Platform Engineer with Kong Konnect API Platform

Job description: Platform Engineer with Kong Konnect API Platform

Active SC - Mandatory

Location: Leeds OR London , UK (3 days in office) - MANDATORY!

Job Type: Full-Time

Relevant Experience: 10-15 Years Key responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable platform solutions. Including monitoring, managing and optimising cloud-based (AWS) resources.
• Feed engineering insight and experience into the wider Strategy and Architecture team to identify opportunities to improve engineering across the whole organisation.
• Document all procedures and policies for maintaining and improving system infrastructure.
• Implement automation tools and frameworks (CI/CD pipelines) for efficient and secure deployment and operations. Whilst also working with development teams to facilitate the deployment and operation of systems.

Skills Required: Minimum

• Experience as a Senior Platform Engineer including a solid understanding of software engineering principles and their application.
• Experience of Scripting and pipeline automation (e.g. Jenkins and GitHub Actions).
• Strong understanding of cloud services (AWS) and containerisation technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
• Experience of working closely with development and infrastructure teams to quickly understand requirements and implement solutions.
• An understanding of internet networking fundamentals and traffic flow, including DNS, TLS, routing, VPNs, and edge platforms such as Cloudflare.
• A strong understanding of the Kong Konnect API Platform Essential
• Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimise software delivery.
• Ability to cooperate closely with both engineers and product teams — including designers, product managers, and analysts.
• Hands on CloudFormation scripting, troubleshooting and debugging
• Working knowledge of Chef, scripting and troubleshooting
• Experience with Python scripting and troubleshooting
• Experience with Jenkins pipelines (multibranch), deployments, groovy scripting
• Experience with Linux commands and knowledge of troubleshooting web services
• Experience with AWS services – EC2, NLB, API Gateway, ASG, etc.