Junior Platform Engineer

Staines Source: WhatJobs

£40,000–£50,000

Junior Platform Engineer

We are working with an established UK software company looking for a Junior Platform Engineer to join its technical team.

This is a great opportunity for someone with around 1 to 2 years' commercial experience across Cloud, Infrastructure, DevOps or Platform Engineering who wants to continue developing their skills in a supportive environment.

You will work alongside experienced engineers supporting the cloud infrastructure and deployment systems behind a business-critical SaaS platform.

The Role

You will be involved in:

Supporting and maintaining cloud infrastructure
Working with Azure
Supporting CI/CD pipelines
Using Infrastructure as Code
Working with Docker and containerised applications
Linux administration and command-line tooling
Troubleshooting deployment and infrastructure issues
Monitoring systems and investigating problems

What We Are Looking For

You should have around 1 to 2 years' commercial experience in a relevant technical role.

Experience with some of the following would be ideal:

Azure or AWS
Terraform
CI/CD tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or GitLab
Docker
Linux
Git
Bash or PowerShell
Monitoring and logging tools

You do not need experience with every technology listed.

Kubernetes experience is useful but not essential , as training can be provided.

More importantly, we are looking for someone who:

Communicates well
Has strong technical fundamentals
Enjoys solving problems
Is willing to learn
Takes ownership of their work

Working Pattern

The role is based in Staines. Your working hours will be 9:00am to 5:30pm, with Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday spent in the office and Monday and Friday working remotely.
You must be comfortable commuting to Staines three days per week as this aspect is non-negotiable

Benefits