Platform Engineer at Euromonitor International

Description

Reporting to the Platform Engineering Lead, you will work closely with the different Product Engineering teams, along with other functions such as Infrastructure/Operations, Cloud Engineers, Application Support and Client Services, to understand their challenges, goals and requirements and plan accordingly.

The ideal candidate will have strong Azure cloud infrastructure and Azure DevOps experience, supplemented by a proven track record of deploying resources in a structured technical environment using Agile methodologies. You will also be expected to help deliver on a deployment strategy and develop automated tools.

Requirements

Technical Skills/Experience

• Experience of working in an Agile environment.
• Expert knowledge of delivering solutions in Azure cloud within a large-scale enterprise environment.
• Great understanding of DevOps principles and how they assist in taking products to market in an effective manner.
• Experience of Automation/Configuration management tools as well as working in a continuous delivery environment, monitoring and tooling.
• Knowledge and experience in Azure, Kubernetes, Containerisation, Azure DevOps pipelines.
• Experience in managing permissions in Azure DevOps.
• Working experience in Application Gateways, App Services, Front-Door, Azure Service Bus, etc.
• Troubleshooting experience in virtual/cloud infrastructures.
• Experience in delivery of projects using IAC (Infrastructure as Code).

Personal Skills

• Communicative and social – Must be able to communicate well within his/her own teams and the broader Technology teams through verbal and written skills.
• Situationally Aware – Ability to think ahead and anticipate problems/issues and find solutions. Must be the first to notice differences and issues as they arise and elevate them to responsible roles.
• Conflict resolution – Must be able to facilitate discussions and facilitate alternatives or different approaches to resolving challenges.
• Coordinator – Building good professional relationship with cross-functional teams spread across different region/office of the organization.
• Critical thinking – Ability to apply sound logic and reasoning skills to facilitate decision making
• Culture driven – Dedicated to fostering a culture that is about creativity, communication, cutting-edge technology and the long-term development of staff.