Platform Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a Platform Engineer to play a pivotal role in maintaining and enhancing the reliability, scalability, and performance of Prism products and its infrastructure on Azure. This position entails practical involvement in implementing and refining platform services, continuous integration and deployment pipelines, and deployment procedures for enterprise-level applications. The role is based in Dublin, Ireland, and offers a permanent position with a hybrid work model.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain Azure cloud infrastructure adhering to industry-standard tools and best practices.
• Create and manage CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, virtual networks, and monitoring interfaces.
• Design and deploy Infrastructure as Code (IaC) scripts tailored for multi-tenant environments.
• Monitor Azure resources to optimize performance and provide cost management recommendations.
• Apply governance policies encompassing Azure Active Directory, security protocols, and network configurations.
• Work collaboratively with development teams, QA testers, and Scrum teams to ensure high-quality and timely deliverables.

Required Skills and Experience

• At least four years of experience in dynamic, agile system engineering roles, ideally within regulated financial technology or payment/banking/wealth sectors.
• Strong expertise in Azure Cloud services, Azure AD, and cloud security measures.
• Proficiency with Infrastructure as Code methodologies and tools such as Terraform.
• Deep understanding and application of continuous integration and continuous deployment practices, particularly using the Azure DevOps platform.
• Experience working with cloud components including containers, API management platforms, event buses, app services, and monitoring tools.
• Familiarity with standardized logging, metrics, and tracing systems like OpenTelemetry and Prometheus/Grafana, with experience building comprehensive dashboards and operational runbooks.
• Demonstrated ability to construct high-performing, reliable cloud infrastructure environments.

Success Metrics

• DORA metrics: lead time, deployment frequency, change failure rate, and mean time to recovery.
• System reliability measured through service-level objective attainment, incident occurrence and severity, and mean time to detection.
• Quality indicators encompassing escaped defects, defect density, automated test coverage, and instability of tests.
• Security and compliance adherence including vulnerability resolution timelines and audit success rates.
• Cost efficiency factors such as cloud economics, build durations, and onboarding time to initial contribution.

Company Values and Culture

Pepper Advantage is committed to supporting the success of our clients, customers, and employees alike. We operate under the values of being proactive, balanced, and authentic. These principles shape our organizational culture, define our interactions internally and externally, and uphold our mission to consistently deliver value and fairness. We embrace equal opportunities and acknowledge that roles may evolve in response to business demands.