(Only 24h Left) Senior Platform Engineer

4 hours ago


Dublin, Ireland Irish Life Group Services Limited Full time

Canada Life Assurance Europe plc (‘CLE’), a company within the Great West Lifeco Group, is a life assurance company with a branch in Germany. CLE sells unit-linked pension and protection products to customers in Germany through independent brokers. We have offices in Dublin, Cologne and Neu-Isenburg (near Frankfurt).

What we offer

Hybrid working model – excellent city centre location with attractive working from home options;
Personal Protection – Company Pension, Death in Service Benefit, Health Insurance Allowance, Income Protection Scheme, optional Specified Illness Scheme;
Health & Wellness – Top-Class Employee Assistance Programme, Bike to Work Scheme, Policies supporting Work/Life balance, Digital Doctor to name but a few.

CLE is currently seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the growing Platform team. You will be responsible for leading the implementation of scalable cloud solutions, reporting to the Platform Product Owner. Candidates will have a strong platform engineering background and experience in automation, SRE, Agile methodologies, and cloud technologies.

What you will help us to achieve

The ideal candidate will have proven experience:

1. Building and supporting scalable, resilient cloud-based architectures
2. Standardising approaches and patterns across many applications and teams
3. Migration of on-premises applications to the cloud
4. Liaising with team leads and stakeholders; mentoring junior team members
5. Creating and socialising architecture patterns, designs, and maintaining a growing service catalog

More specific responsibilities will include

1. Implement best of breed, scalable solutions according to defined patterns and practices
2. Design and implement platform solutions for porting existing applications to a microservices based architecture
3. Continuously optimise and improve the Platform through automation and FinOps practices
4. Mentor and lead junior team members and unblock progress through forward-thinking and experience
5. Work as part of a Scrum team using Agile practices and adhering to the values and principles

What you will need to be successful in the role

1. Experience in designing, implementing, and monitoring cloud hosted applications
2. 3-5 years' experience as a Platform Engineer
3. Highly proficient in pipeline architecture and automation; experience with Azure DevOps being preferred
4. Knowledge and experience of Terraform, Helm, Kusto Query Language (KQL), Bash, and PowerShell
5. Good knowledge of System Architectures, Software Engineering, and DevOps / Agile practices
6. Excellent problem-solving skills, and ability to craft effective solutions
7. Excellent team player, collaborative, and supportive
8. Ability to multitask while maintaining a high level of attention to detail
9. A solution driven, self-starter with commitment and follow through
10. Fluent in English – written and verbal

The company reserves the right to draw up a shortlist as part of the selection process. Where Agency assistance is required the Canada Life Recruitment Team will engage directly with suppliers. Unsolicited CVs / profiles supplied to Canada Life by Recruitment Agencies will not be accepted for this role.

Canada Life Group Services is proud to be an Equal Opportunities employer. We have created an environment of inclusion and growth to help people achieve their potential, to ensure they can bring their whole selves to work and to feel valued. We celebrate diversity of thought and perspective and want all of our employees to feel valued, respected and supported. We have built a culture that promotes equality and inclusion for all of our current and future employees and strive to ensure that our behaviours, processes and practices are aligned to this culture.

If you require any accommodations during the recruitment process please contact LifeCareers@irishlife.ie and we will be delighted to ensure you are fully supported to be your best.

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