Platform Engineer

Overview

Platform Engineer role to support public sector clients in building and improving digital services using open-source software. You will join an agile team that values collaboration, innovation, and problem-solving.

Hybrid working: The work will be a blend of Company offices, client sites, and your home. You will not be able to work from home 100% of the time.

Your Role

• Undertake cross-functional engineering projects, working in small teams with engineers in different knowledge areas to build supportable, sustainable, and reliable services.
• Work with modern technology; the UK Government IT strategy emphasizes user-centric design, open source, CI/CD, microservices, and cloud architectures.
• Contribute to the vision and deliver real impact within the digital transformation of the UK Public Sector.
• Develop and progress through large-scale, technically challenging projects, with ongoing learning in modern environments.

You can bring your whole self to work. Capgemini strives for equity, diversity, and inclusion as part of everyday life and maintains an inclusive environment for everyone.

Your Security Clearance

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) checks are required for appointment.

During recruitment you will be asked about your security clearance eligibility, including country of residence and nationality.

In addition to BPSS, you will also need SC (Security Check) Clearance or be eligible for this level of clearance (UK resident for at least 5 years and not having left the country for more than 28 consecutive days in this period).

Your Skills and Experience

Are you a Platform/DevOps Engineer who wants to extend knowledge rapidly on challenging projects? A broad experience with modern open source stacks is desirable. If you can demonstrate a good selection of these skills and a passion for developing new technical skills, we’d like to talk to you.

Essential skills:

• Experience debugging a complex, multi-server service in a high-availability production environment.
• Good written and verbal communication, able to convey complex technical concepts clearly to internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong knowledge of Linux, Docker, and Kubernetes.
• Experience building infrastructure in AWS using Terraform.
• Experience in automation tooling such as Ansible.
• Provide technical leadership within a project and/or to junior team members.
• Strong understanding of CI environments and how they support automation with orchestration tools.

Desirable skills:

• Core Networking & Load balancing.
• Jenkins / Concourse / GitLab CI.
• Git / GitHub / GitLab.
• Graphite / Grafana / ELK / Prometheus.
• SQL / No-SQL databases.
• HashiCorp tools (Packer / Terraform / Vault / Consul).

What Does "Get the Future You Want" Mean for You

• You would join an accredited Great Place to Work for Wellbeing in 2023. Employee wellbeing is a priority, with trained Mental Health Champions and wellbeing apps in place.
• You will reimagine what’s possible by creating value for leading organisations through technology to build a sustainable, more inclusive future.
• You will be empowered to explore, innovate, and progress through Capgemini’s learning mindset, with opportunities across training, thinktanks, hackathons, and certifications from AWS, Microsoft, Harvard ManageMentor, cybersecurity qualifications, and more.
• You will contribute your unique skills and perspectives to a professional community that supports you at every step.

Why You Should Consider Capgemini

Capgemini helps clients grow their businesses while pursuing a more sustainable and inclusive future. You will join a diverse collective of free-thinkers, entrepreneurs, and industry experts, collaborating to transform the world’s leading businesses through technology.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner helping organizations transition to a digital and sustainable world. It is a diverse group with 340,000 team members in more than 50 countries, delivering end-to-end services and solutions across strategy, design, and engineering, powered by AI, cloud, and data expertise. The group reported 2023 global revenues of €22.5 billion.

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