Senior Platform Engineer

Quicksilva, a Harris Computer company, are currently recruiting for a Senior Platform Engineer on a permanent, remote-working basis.

Travel to our offices in Chippenham, Swindon and to client sites will be required where there is a business requirement.

 

Are you ready to take your career to the next level?  Do you have a passion for building robust and groundbreaking technology solutions?  If so, we want you to be part of our forward-thinking, innovative, an inclusive delivery team as a Senior Platform Engineer.

Position & Responsibilities

In performing this role your core duties and responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to:


* Participating in the planning and enhancement of our infrastructure


* Developing and maintaining automation tools and processes


* Managing container orchestration platforms, such as Kubernetes,


* Leading the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines


* Spearheading security best practices and compliance initiatives


* Establishing and maintaining monitoring and logging systems for real-time insights into system performance


* Developing and implementing resource scaling strategies to ensure optimal resource utilisation


* Overseeing database systems and developing disaster recovery strategies


* Implementing service discovery and load balancing systems


* Providing valuable input into internal and external customer engagement meetings and demos.


* Delivering operational assistance for cloud services.

What we are looking for

You’ll need to be a rounded IT professional, including having hands-on experience with application deployments using containers with a keen eye on automation to help us deliver reliable products and services that improve healthcare workers’ ability to deliver great patient service.

You will have gained the following experience of:


* Cloud service providers.


* Containerisation and orchestration tools.


* CI/CD pipelines and automation.


* Excellent critical thinking skills and the ability to work in a collaborative environment.


* Working within an Agile methodology.


* Strong programming skills.


* Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code.


* Writing Technical Documentation and Best Practises.

You will also have skills in Cloud Services (specify Azure), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, Git and programming experience in Java and .net a bonus.

 

About Us

Quicksilva is an established provider of Software-as-a-Service health integration platforms and managed services, our core purpose is super-charge healthcare/public sector professionals with simple and secure access to the data they need to deliver excellent service.

We are part of the international Harris family of businesses which is growing in the UK and provides our people with exciting opportunities for professional growth.

Are you ready to take your career to the next level? Do you have a passion for building robust and ground...