Senior Platform Engineer

<p><span> </span><strong><em><span>Senior Platform Engineer </span></em></strong><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>Who We Are and What We Do </span></strong><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>At SilverRail, we're on a mission to reshape the way the world travels, and we're inviting you to be part of this journey. Rail is becoming the go-to choice for short and medium-haul travel worldwide, and we're here to help make it happen.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span> </span></p> <p><span>In the face of the ongoing climate crisis, our vision is crystal clear. We are transforming the online customer experience for rail travel, making it easier than ever for customers to find, buy and use rail. Our cutting-edge technology is the backbone of rail and travel agencies worldwide, making it effortless for travellers to choose the eco-friendly option and reduce their carbon footprint. </span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span> </span></p> <p><span>We have nearly 15 years of trailblazing success behind us, and our teams are spread across the globe, with bases in London, Boston, Brisbane, and Stockholm. We thrive on the philosophy of 'fail-fast-fail-early,' which drives us to find ingenious solutions to complex challenges.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span> </span></p> <p><span>Join us, and help shape the future of travel!</span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>The Role </span></strong><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span>As a Senior Platform Engineer you will be part of a global team that designs, builds and operates Silver Rail’s cloud native SaaS platform. You will be utilising industry leading tools and practices, and embedding core principals of SRE, Security and Automation into our services. Those who join us will have the opportunity to design, implement, and manage all aspects of the cloud platforms and infrastructure. You will receive hands-on experience building the next-generation SaaS platform serving travellers around the world.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span>To help us through our next phase of growth, we're looking for smart, forward-thinking, and motivated engineers that are capable of reliably operating and maintaining our systems and supporting networks.</span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>Key Responsibilities </span></strong><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <ul> <li><span>Contribute to building and enhancing every aspect of SilverRail’s evolving infrastructure and platform as a service. </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Support internal and external customers, and build on key cloud technologies </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Manage service reliability functions such as monitoring &amp; alerting solutions, latency &amp; load performance, uptime, and error budgets. </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Develop, maintain, and utilise SilverRail’s deployment automation, configuration management, and orchestration systems. </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Design, build, and manage SilverRail’s cloud environments and associated technologies</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Own the deployment process to ensure streamlined, zero-downtime, and orchestrated service delivery. </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Work with cross functional teams to optimise processes, application development, and customer support. </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>On-call responsibilities</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <p><span>  </span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><strong><span>Required Competence and Skills</span></strong><span> </span></p> <p><span> </span></p> <ul> <li><span>Hands on experience in operations engineer, DevOps, SRE, sysadmin role or academic knowledge</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>3-5 years of industry experience in an Infrastructure function, including exposure to Public Cloud services</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Knowledge of Linux based operating systems  </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Experience in programming practices and Software Development Life Cycle models</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Experience in a common programming language or scripting language (python, ruby, bash, etc)</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Experience with Infrastructure as code concepts and languages, Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM etc</span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Experience with Container technologies and platforms such as Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE/Rancher/Openshift/Anthos) would be beneficial </span><span> </span></li> </ul> <ul> <li><span>Knowledge of Git and Git