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##### **Principal Platform Engineer - Kubernetes, Storage Platforms, VMWare** My client, a leading sporting institution, and household name are seeking and experienced, senior level Platform Engineer to Lead a team of engineers, advice best-practice technical experience, and instil the highest standards to deliver DevOps methodologies. **The Role:** - Implementing infrastructure platforms across all technology stacks to provide secure, reliable, high performing and scalable services - Providing monitoring and observability to ensure optimal performance - Supporting technology platforms for break/fix incidents - Advocating the use of modern tools and practices to provide automated provisioning and configuration management - CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code **Candidates Must Have the Following Skills / Experience:** - Highly detailed knowledge and experience of VMware, Kubernetes, storage platforms, and associated underlying infrastructure hardware and provision. - Exceptional Linix skills - Microsoft skills including AD - Experience of Cloud (Azure) and hybrid-based alternatives to on-premises infrastructure - Experience of providing infrastructure for large Enterprise applications such as PLM or ERP platforms. - Some people management experience This is an exceptioal role, CVs to Nick ASAP for immediate review
Salary estimate
$179,000 – $241,000/yr
Provided by the employer.
Skills for this role
AzureKubernetesCi/CdDevops
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