Referrals Only
LeadPlatformEngineer
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“Lead Platform Engineer at Referrals Only. Skills: Platform Engineering, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure as Code. Build technical roadmap. Build impactful solutions”
What You'll Achieve.
Meet client needs; Achieve better outcomes; Support ambitious business goals; Consistently meet technical expectations; Achieve positive outcomes
Industry & Context.
Solve complex business problems; Address current constraints; Make decisions with limited information
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
enterprise and/or web-scale hosting platforms, application servers, web servers, databases, cloud and virtualization platforms, infrastructure automation, application hosting technologies, software delivery teams, DevOps philosophies, Agile methods, Infrastructure as Code, server virtualisation, IaaS cloud platform, two or more application runtime platforms, physical servers, virtual servers, container clusters, serverless, databases, at least one scripting language, Linux servers, Windows servers, container clusters, continuous integration, continuous delivery tools, monitoring systems, observability patterns, Distributed Tracing/OpenTracing, Log Aggregation, Audit Logging, Exception Tracking, Health Check API, Application MetricS, Self-Healing/Multi-Cloud, security concerns, threats, infrastructure platform vulnerabilities, secrets management, network security, software supply chain security
Nice to Have
unit testing, automated testing tools, stress and performance testing
What You'll Do.
Build technical roadmap
Build impactful solutions
Build infrastructure controls
Build application controls
Ensure technical expectations met
Provide DevOps expertise
Provide cloud expertise
Provide platform expertise
Provide infrastructure expertise
Lead solution implementation
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work within diverse teams; Collaborate with business development; Collaborate with marketing; Collaborate with capabilities development; Partner with client leadership; Collaborate with engineering groups; Collaborate with commercial functions; Interact with teammates
Communication Scope
Communicate technical concepts to nontechnical audiences
Full Job Description
Lead Platform Engineers help clients build and evolve systems that client organizations use to deliver and run software. They are comfortable working within teams of people with diverse roles and levels of experience to find solutions that meet the needs of the organization. They combine technical expertise and understanding with consideration of different situational needs. They champion technical quality and effective ways of working as a means to better outcomes for clients, rather than an end in themselves. They help clients to understand agile ways of working and DevOps as a mindset for collaboration. Job responsibilities You will explore the client’s needs and drive the building of a technical roadmap and impactful solution that will support their ambitious business goals. You will help shape and build Thoughtworks’ cloud and infrastructure practice through collaboration with business development, marketing, and capabilities development teams. You will ensure and build the controls and processes for continuous delivery and evolution of infrastructure and applications, driving automation through all stages of the process. You will ensure and build the controls and processes for continuous delivery and evolution of infrastructure and applications, driving automation through all stages of the process. You will take a leading role in monitoring and ensuring that technical expectations of deliverables are consistently met on projects. You will provide expertise and guidance in the areas of DevOps, cloud, platform and infrastructure engineering, both internally and in client sites. You will establish trusting and thoughtful partnerships with a client’s leadership across engineering and commercial functions. You will lead the design and implementation of innovative solutions to current constraints and business policies. Job qualifications Technical Skills You can lead the collaborative design of enterprise and/or web-scale hosting platforms and can administer applica
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