Platform Engineer
Virtusa
Lead Software Engineer
As a member of the Platform Development team, build the tools that evolve our Azure cloud infrastructure in a safe, reliable, automated and cost-effective manner enabling our proprietary technology development teams to have the best possible development experience. Provide expertise and input in to the design and implementation of IaC automation to serve the needs of our application hosting, with particular focus on consistency, security and developer enablement. Participate in planning efforts with stakeholders and IT department. Help define and enforce security guidelines for engineering work. On failure events, work on fixing the issues and communicating with senior members of the team. Work as part of a small team and successfully manage your own tasks according to the larger needs of the business.
Skills and Ability:
- Good understanding of database concepts and management
- Experience with containers Kubernetes service mesh orchestration is a plus
- Good understanding of Azure Platform Engineering especially in relation to automation and yaml pipelines
- Excellent understanding of DevOps-centric concepts
- Good general infrastructure knowledge including networking basics
- Good general development skills
- Enterprise experience of Azure
- Excellent understanding of SDLC best practises
- Excellent understanding of Infrastructure as Code Desired State Configuration Terraform Ansible etc
- Advanced level of experience using command line scripting tools such as Azure CLI Bash and Powershell
- A relevant degree with IT Technology or equivalent professional certifications