation; familiarity with IaC methodologies.
* Solid understanding of basic networking and security principles.
* Ability to methodically solve problems and analyse patterns in behaviour and logs.
* Experience with continuous integration systems such as GitHub Actions, GitLab CI or Jenkins is highly desirable.
* Proficiency in source control management.
* Strong communication skills.
Benefits
* 23 days’ holiday + all public holidays (rising to 25 days after 2 years of service).
* Additional day off for your birthday.
* Private medical insurance covering you, your cohabiting partner and children.
* Life insurance of four times your base salary.
* Salary sacrifice pension scheme.
* Enhanced family leave.
* Confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
* Cycle‑to‑work scheme.
SenioritLevel
* Entry level
EmploymentType
* Full‑time
JobFunction
* Engineering and Information Technology
Industry
* Computer and Network Security
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