Referrals Only

LeadPlatformEngineer

Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Lead Platform Engineer at Referrals Only. Skills: Platform Engineering, Cloud, DevOps, Infrastructure. Explore client needs. Build technical roadmap”

What You'll Achieve.

Meet client needs; Support ambitious business goals; Better outcomes for clients; Deliver and run software; Achieve positive outcomes

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Find solutions; Consider situational needs; Solve complex business problems; 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, Windows servers systems, 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

Establish client partnerships

Implement innovative solutions

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

Process & Methodology

Manage technical expectations, Design technical strategies

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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