Associate Digital Platform Engineer

About The Role

Team - Platform Engineering

Working Pattern - Hybrid - 2 days per week in either the Vitality Bournemouth or London offices. Full-time hours.

We are happy to discuss flexible working!

Top 3 skills needed for this role:

• A keen learner
• Not be phased by getting stuck in
• Always looking to continuously improve

What this role is all about:

The mission is to transform our infrastructure into resilient, scalable, and repeatable IaaS and PaaS services to support current and future business needs. The role involves assisting the Digital Operations team with daily operations and support of Vitality's hybrid cloud environment, managing individual services and the overall environment, and providing technical support as needed. Overcoming technical and logistical challenges is crucial for smooth service operation. The role also includes building skills in automation, OS management, AWS environment management, and infrastructure and service design, while responding to team needs. Additionally, the role holder will engage in technical implementations, infrastructure upgrade projects, and platform migrations.

Key Actions

• Prepare and execute operational tasks within the Vitality hybrid cloud environment with some guidance.
• Report issues affecting established services and contribute to problem-solving for resolutions.
• Create and support tools and processes to serve operational needs.
• Attend team and platform standups, actively contributing to discussions.
• Understand and support processes undertaken by the digital operations team, and seek improvements.
• Understand and improve Certificate management, API Gateway Management, and Reverse Proxy Management processes used in Vitality.
• Keen to expand knowledge through accredited courses in relevant technologies (AWS, Kubernetes, etc.).
• Gain hands-on experience working alongside experienced staff, learning cloud operational support and DevOps practices.
• Learn about cloud technologies, application and platform design principles, and gain operational experience in a fast-paced IT environment.
• Explore managing the DevOps toolchain, including access, support, maintenance, upgrades, and user experience improvements.
• Participate in the design and delivery of Platform services within the Digital Operations teams, influencing simple service design and delivery.
• Explore infrastructure as code concepts and consider automation opportunities.

What do you need to thrive?

• A passion for automation, cloud technologies, and learning.
• Ability to multi-task effectively and organize work well.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Willingness to contribute constructive feedback for continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with IAC concepts, languages, and tools such as YAML, JSON, Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CLI, Bash.
• Some skills in OS management for Windows/Linux platforms.

So, what's in it for you?

• Bonus schemes rewarding performance.
• Up to 12% pension contributions, matched up to 6%.
• Vitality health insurance with rewards and benefits.
• Life Assurance of four times annual salary.

These are just some of the many perks! Visit our careers page for more benefits.

Our promise to you:

• Help you be the healthiest you've ever been.
• Create an inclusive environment for your best self.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Support your career growth and strengths.
• Give you a voice in business growth.
• Encourage learning from failure.
• Balance of challenge and support.
• Competitive salary and benefits.
• Support when needed.
• Opportunities to contribute to societal good.

We want you to feel belonging, supported, and healthy.

About The Company

Recently awarded "Top 10 Best Places To Work" in The Sunday Times Awards 2024!

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Note: If we receive high-quality applications, we may close this vacancy early.