Enterprise Platforms Principal Engineer (London)

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We would also consider Leeds or Manchester as a workplace - expectation is 1 to 2 days in the office. The Enterprise Platforms Principal Engineer will drive the evolution of the Enterprise Platform, ensuring the platform continues to evolve in line with changing business requirements for corporate application hosting. AWS Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) for Enterprise
Windows Server workloads
Windows VDI
SQL workloads
Linux workloads
Azure VMWare Solution (AVS) in Azure
The role-holder will also provide line management of the consultative engineering squad. In addition, the role holder will act as an escalation point for the Core Engineering Squad.
Provide line management to the Consultative Engineering Squad within Enterprise platforms; Provide coaching and mentoring to members of the Consultative Engineering Squad, helping to upskill all members of the team.
Provide a technical escalation path for the senior engineer, within the Core Engineering Squad.
Work with the Enterprise Platforms Product Manager and Core Engineering Manager to develop and implement new ways of working between the Core and Consultative Squads which promote collaboration, autonomy and continuing high standards
Develop the Enterprise Platforms product set, including automation with IaC and configuration management tooling to drive efficiency and to solve problems related to infrastructure operations; especially for our strategic platform within AWS, but also across other major cloud platforms, such as Azure and GCP.
Work with the Enterprise Platforms Manager, Enterprise Platforms Core Engineering Manager and Enterprise Platforms Delivery Manager, to build a high performing, operational service for Enterprise Platforms.
Support the successful delivery of the roadmap, to time, quality and budget.
Continue to develop an IaC approach for a brown-field GCP estate, including appropriate automation, release pipeline, etc
Facilitate the identification, selection and implementation of appropriate orchestration, configuration management and automation tools, operating systems, database components, core software components and systems management tools that meet the needs of the ITV business.
Enable and facilitate the introduction of modern engineering best practices, approaches and technologies to improve the efficiency, stability and security of the Enterprise Platform, in line with the ITV business requirement and overall strategy.
Work with Group Technology Architecture and Cyber Security to design enterprise hosting solutions in line with ITV business and technology demand for enterprise application hosting.
Work with the Enterprise Platforms Product Manager, Enterprise Platforms Core Engineering Manager and Head of FinOps to identify and execute on cost saving opportunities.
Expert hands on engineering experience of delivering a variety of infrastructure and platform products and services to meet wide-ranging business needs and within a variety of business settings
Experience of Scrum or Kanban-based agile delivery approaches, tools and measurement is essential
Experience of deploying and managing Windows server operating systems is essential
Experience of deploying and managing Linux based server operating systems is essential
Experience of platform engineering good practice, including orchestration, automation and software configuration management tools is essential
Experience of AWS cloud infrastructure toolsets is essential
Experience with configuration management tooling (ideally Puppet) is essential
Experience of implementing operating systems management toolsets for Windows and/or Linux platforms is desirable
Experience of deploying and managing MS SQL databases is highly desirable
A talented leader, who provides creative, clear, empathic leadership and line management to senior engineers
A great team player who is able to offer technical guidance to engineering and operations teams and empower them to deliver a high quality service that exceeds customer expectations
Delivery capability: proven through execution of projects and/or product releases, working with a range of technical and business team members. A working understanding of both agile and waterfall project delivery methodologies.
Willing to demonstrate flexibility in working hours to ensure critical projects go-live within required timelines
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Location:
London
Job Type:
FullTime

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