Platform Engineer

Qodea is Europe’s leading Google Cloud specialist consultancy. We're a team that’s energised by innovation and delivering exceptional results for our clients. We deliver cutting edge solutions across data & analytics, AI, cloud infrastructure or security that drive digital transformation and enable our customers to scale, modernise and thrive.

In joining Qodea, you’ll work alongside specialists in their field and would have access to mentoring, industry-recognised training and certifications, and personalised development plans to support your career growth.

We’re always looking for motivated and energetic people who are eager to learn and grow, so if you want to supercharge your career, join Qodea!

What you’ll do:

Cloud Solution Design and Implementation:

• Design and implement scalable, reliable, and cost-effective cloud solutions using Google Cloud Platform services and products
• Analyse business requirements and recommend appropriate cloud technologies and architectures
• Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure code using tools such as Terraform or Google Cloud Deployment Manager

Infrastructure Management and Automation:

• Manage and automate the deployment, scaling, and management of cloud infrastructure using tools such as Kubernetes or Google Cloud Deployment Manager
• Optimise infrastructure costs by analysing usage and implementing cost-saving measures such as reserved instances or instance rightsizing
• Implement infrastructure-as-code practices to ensure consistency, repeatability, and version control of cloud infrastructure

Security and Compliance:

• Implement and maintain security controls and policies to ensure the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of cloud infrastructure and data
• Monitor and respond to security incidents and vulnerabilities, and perform regular security assessments and audits
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations such as GDPR, HIPAA, and PCI DSS

Monitoring and Troubleshooting:

• Monitor cloud infrastructure and services for performance, availability, and security issues using tools such as Stackdriver or Prometheus
• Perform root cause analysis and troubleshoot issues related to cloud infrastructure and services, and implement corrective actions and preventive measures
• Continuously improve the reliability and resilience of cloud infrastructure by implementing best practices such as fault-tolerance, redundancy, and disaster recovery

Requirements

What you’ll bring:

• Excellent understanding of Google Cloud Platform architecture and services, including Compute Engine, Kubernetes Engine, and Cloud Build.
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools such as Terraform and Ansible and containerisation tools such as Docker.
• Ability to code using Python, Go, Bash, or similar scripting languages
• Understanding of networking, security, and compliance in a cloud environment and/or on linux distribution systems.
• Ability to troubleshoot complex issues and provide root cause analysis
• Already be, or desire to be professionally certified in Google Cloud

How you’ll grow:

• In line with our contracts and our business needs, you will be exposed to gradually increasing complexity assignments. Which you will be able to deliver supported by the senior colleagues within the existing team;

• You will gradually be able to identify & propose opportunities for improvement, based on your allocation and BAU activity;
• You will achieve the required Google certifications within the first 6 to 12 months from joining, which would ensure you have the right level of understanding for us to build upon;
• Alongside with your knowledge growth, onboarding being completed and you becoming fully integrated within the team, you will also be required to cover on-call shifts, based on a shift rotation valid for the entire team;
• The career path for this role will be a gradual and full development that would allow you to grow from a junior, to core and then to Senior Platform Engineer, with ability to pursue even Principal level roles or Leadership roles;

Benefits

• Health Care package

• NN Assurance package (life and health)
• 10 learning days per year
• Regular opportunities for industry recognised training and certifications
• Opportunities to develop within a fast growing-tech business with ambitious growth and impact goals
• 28 days PTO + 15 days Bank Holidays and your birthday off
• Length of service awards
• Sabbatical leave for employees over 5 years service
• Meal tickets
• Transportation costs
• Bookster Platform
• Company events - opportunities to meet colleagues you don’t see every day

Diversity and Inclusion Statement

At Qodea, we champion diversity and inclusion. We believe that a career in IT should be open to everyone, regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, age, sexual orientation, disability or neurotype. We value the unique talents and perspectives that each individual brings to our team, and we strive to create a fair and accessible hiring process for all. If you feel we can improve in any way, please reach out to our careers team via email at careers@qodea.com or connect with us on LinkedIn via our Qodea Company Page.