Howdens Joinery has an exciting new opportunity in the Cloud Team. We are looking for a Cloud Platform Engineer to design, develop, test, and deploy solutions that enhance collaboration and productivity by automating infrastructure, workflows, and continuously improving application performance.
This is a full-time, permanent role based at our offices in Brackmills Business Park, Northampton, or Raunds, Northamptonshire, with some home working options.
We welcome applications from candidates seeking either full-time or part-time hours (minimum 30 hours per week).
Responsibilities:
- Create, maintain, and deploy secure, high-availability, fault-tolerant systems at scale using on-premise and cloud-native architectures for development, testing, and production environments.
- Develop and maintain solutions for operational administration, system/data backup, disaster recovery, and security/performance monitoring.
- Deploy and manage CI/CD pipelines across multiple environments to maximize efficiency and enable daily deployment of new code.
- Develop policies, standards, governance, and guidance for teams using CI/CD pipelines.
- Collaborate with architects to design scalable infrastructure and systems for complex applications.
- Work with the Release Manager on release planning, including deployment steps and activities before and after deployment.
- Support container-based solutions using Kubernetes/Docker for Azure Cloud.
Requirements:
- Experience with Cloud Technologies and Platforms, including Azure DevOps (or similar), Azure Active Directory, Key Vault, Cloud Security, Connectivity, Subscription Management, CDN, and High Availability.
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools like Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Azure.
- Hands-on experience with containerization and clustering technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience in building automated CI/CD pipelines with tools like SonarQube, Fortify, Selenium.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to influence decision-makers in cross-functional teams.
What we offer:
- Competitive salary and annual bonus.
- Excellent pension scheme (up to 12% company contribution).
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, with options to buy additional days.
- Staff discounts and recognition events.
About Howdens:
Howdens Joinery is the UK's leading trade kitchen supplier, with over 900 depots across the UK and Europe, serving more than 460,000 trade professionals. Our sales last year were approximately £2.3 billion, and we are focused on growth and excellence.
Join us to develop your career in a fast-paced, rewarding environment recognized as one of the Best Big Companies to Work For.
How to apply:
We are committed to building an inclusive environment. If you require adjustments during the recruitment process, please contact us via email with the job title and location. We look forward to hearing from you.