Platform Development Engineer

Platform Development Engineer - (phone number removed) - £33.99/hr - Umbrella Rate Division: Software Architecture Contract Position based at: Digital Product Platform, Manchester Role Overview Platform Development Engineer role within a leading global automotive engineering organisation’s digital product and connected vehicle software division, working on next-generation software-defined vehicle platforms and premium in-car digital experiences. Position Description Currently seeking to recruit a Platform Development Engineer for our high-tech Software Development centre in the heart of Manchester. Working alongside our Pioneering Hub to integrate connected technologies in our next generation vehicles to create premium, in car experiences. The Centre is home to Software, IT and Engineering teams and is focused on developing mobile apps and our data analytics capabilities in a culture that is open and innovative. Essential Skills, Knowledge and Experience Proven experience (ideally 4+ years) in Unix OS and ideally recent experience in container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, etc) and a scripting language (e.g. Python, Bash) Proven experience (ideally 4+ years) of at least one major cloud provider (GCP, AWS, Azure) and Kubernetes experience Strong experience of Site Reliability Engineering practices and principles Strong experience in operational monitoring and dash-boarding for applications (ELK, SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana) Experience with containers and orchestration frameworks (Docker, k8s) Experience with source code management and version control (Git/GitHub/GitLab) Experience with modern CI/CD tools and techniques Previous involvement in all stages of the software delivery lifecycle Passion for mentoring and technical coaching of engineers Excellent verbal and written communication skills Collaborative skills - being open to pair programming and working closely with engineers in cross functional teams Infrastructure provisioning tools e.g. Terraform, Ansible Good automation skills, including experience with unit testing and automated testing tools Experience of operating enterprise scale production systems alongside monitoring and telemetry practices (SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana) Solid understanding of networking concepts, technologies, and protocols (TCP/IP, IPSec, HTTP, FTP, DHCP, and DNS) Desirable: Experience of Software Engineering with Go, Java, JavaScript or another language Knowledge of Microservices architectures, RESTful APIs and message queues Experience operating bespoke built enterprise scale cloud-native microservice applications Experience with database technologies such as MySQL or NoSQL technologies (e.g. MongoDB) Additional Information THIS POSITION IS CONFIRMED INSIDE IR35 Your CV will be forwarded to Jonathan Lee Recruitment, a leading engineering and manufacturing recruitment consultancy established in 1978. The services advertised by Jonathan Lee Recruitment are those of an Employment Agency. In order for your CV to be processed effectively, please ensure your name, email address, phone number and location (post code OR town OR county, as a minimum) are included