Platform Engineer

Department Global Platform Solutions

Reports To Associate Director Engineering

Level 4

About your team

The GPS Delivery - Record Keeping team consists of approximately 200 members responsible for developing and maintaining the systems-of-record used to manage the accounts and investments of our more than 1.5 million workplace and retail customers in the UK. In performing these duties, we play a critical role in delivering our core product and value proposition to these clients both currently and in the future

About your role As a Cloud Engineer at Fidelity International, you will work with senior business leaders, product owners, and technology teams to develop or enhance the record-keeping platform. Collaborating with the business and technology architects, you will leverage your cloud engineering experience for design, definition, exploration, and delivery of solutions.

Key qualifications include

• Agile environment experience using tools like Jira and Confluence
• Knowledge of cloud architecture, networking, DevOps toolchains
• Proficiency in Python and Unix scripting.
• You should be passionate about delivering high-quality, scalable solutions while focusing on customer needs and being open to challenges. You'll influence stakeholders, support team formation, and deliver a greenfield solution, collaborating and sharing knowledge with the global team.

About you

This role requires a proactive engineer with strong technical background and influence, who can work with development teams on technology architecture, cloud practices, troubleshooting, and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise in design and coding.
• Collaborate with product owners to identify improvements and customer requirements.
• Ensure timely, efficient, and cost-effective delivery.
• Manage stakeholders across Technology and Business teams.
• Ensure technical solutions meet functional and non-functional requirements and align with Global Technology Strategies.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the business.
• Partner with Architecture, business, and central groups within a global team. The ideal candidate will possess over six years of experience as a software engineer, with expertise in the following areas:
• Extensive experience with Kubernetes (K8s) for deploying, managing, and maintaining containerized applications.
• In-depth knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, VPC, IAM, Serverless offerings, RDS, Route 53, and CloudFront.
• Proficiency in leveraging generative AI for daily tasks, utilizing agents and co-pilots to build, test, and manage applications and code.
• Comprehensive understanding of agentic, A2A, MCP, RAG, and AI concepts.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools for Kubernetes clusters.
• Strong working knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker.
• Proven experience in managing monolithic record-keeping platforms within DevOps and deployment pipelines.
• Understanding of UNIX system architecture.
• Solid grasp of networking core concepts.
• Advanced knowledge and expertise in serverless architecture and related AWS offerings.
• Proficiency in Terraform, including core concepts and hands-on implementation.
• Hands-on experience with Unix scripting and Python programming.
• Practical experience with CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Ansible.
• Familiarity with container technologies which will be advantageous.
• Working knowledge of APIs, caching mechanisms, and messaging systems.
• Mastery of at least one programming language or framework, such as Java, NodeJS, or Python.
• Expertise in test-driven development (TDD) and pair programming best practices alongside CI/CD pipelines.
• Excellent communication skills and a keen interest in a collaborative pair-programming environment.
• A strong passion for professional growth and addressing challenging problems. This position demands candidates who are committed to continuous learning and capable of tackling complex issues with innovative solutions.