Howdens Joinery has an exciting new opportunity in the Cloud Team. We are looking for a new Cloud Platform Engineer to design develop test and deploy solutions to improve collaboration and productivity of the development teams by automating infrastructure automating workflows and continuously measuring and improving application performance.

This is a full time permanent opportunity based from either our office in Brackmills business park Northampton or Raunds Northamptonshire with some home working.

We welcome applications from candidates seeking either fulltime or parttime hours (minimum 30 hours per week).

What you will be doing as a Cloud Platform Engineer:

• You will be responsible for creating maintaining and deploying secure highavailable faulttolerant systems at scale via onpremise and cloudnative architectures for development testing and production environments.
• Developing and maintain solutions for operational administration system/data backup disaster recovery and security/performance monitoring
• Deploy and maintain CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and optimise for flow therefore allowing the delivery teams to deploy new code daily.
• Help to develop policies standards governance and related guidance for teams in using the CI/CD pipelines.
• Work with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
• Collaborate with Release Manager in the release planning by identifying deployment steps and other activities that must be undertaken prior and post deployment;
• Responsible for developing and supporting containerbased solutions using Kubernetes/Docker for Azure Cloud.

What we need from you:

• Broad experience within the Cloud Technologies and Platforms including but not limited to:
  • Azure Cloud
  • Azure DevOps (or other CI/CD GIT platforms)
  • Azure Active Directory (Identity Management Service Principles Security Groups Role Management MFA)
  • Key Vault
  • Cloud Security and Connectivity (vNet DNS Firewalls Express Route / Direct Connect VPN GTM NSG)
  • Subscription Management (Resource Groups cost management)
  • Cloud Monitoring
  • Shared Services (Kubernetes API Management)
  • CDN (Akamai)
  • High Availability (Zones and Regions Service Recovery)

• Experience with infrastructureascode and Configuration management tools e.g. Terraform Chef Puppet Ansible Azure.
• Practical experience with containerization and clustering technologies i.e. Docker/Kubernetes.
• Experience of building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools such as SonarQube Fortify Selenium etc.
• Excellent communicator able to influence decision makers and work successfully in crossfunctional teams

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salaryand annual company bonus
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
• Staff Discount.
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events.

About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is the UKs number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens joinery and hardware. We have over 900 depots throughout the UK and Europe making us the first choice for more than 460000 loyal trade year our sales reached circa 2.3bn and we have an ambitious growth agenda.

As well as the opportunity to develop within a fast paced and commercial environment you will be part of a rewarding organisation recognised for excellence in the workplace in theBest Big Companies to Work For.

How to apply

Were building a future where worldclass service innovation and sustainability are embedded within our DNA. If Howdens sounds like the kind of place where you can build and develop your career then were keen to hear from you.

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. Were working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process please emailwith the job title and location and we will be happy to help you.

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