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Why are we hiring a Platform Engineer?

We are seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team as we grow! In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and maintain scalable, reliable, and high-performance platforms that power our applications and services. You will be responsible for ensuring the availability, performance, and security of the platform while collaborating with other engineers to create a seamless development experience.

Whos Instem? Well, were a global provider of bespoke industry-leading software solutions and services, which facilitate the pre-clinical, and clinical phases of the drug discovery process. We have over fifteen products in our portfolio, used by over 700 pharmaceutical clients (including all the top 20!)

Instem is a unique, solutions-based organisation. Weve doubled in size over the last 3 years through new business and product enhancement, but also via acquisition. Our growth plan is progressive, and we need you to help us reach that next level!

Whats the culture/environment like? For a global business of over 300 staff, we very much have a family feel. Youll be part of a friendly, communal, solution based, flexible environment, where youll feel empowered, valued and accountable. Well invest in you as a person and encourage you to take part in companywide workshops for wellbeing, mental health, critical conversations, and strengths.

What are you responsible for?

• Work with developers to ensure smooth integration and deployment pipelines.
• Develop and maintain automation and infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions to enhance operational efficiency.
• Design, build, and maintain infrastructure, tools and platforms to support internal and external applications and services.
• Monitor, troubleshoot and resolve issues related to platform performance, security, and scalability.
• Continuously evaluate and improve the architecture, tools, and processes to optimize performance and reliability.
• Implement best practices for system design, security, monitoring, and incident response.
• Collaborate with other engineering teams to provide infrastructure and platform support, ensuring systems are aligned with business needs.
• Build and maintain deployment pipelines using CI/CD tools to streamline application deployment.
• Ensure solutions are well documented.
• Participate in on-call rotation and incident management processes.
• Adherence to the Companys Quality Management System to ensure that all work is handled Securely, Professionally and Diligently

Behavioural Competencies:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Proven experience as a Platform Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or Systems Engineer.
• Strong proficiency in Azure and associated services.
• Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in infrastructure automation and configuration management tools (ARM, Bicep, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, etc.).
• Solid knowledge of networking, security, and system administration principles.
• Strong experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps).
• Experience with monitoring tools (DataDog, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic, etc.).
• Familiarity with scripting and programming languages such as Powershell, Python, Bash, etc.
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and analytical skills.

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:

• Experience with microservices architecture and managing cloud-native applications.
• Familiarity with databases and data pipelines (Oracle, Postgres, SQL, NoSQL, etc.).
• Understanding of security best practices and compliance standards (GDPR, SOC 2, etc.).
• Knowledge of configuration management frameworks like Helm and Kubernetes Operators.
• Experience moving from a managed data centre into public cloud.
• Working Citrix would be advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of networking and VPNs.

Daily, millions of lives are improved by the Instem technologies and services that have been deployed by our clients. This is a fantastic opportunity for you to help save and prolong peoples lives, by doing what you do best!

An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability