Platform Services Engineer

Job Description

We are looking for a professional Platform Services Engineer with the passion and initiative to learn new things.The Platform Services Engineer role:CDLs Cloud Platform is ever evolving and improving. There is lots to do from governance to automation, pipelines and containers with a focus on iteration constant review and improvement. An ideal environment for someone to show initiative, collaboration and a willingness to get involved.You will have a large amount of autonomy to learn and get involved, a clear and meaningful purpose, the backing to learn all things cloud and improve the CDL cloud platform. You will also have the support and freedom to employ industry-leading engineering practices, with a clear focus on customer needs, internal and external.As a member of the platform team specialising in cloud technology, you will be responsible for delivering and developing capabilities in our platform in order to sustain a high-performance, reliable and scalable cloud platform for our internal and external customers. You will work in the Platform Team supporting application development teams, operations teams, DevOps teams and other business functions by providing the cloud platform, reusable infrastructure as code modules, best practices, guidance around architecture and the cloud in general.What we’re looking for in our Platform Services Engineer:- Be technically adept and have a good experience and hands-on knowledge of a major public cloud, preferably AWS- Experienced with Pair Programming and able to collaborate on peer-reviewed code- Take pride in well-written, quality code- Have some knowledge of maintaining technical standards in a codebase- AWS Certification (Associate+)Technologies you will work with:Whilst we value aptitude, attitude and the ability and willingness to learn and get involved above all else, experience in the following technologies, tools and methodologies would be beneficial.- Public Clouds, such as Amazon Web Services or Google Cloud, services they offer and their SDK’s. i.e. Amazon ECS, Lambda, IAM, boto3, aws-sdk-go- Git - Gitlab/ GitHub & The Code Review process- Terraform / Terragrunt- CI/CD Tooling and processes, such as CodePipeline or Atlantis- A popular scripting/programming language, such as Bash, Python, JavaScript or Golang- Linux/Unix systems- Agile, DevOps, GitOps, NoOps etc- ECS, Lambda, IAM + Many more- Collaboration & Knowledge SharingBenefits of becoming our Platform Services Engineer:- Top employer for 4th year running- Flexible hours – core hours 10am to 4pm- Remote Working – Home working options- On-site free parking- Open plan modern offices- Shuttle bus to and from the station- Excellent training and development platform- Opportunities for career progression- Subsidised restaurant- 25 days holiday to start – rising- Dress down policy- Life and health assurance- Pension scheme- Community projects – CDL100 – 100 days throughout the year dedicated to community projects- Games room and chill out zone- Social activities, including summer BBQ and Christmas Parties. We have a team dedicated to running internal social activities such as comedy nights, canoeing, break out rooms and much more….- Car valeting, Barber, Yoga classes, Boot camp and Massage services all on site- Cycle to work scheme- Shower and dry rooms on-siteAbout CDL:CDL is one of the UK’s leading insurance software houses, employing over 600 people at its campus in Stockport. It has a strong track record in the high-volume retail insurance sector. As a result, the company’s robust and innovative technologies have enabled its customers to thrive in the highly competitive UK insurance marketplace.Weve built a collaborative and creative culture where we employ agile techniques to deliver our pace-setting applications. We like to work in small, focused groups so youre always learning from people around you and you feel a part of the success of each project you are involved with.We’re looking for a Platform Services Engineer who can maintain and build on the service that differentiates us, as we enter our next phase of growth! Why not click apply today!**Due to the pandemic - This role will initially be starting in a fully remote capacity until we return to our office campus **