Platform Engineer, Octopus Energy Group

• We are seeking a Platform Engineer who is security-focused and skilled in AWS architecture, deployment, and management
• As a team, we work heavily with infrastructure as code and we also write software, so we're looking for a Platform Engineer with experience in Software Development, or a Software Engineer with experience in Platform Engineering
• Multiple years experience working with AWS
• Awareness of and experience in implementing and automating security best-practices
• Strong understanding of common services available in AWS (both infrastructure-based services and software-based services) to deliver end-to-end architectures and designs and recommendations. We are moving towards Serverless on AWS, but continue to maintain some managed infrastructure such as EC2 and EKS
• Proficient with DevOps methodologies such as CI/CD, version control (we use GitHub) and full-stack repeatability
• Ability to prioritise tasks and work independently
• Experience working with infrastructure as code tools such as CloudFormation, Terraform and CDK

Desirable

• This is a hands-on, creative, and collaborative position that is a full-time member of an AWS-focused agile platform engineering team. The position will work closely with our delivery and integrations teams to improve the overall security, quality and scalability of our product build, deployment and monitoring
• Design and automate the deployment of secure and scalable AWS infrastructure
• Drive technical decisions to develop and manage the product engineering roadmap
• Build and maintain robust and secure CI/CD pipelines
• Plan and implement solutions for backup and recovery, high availability, key management, and other strategic initiatives
• Develop small pieces of software that form part of the wider KrakenFlex platform
• Setup and maintain monitoring, metrics & reporting systems for fine-grained observability and actionable alerting
• Collaborate with external pen-testing company to evaluate the security for all aspects of our AWS implementation
• Work as part of a team of engineers, regularly seeking feedback and growing your skills as technical professionals
• Work with our delivery teams to ensure our services adhere to the AWS Well-Architected Framework (Operational Excellence, Security, Reliability, Performance Efficiency, Cost Optimization and Sustainability)

• Your development is important - we support and help with development including internal and external courses, learning, study support etc, all bespoke to you
• Flexi working environment
• Equity Options Scheme - you own your own part of the business, share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group so we all work together towards success
• Unlimited paid time off policy
• Work from home opportunities
• Equity Option Scheme - Everyone owns part of what we’re building with shares
• Tech - We want to get the best out of our people and get that everyone is slightly different. Have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to get it
• Money Coach - You may want to think about financial planning. The company has an arrangement with Octopus Money Coach. They offer the opportunity to talk with a professional coach
• Wellbeing - Need some calm in your life? We have 'Octopus Headspace Licences' available. Twice a week we have 45 Minute live yoga class open to all Octopus staff!
• Parents - get access to tax free childcare and maternity and paternity pay. We’re always looking for new ways to support parents, during lockdown we created OctoKids TV to help keep your kids occupied and entertained (https://octopus.energy/blog/octopuskids/)
• Office culture - Our offices are stocked with fruit, breakfast, great coffee, and soft drinks (and ice lollies if you're lucky)! Weekly on a Friday we all get together (this happens virtually too) for company updates and drinks - we call it Family Dinner. We won best company to work for in 2019 and our CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. Check out what our people say at Glassdoor!
• Car Salary Sacrifice - Browse the wide selection of electric vehicles and get a sample quote under our workplace salary sacrifice scheme. If approved, the monthly leasing costs are taken directly from your gross salary each month meaning you're saving on paying some tax

Total funding: $2.6bn

According to Octopus, the energy industry in the UK is ruled by a handful of complacent companies peddling fossil fuels, pricing trickery, and poor customer service. Aiming to disrupt the status quo with sustainable energy, Octopus entered the market in 2016 and they now supply energy to millions of homes in a number of countries. Octopus has made a name for itself in energy circles largely because of its “Kraken” technology platform, which it claims is able to reroute energy from renewable sources around a network far more efficiently than competitors.