Lead Platform Engineer Hybrid

Oliver James Associates Ltd.; England; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 90,000

Job description

Lead Platform Engineer - Hybrid

We are seeking a highly skilled and hands-on Lead Platform Engineer to join our client's team as they embark on the largest transformation in their history. In this pivotal role, you will take charge of building and evolving their cutting-edge Digital Platform to be scalable, secure, and compliant with both internal and industry regulations, while meeting strict availability standards. You will also manage and optimize change processes across technology systems, ensuring efficient release frequencies, reduced lead times, lower failure rates, and faster issue resolution.

Essential Experience:

Pardot, C#, .NET, Azure, Salesforce

What You'll Bring:

• Expertise in complex Salesforce environments; experience with Copado for CI/CD is a plus
• Strong, hands-on experience with a leading cloud PaaS, preferably Azure
• Familiarity with Linux and shell environments
• Solid programming skills in C#, PowerShell, scripting languages, JavaScript, and Python
• Experience with key infrastructure platforms and services (Azure, Nginx, HAProxy, Consul/etcd, Splunk)
• Knowledge of containerisation systems like Kubernetes and Docker is a plus
• Experience with Azure DevOps and multi-stage pipelines for managing large-scale software estates, covering build, release, monitoring, rollbacks, and high availability
• Strong understanding of networking protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/3, AMQP, streaming protocols) and cloud network design (VPNs, subnets, regions/zones), along with integration technologies (Auth0, APIM, etc.)
• Expertise in relational, graph, and document databases, and familiarity with various consistency models
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform

This is an excellent opportunity to make an impact within a dynamic and growing organization. If you have the expertise and are ready for the challenge, we'd love to hear from you! Click 'APPLY' or email [e-mail]