Platform Engineer

Location: Bristol / Corsham

Working pattern: 3 days on site, 2 from home

Salary: Competitive + Company Benefits

**Candidates applying must be eligible for UK Security clearance**

A Little About Us:

Parico is an established technology business with a history of delivering innovative and secure solutions to Public Sector customers across the United Kingdom. Our team are motivated individuals that help each other to do remarkable things every day. We face challenges together and we win together. At Parico, we deliver world-class solutions that transform the way that our clients use technology.

The Role:

Parico is seeking a talented Platform Engineer to work on exciting and dynamic projects, thriving on the challenge of working closely with a small business to solve complex and demanding problems across the Public Sector landscape. You'll have the freedom to be truly innovative: rolling up your sleeves, getting deep into the detail of platforms and infrastructure and doing what it takes to deliver robust, effective technical solutions for our customers' complex environments.

This is a hands-on Platform Engineering role focussed on supporting, maintaining and improving existing platform services, while also contributing to change initiatives and greenfield platform development. You will work directly with live systems, performing upgrades, deployments, patching and 3rd line troubleshooting, with an big emphasis on automating and improving operational practices. The role is ideal for a mid-level to senior engineer who enjoys ownership, working close to the technology and continuously enhancing how platforms are built, operated and support.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Providing support, maintenance and patching across platform and infrastructure environments

• Acting as 3rd line escalation point, resolving complex incidents and technical issues

• Supporting and maintaining AWS cloud environments, including deployments and operational tasks

• Improving platform reliability by automating manual and repetitive operational processes

• Working closely with engineering teams to ensure platform stability and performance

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Proven Linux administration experience (essential); Windows knowledge is beneficial

• Hands-on AWS experience, particularly in maintenance and deployments

• Demonstrable experience with DevOps tooling such as Jenkins and Git

• Experience with automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ideally using Ansible

• Solid understanding of virtualisation and on-prem infrastructure technologies

What’s In It For You?

• A high-performance company culture and leadership team that are there to help you to progress your career quickly and thrive with endless opportunities

• Kitted out with a full suite of tech goodies and any additional tech you may need with our work-from-home subsidy upon joining, so you can kit out your home office

• 25 days of paid holiday (plus 8 bank holidays)

• 10 days at full pay for Armed Forces Reservist training

• Private health insurance provided through AXA PPP and mental health support through our Employee Assistance Program

• Salary Sacrifice Electric Vehicle car scheme with Octopus Energy

• Discretionary company bonus

• Flexible Life Insurance, with a minimum of 2 x salary and rewards, provided by YuLife

• Flexible working hours to support life admin as well as being able to work from home

• Enhanced Private pension contributions, matched up to 5%

• We’re family friendly, with Parico company policies built to support you, in all stages of life

• If you're relocating to join the team, we'll provide a contribution to help with your costs

If you are interested in this exciting opportunity and meet the requirements, please submit your application today. At Parico, we believe a diverse workforce is a successful workforce. We actively work to empower balanced teams which represent ethnic minorities, people with disabilities, the LGBTQIA+ community, and all genders. 

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