Ground Control is a leading external maintenance business and biodiversity expert committed to enhancing and improving the physical environment for our customers and their communities.
We're a purpose driven, values centred business, on a mission to realise the potential of human nature by bringing together people, places and the planet.
Human Nature - At Its Best Join us, we're an Investors in People Silver Standard Company We are seeking a talented Platform Engineer to join our dynamic team.
This role will be instrumental in enabling faster and more consistent delivery of software by utilising standardised tooling and building better infrastructure that supports the software engineers in their work.
Key Responsibilities: Cloud Infrastructure Management with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), utilising Terraform to design, implement, and manage infrastructure in Azure with best practices in mind.
Create and manage CI/CD pipelines to automate code integration, testing, and deployment, preferably using Azure DevOps or similar Git based services.
Automate repetitive tasks to streamline the software delivery process and eliminate toil using scripting languages such as Bash or PowerShell.
Facilitate communication and collaboration between development, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure smooth software delivery.
Provide support and troubleshoot issues related to applications, systems, and infrastructure.
Implement monitoring, logging, alerts, and dashboards to track the performance and health of applications and infrastructure, using industry standard tools such as Better Stack, Prometheus, Data Dog, Elastic and Grafana.
Ensure that security and compliance are embedded into all that we do.
Maintain documentation with changes in systems, processes, and technologies.
Desirable Knowledge and Skills: Experience with landing zone architecture.
Wider programming skills in languages such as C#, Golang, or Python.
Experience in a support rota, carrying out triage, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server.
Experience with cloud migration projects.
Capabilities: Ability to remain calm and effective in high-pressure situations with multiple stakeholders and competing demands.
Strong problem-solving skills and a genuine curiosity to identify and resolve issues independently.
Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
Demonstrated ability to learn independently and adapt to new challenges.
What we offer: At Ground Control we believe in creating an inspirational environment , and rewarding our employees for their hard work.
We offer a wide-ranging benefits program , supporting you to realise your full potential, and are proud to be recognised as a great place to work: Awards, Accolades and Culture We have been awarded 'world-class' status for employee engagement in the 2023 best companies results, ranking at #16 in the ' Top 100 Large Companies to Work For ' league table.
Certified B-Corp Accredited , Ground Control has been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit behind the B Corp movement, as having met rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to sustainable goals ahead of profit.
We inclusively support ' The Race at Work Charter ', ' Ban the Box ', ' The Armed Forces Covenant ' and are ' Disability Confident ' We invest 5% of our profits into the Evergreen Fund , an investment fund dedicated to sustainability and environmental initiatives.
By 2025 we have committed to planting 1,000,000 trees, having a fully electric fleet, and working towards achieving carbon net zero after becoming carbon neutral in 2020.
2 personal choice volunteering days with your fundraising efforts matched up to £500!
Perks and Benefits Free gym access if you are Head Office based or subsidised national gym memberships if you are based elsewhere.
Nursery Vouchers, Cycle to work scheme and Travel loans Medigold employee support, Free Flu Jabs, online private GP service and a premium subscription to Calm, the wellbeing app A supportive, entrepreneurial working environment that fosters collaboration.
Training, development, coaching and mentoring plans including our GC Leadership Academy, job specific accreditations and higher education opportunities Hybrid working opportunities with time in the office including breakfast Mondays and dog friendly Fridays.
Financial benefits include yearly bonus scheme, access to Wagestream and employee share options How we work: We put people at the centre of everything we do.
Everyone is welcome.
We're embracing a culture where difference is valued.
Your uniqueness will be celebrated.
We believe diversity grows innovation, and innovation creates initiative.
Together we'll succeed in caring for each other, caring for our communities and caring for our Environment.
Together, we're stronger.
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Please contact the Talent Team for additional details