Principal Platform Engineer

IG Group

3d onsite
8+ years overall experience
4+ years cloud infrastructure engineering
Terraform infrastructure-as-code expertise
The Principal Platform Engineer will define the technical direction for secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud platform architecture across public and private clouds

Job Summary

  • The Principal Platform Engineer will define the technical direction for secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud platform architecture across public and private clouds.
  • This role involves hands-on leadership in building CI/CD pipelines, managing Kubernetes environments, and implementing self-service capabilities via an Internal Developer Portal.
  • IG offers a hybrid working model with three days in the office, along with tailored development programs and clear career progression opportunities.

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The Principal Platform Engineer will define the technical direction for secure, scalable, and cost-effective cloud platform architecture across public and private clouds.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 8+ years overall experience
  • 4+ years cloud infrastructure engineering
  • Terraform Infrastructure-as-Code expertise
  • Kubernetes administration EKS AKS GKE
  • CI/CD pipeline design Jenkins GitLab
  • AWS networking VPC Direct Connect BGP
  • Python Bash or Go scripting

Nice-to-have

  • Backstage developer portal implementation
  • Istio service mesh proficiency
  • Honeycomb Prometheus Grafana observability
  • JFrog Artifactory artifact management
  • Hybrid working model collaboration
  • Mentorship and technical leadership
  • FinOps cost optimization practices

Key Requirements

  • 8+ years total professional experience
  • 4+ years in cloud infrastructure engineering
  • 2+ years with IaC tools Terraform Ansible
  • 2+ years designing CI/CD pipelines
  • 2+ years Kubernetes administration experience
  • Deep knowledge of AWS networking protocols

Work Rights

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