Referrals Only
SeniorPlatformEngineer
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“Senior Platform Engineer at Referrals Only. Skills: Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Automation. Launch projects. Evaluate infrastructure”
What You'll Achieve.
meet the needs of the organization; better outcomes for clients; support ambitious business goals; consistently met on projects; achieve positive outcomes
Industry & Context.
find solutions; adjust and suggest innovative solutions; 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, IaaS cloud platform, application runtime platforms, physical servers, virtual servers, container clusters, serverless, scripting language, Linux servers, Windows servers, continuous integration, continuous delivery tools, monitoring systems, security concerns, 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.
Evaluate infrastructure
Build technical roadmap
Build impactful solutions
Build infrastructure practice
Ensure continuous delivery
Provide DevOps expertise
Provide cloud expertise
Provide platform expertise
Provide infrastructure expertise
Establish client partnerships
Suggest innovative solutions
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Work within teams; Collaborate with practitioners; Collaborate with business development; Collaborate with marketing; Collaborate with capabilities development; Collaborate with infrastructure technicians; Collaborate with support analysts; Collaborate with network analysts; Collaborate with security analysts; Collaborate with system administrators; Collaborate with IT managers; Collaborate with senior IT groups
Communication Scope
communicating technical concepts to nontechnical audiences
Full Job Description
Senior 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 work within teams to launch projects through hands-on implementation, evaluate existing infrastructure and drive improvements. You will explore the client’s needs and collaborate on building 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 other practitioners, 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 take a proactive 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 engineering leadership. You will adjust and suggest innovative solutions to current constraints and business policies. Job qualifications Technical Skills You can contribute to the design and implementation of enterprise and/or web-scale hosting platforms and can administer application servers, web servers and databases. You have a deep
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