Senior Platform Engineer

Milton Keynes - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 30+ days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About Allica Bank

Allica is the UKs fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech.

Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over a third of our economy - yet have been largely neglected both by traditional high street banks and modern fintech providers.

Department Description

Were seeking an experienced Platform Engineer to strengthen our cloud platform capabilities as Allica continues to scale. The role involves designing automating and maintaining Azure-based platform services across Windows and Linux environments supporting multi-region deployments and embedding self-service capabilities for development teams.

Youll leverage Azure DevOps Pipelines Terraform and Azure native services to enable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) guided by the Azure Well-Architected Framework to ensure security performance reliability and cost efficiency.

Principal Accountabilities

Design deploy and operate secure scalable cloud infrastructure across multiple regions in Microsoft Azure.
Build and manage Azure Container Apps for running microservices and lightweight containerized workloads.
Configure and optimise Azure networking components VNETs NSGs Load Balancers Application Gateway and Azure Front Door.
Implement and maintain Azure Firewall API Management (APIM) Databases Service Bus and Event Grid.
Drive infrastructure automation and governance through Terraform and Azure DevOps Pipelines.
Implement and maintain Azure App Services including Function Apps and Logic Apps for automation and integration.
Introduce self-service templates and tooling to empower development teams to deploy securely and independently.
Apply Azure Well-Architected Framework principles to ensure solutions meet standards of reliability performance cost optimization and security.
Collaborate with Security Engineering teams to ensure compliance and continuous improvement.
Maintain comprehensive documentation for systems configuration and automation processes.

Experience

Strong hands-on experience with Microsoft Azure cloud services infrastructure networking Gen- AI AI adoption.
Proficiency in Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
Experience with Azure DevOps Pipelines and GitHub for CI/CD including branching and version control strategies.
Skilled in managing Windows and Linux systems in cloud environments.
Experience with multi-region architectures resiliency design and disaster recovery planning.
Knowledge of Azure App Services Container Apps Function Apps Logic Apps Service Bus and Event Grid.
Understanding of Azure networking Front Door Firewall and APIM.
Experience working in regulated environments such as fintech or financial services with strong appreciation for security auditability and compliance.
Strong analytical communication and problem-solving abilities with a collaborative mindset.

Working at Allica Bank

At Allica Bank we want to ensure our employees have the right tools and environment in which to succeed in their role and in support of our customers.

Our employees are at the heart of everything we do so our benefits are designed with you in mind:

Full onboarding support and continued development opportunities
Options for flexible working
Regular social activities
Pension contributions
Discretionary bonus scheme
Private health cover
Life assurance
Family friendly policies including enhanced Maternity & Paternity leave

Dont tick every box

Dont worry if you dont have all the skills or requirements listed on the job description. If you think youll be a good fit wed still love to hear from you!

Flexible working

We know the 9-to-5 isnt right for everyone. Thats why Allica Bank is fully committed to flexible and hybrid working. Please let us know what is best for you and if we can we will do our best to accommodate.

Diversity

Were a diverse bunch here at Allica with all kinds of experiences backgrounds and lifestyles. Our openness and differences make us stronger and we want everybody to feel comfortable bringing as much of themselves to work with them as they like.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

About Allica BankAllica is the UKs fastest growing company - and the fastest-growing financial technology (Fintech) firm ever. Our purpose is to help established SMEs one of the last major underserved opportunities in Fintech.Established SMEs are the backbone of local communities - representing over...