SMA Platform Engineer

What you'll do

This role is open to offboarding Graduate and Apprenticeship scheme candidates
The Main accountabilities of the role are:
- Platform Configuration, Development and Optimization – accountable for the development and optimal operation of the platform across Vodafone Group and local markets.
- Design and Engineering – evaluation of new design methods and technologies to protect against existing and emerging security threats.
- Automation – accountable for the maintenance and development of the continuous integration environment and supporting tooling.
- Operational Monitoring – accountable for the design and implementation of an operational monitoring framework based on site reliability engineering principles.
- Site Reliability Engineering – Optimize system reliability, scalability and performance by implementing robust automation, monitoring and proactive maintenance strategies.

Who you are

Core competencies, knowledge and experience:
Able to demonstrate experience of:
- Design, management and maintenance of solutions based on the Elastic Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana, Beats).
- Delivering platform operations in a complex & dynamic technology environment.
- Strong operational Kubernetes experience.
- Developing high quality code (e.g. Python, Bash)
- Operational monitoring, preferably in the context of site reliability engineering.
- Working in a cloud-native environment using open-source tools.
Must have technical / professional skills:
- Cloud (preferably GCP)
- Git
- DevSecOps
- Automation tools (eg. Ansible, Terraform)
- Operational monitoring (eg. Prometheus)
- Linux
- Big Data / Analytics (eg. Elastic Stack, Hadoop)

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don't meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another role, and our recruitment team can help you see how your skills fit in.

What's in it for you

G Band:
- Discretionary yearly bonus: 10%
- Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
- Charity days: 5 days/year
- Maternity/adoption leave: 52 weeks out of which the first 13 weeks are fully paid followed by 26 weeks of half pay and 6 months - working 4 days, getting paid 5
- Paternity leave: 16 weeks fully paid
- Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
- Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
- Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

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