Platform Engineer

About the position

A well-established business is seeking to appoint a Platform Engineer
Qualifications:

• National Diploma in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 7 years experience, OR
• BTech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 6 years experience
• BENG/MTech in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 4 years experience
• MENG in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 3 years experience
• PHD in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Electronic Engineering or equivalent qualifications coupled with 1 years experience.

Experience:

• 2+ years demonstrated technical hands-on experience in infrastructure automation, distributed systems, observability, CI/CD, container orchestration orchestration (e.g. Kubernetes), DevOps/SRE practices and cloud-native technologies.
• Experience working in teams or initiatives that intersect with data platforms, storage, networking, and systems engineering domains.
• Experience of platform engineering practices, including infrastructure as code, observability stacks, and automated deployment pipelines.
• Exposure to DevOps and SRE principles, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, and resilience engineering.

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of software systems architecture, microservices, service meshes, and distributed system design.
• Familiarity with networking and security in cloud or containerized environments,
• Understanding of storage systems (object, block, distributed), data lifecycle management, and backup strategies.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and cross-functional team delivery processes.
• Exposure to control systems, data acquisition, or scientific computing platforms is advantageous.

Please note that if you have not received a response within 14 days of submitting your application that your application was unsuccessful.
However, please keep a lookout on our website, [URL Removed] for available positions which may be inline with your career aspirations.

Desired Skills:

• Infrastructure automation
• Platform engineering practices
• Systems architecture