Principal Platform Engineer
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Lets be #BrilliantTogether
ISS Stoxx is seeking a Principal Platform Engineer to bring expert-level technical leadership to the development and deployment of our cutting-edge financial intelligence platform. We are in the early stages of a full-scale re-architecting of our on-prem estate to a modern componentised set of solutions using GCP technologies. In this IC role you will collaborate with Principal Engineers to own and evolve our platform architecture and interpret requirements and enterprise policies into requirements that deliver clear value. Youll be an advocate of our platform architecture and solutions demonstrating technical principles and business value.
Youll be able to demonstrate comfort and success in a matrixed organisation where reporting lines do not dictate technical direction in a culture where the global Platform Engineering function collaborate to achieve shared success. You understand that platform engineering is a service function that enables other teams to deliver value and have proven approaches to balance reactive and proactive work.
Youll be a humble expert willing and able to meet people at their level and both help them and learn from them. Youll lead by example using data and proof-of-concepts to bring people along and make them successful. Youll own deliverables as well as co-developing solutions with your peers and colleagues to help other develop.
Responsibilities:
Drive the architecture development and operation of Stoxxs GCP platform infrastructure
Ensure the platforms scalability reliability and efficiency meets business and client requirements
Develop build and support a robust CI/CD pipeline and observability stack
Be the go-to person for the most critical Platform issues leading cross-functional teams where necessary to deliver best-in-class engineering solutions.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance pipeline performance and customer satisfaction
Keep abreast of emerging trends and technologies in cloud management and operation and promote them across engineering and business functions
Act as a mentor for other team members advising on best practice technology andprocesses
Requirements:
At least 10 years experience in platform engineering with a focus on cloud solutions and implementations
Experience implementing developer self-service / developer experience portals
Strong experience of application modernisation and cloud migration programs
Strong Linux and Windows server experience in a high-availability 24/7 operation
Experience with the development and deployment of large-scale complex technology platforms
Deep understanding of GCP products across database serverless containerization and API
Advanced level expertise in Terraform
Extensive experience in designing and implementing DevOps practices
Experience with two or more CI/CD solutions
Experience coaching and mentoring high-performing teams
Pragmatic experience using agile to deliver incremental value
Experience working in a global or multinational team setting
Strong documentation communication and collaboration skills
Proven ability to drive innovation and continuous improvement initiatives
Focus on simplicity automation and observability
Expertise in Python GitHub Actions Apigee Airflow
Expertise in Observability tooling such as Prometheus/Grafana ELK Splunk or similar
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
This requires out-of-hours emergency support in the case of escalation.
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What You Can Expect from Us
At ISS STOXX our people are our driving force. We are committed to building a culture that values diverse skills perspectives and experiences. We hire the best talent in our industry and empower them with the resources support and opportunities to growprofessionally and personally.
Together we foster an environment that fuels creativity drives innovation and shapes our future success.
Lets empower collaborate and inspire.
Lets be #BrilliantTogether.
About ISS STOXX
ISS STOXX GmbH is a leading provider of research and technology solutions for the financial market. Established in 1985 we offer top-notch benchmark and custom indices globally helping clients identify investment opportunities and manage portfolio risks. Our services cover corporate governance sustainability cyber risk and fund intelligence. Majority-owned by Deutsche Brse Group ISS STOXX has over 3400 professionals in 33 locations worldwide serving around 6400 clients including institutional investors and companies focused on ESG cyber and governance risk. Clients trust our expertise to make informed decisions for their stakeholders benefit.
STOXX and DAX indices comprise a global and comprehensive family of more than 17000 strictly rules-based and transparent indices. Best known for the leading European equity indices EURO STOXX 50 STOXX Europe 600 and DAX the portfolio of index solutions consists of total market benchmark blue-chip sustainability thematic and factor-based indices covering a complete set of world regional and country markets. STOXX and DAX indices are licensed to more than 550 companies around the world for benchmarking purposes and as underlyings for ETFs futures and options structured products and passively managed investment funds. STOXX Ltd. part of the ISS STOXX group of companies is the administrator of the STOXX and DAX indices under the European Benchmark Regulation.
Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) is committed to fostering cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity and inclusion. It is our policy to prohibit discrimination or harassment against any applicant or employee on the basis of race color ethnicity creed religion sex age height weight citizenship status national origin social origin sexual orientation gender identity or gender expression pregnancy status marital status familial status mental or physical disability veteran status military service or status genetic information or any other characteristic protected by law (referred to as protected status). All activities including but not limited to recruiting and hiring recruitment advertising promotions performance appraisals training job assignments compensation demotions transfers terminations (including layoffs) benefits and other terms conditions and privileges of employment are and will be administered on a non-discriminatory basis consistent with all applicable federal state and local requirements.
Required Experience:
Staff IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
