Senior Platform Engineer

Job Description

A platform engineer is responsible for designing, building, and maintaining the technology platforms and infrastructure that support software applications and services. They work on creating and managing the underlying systems and tools that enable developers to build, deploy, and operate their applications efficiently. The role of a platform engineer can vary depending on the client and the specific requirements of the platform they are working on.

Job Description - Grade Specific

A role that can include overseeing a team of platform engineers, and making key technical decisions in the realm of platform development and operations. Key responsibilities include at least one of the following: - Cloud platforms: Team Leadership and Management: Overseeing a team of platform engineers, focusing on team dynamics, and effective delivery of cloud platform solutions. Technical Guidance and Decision-Making: Providing technical leadership and making critical decisions regarding platform architecture, tools, and processes. Balancing hands-on involvement with strategic oversight. Mentorship and Skill Development: Mentoring team members, enhancing their technical skills, and fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation in platform engineering practices. Deep Technical Proficiency: Possessing a deep understanding of platform engineering principles and practices, and demonstrating proficiency in key technical areas such as cloud services, automation, and system architecture. Practice Development: Contributing significantly to the development of the platform engineering community, staying abreast of emerging trends, and applying this knowledge to drive improvements in the capability. - ESM platforms: expert knowledge of ESM platforms and processes, executive service improvement opportunities. Assists in gathering and reviewing requirements and mapping to integration platform features. Participates and actively supports business initiatives by building reliable, efficient, scalable and business oriented solutions that integrate and orchestrate a complex portfolio of customer, partner, supplier, and Capgemini tools and solutions - DevOps: implementing and managing continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) - Site Reliability Engineering: This role includes the ability to oversee software and performance of the full technology stack.