Platform Engineer, Data Platforms

Platform Engineer, Data Platforms

Working at our iconic office in King’s Cross, London, and virtually via Microsoft Teams.

Your new role at NewDay

We are looking for an experienced Platform Engineer looking for a fresh challenge working with cutting edge technology in an agile environment. The Platform Engineer is responsible for working with Product, Data Engineering, Architecture/Design, Security and Scrum Masters to design, build and manage automated software deployment solutions and data environments in AWS.

They will use best-practice continuous integration and continuous deployment methodologies to ensure that the build and deployment pipelines are fast, robust, and secure. They will champion good code quality and secure DevOps practices, and create a world class AWS Ops team, with fully automated deployment across multiple clients.

0-12 months you'll deliver

• Designing, building, and deploying secure infrastructure, in a repeatable methodology, ensuring all steps in these processes are automated and observable - IaC (Terraform)
• Owning the network connectivity between AWS VPC accounts and enterprise network and infrastructure, including AWS firewall rules and configuration
• Delivering computational environments that meet the needs of the developers and multiple user personas
• Owning and supporting user facing query product deployment and support (such as Snowflake)
• Working with AWS Security engineers to put security review at the heart of all deployments

What you’ll bring

We need knowledge, experience + expertise in:

• Strong knowledge of computer networks including cloud networks, corporate networks (Firewalls, Proxies) and VPCs
• AWS networks (VPC, VPN, Direct Connect, Route 53, Auto scaling, CloudWatch, GuardDuty, Network Firewall)
• Knowledge of Continuous Integration & Deployment methodologies
• Experienced Terraform developer
• Knowledge of virtualisation/containerisation
• EKS/Kubernetes experience
• Working knowledge of streaming platforms (Kafka, Confluent) and MPP database systems (Snowflake)

And would love you to know or learn:

• Python functional development experience
• Working knowledge Airflow or Astronomer
• Working experience with NewRelic

Where next?

In the NewDay Tech team, you’ll join an Expert or Leader career pathway. This will guide you on what your next step here could look like, with regular and open feedback to help you build capabilities to move forward.

About NewDay

We help people move forward with credit and help our colleagues to move their careers forward too.

We use our highly flexible, scalable, and multi-product digital credit engine to power over 120 million transactions every year. Our brands include Aqua, marbles, fluid and Bip. We partner with leading brands such as John Lewis, AO, Argos and DEKO.

Over 5 million UK customers are supported by our award[1]winning customer service.

At NewDay, we value all types of diversity. We’re an equal opportunity employer and believe that our differences create a vibrant, authentic working culture. We want all our colleagues to feel able to bring their whole selves to work. We don’t discriminate on the basis of age, physical or mental disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and carer status, race (including colour, nationality, and ethnic or national origin), religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation. We make sure that every job is crafted to be inclusive and that people with disabilities or caring responsibilities can take part in the application and interview process. Tell us if you need accommodations: we’ll put reasonable adjustments in place to support you.

Our dynamic NewDay culture

We’re focused on what will drive impact in helping people move forward with credit. Our distinctive culture is geared to spark innovation and team working – with lots of open doors for development. Our customers can rely on us because we aim high, support each other, do the right thing and build for the future.

We invest in our colleagues. On top of a strong market competitive salary, you get a bonus opportunity that matches the impact (delivery + values) you drive in your role. We also help you retire better with market leading pensions.

At NewDay, #yourwellbeing matters: You get 26 days holiday and can buy up to 5 more after probation. Then you’ll get extra days as you build your career with us.

NewWork, our flexible, hybrid working approach, helps you to manage your work/life balance - and even bolt on work time in other countries before or after your holiday. And when you’re in the office, you get free healthy breakfast, fresh juices, lunch, barista coffee etc. Our tax efficient green car and cycle to work schemes save you money (and help the planet).

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