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Join dxw, an employee-owned tech company with a mission to improve lives through public and third sector projects, championing diversity and flexible working.
Overview
Salary
£55000 - £65000
Location
Anywhere in the UK - Hybrid
Nomad Friendly?
Expires
Expires at anytime
Organisation summary
At dxw, we work with the public and third sector, creating services that make a difference. Established in 2008, we've worked on meaningful projects, from reducing reoffending to Adult Social Care awareness. As an employee-owned company, our staff shape our direction. We value people - our team, our clients, and those we serve - aligning everything we do with our mission, values, and principles, including handling information with utmost care and confidentiality, and holding an ISO27001 certification. We promote flexible working and diversity to create a supportive environment for everyone to excel.
Role Summary
- As a Platform Engineer, you'll contribute to our technical infrastructure, adding functionality and robustness,
- You'll deal with proactive and reactive maintenance, and client support,
- Be part of our on-call schedule,
- Work remotely with options to work in our London or Leeds offices. Occasional client visits may be required.
Role Requirements
- A knack for simplifying technical problems and a calm approach under pressure,
- Experience of building platforms on AWS, and familiarity with Unix/Linux systems and web technologies like Nginx, Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL,
- Can diagnose and fix basic problems in various programming languages,
- Experience using source control systems (git in particular), Infrastructure as Code systems, Terraform, and container-based approaches such as Docker. Experience with Azure and data platforms is advantageous.
Benefits
- Interest-free loans for season tickets, EVs and cycle to work schemes,
- Up to 18 weeks paid parental leave,
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays,
- Pension with up to 5% matching contribution,
- Flexible working to support your wellbeing, and personal commitments, and a home office setup budget.
About us
dxw works with the public and third sectors to create services and products that improve lives. We've been around since 2008 and worked on lots of projects that have made a real difference - things like helping to reduce reoffending, improving awareness of Adult Social Care and supporting organisations to move away from legacy tech. dxw is employee-owned and staff have an important voice in the direction of the company. People - the people who work at dxw, our clients, and the people we create services for - are at the forefront of what we do. Everything we work on aligns with our mission, values, and principles. Our principles encompass a fundamental desire for us to look after our and our clients information. We handle clients' information and data with the utmost care and confidentiality and hold ISO27001 certification. We encourage people looking for flexible working arrangements to apply. We think it's important to have diverse teams and aim to create an environment where everyone is supported to do their best and be themselves.
About the role
dxw's Platform Engineering team is responsible for developing, maintaining, operating and supporting our technical infrastructure. Our infrastructure is cloud-based, and we're improving and iterating our deployment stack over time towards better and more reliable technologies. The team develops, implements and documents these technologies, working with our developers to understand and assist on their operational needs, and doing other client work as needed. As a Platform Engineer, you'll contribute to work on our platforms, adding to their functionality and robustness. You will also deal with proactive and reactive maintenance, client support and be part of our regular on-call schedule. You can be based remotely, and have the option of working from our offices in London or Leeds. Some client work may occasionally be necessary at sites around England and also occasional visits to London for team working, but this will be infrequent.
About you
You enjoy discussing and describing technical problems in simple, lay terms both internally and with clients, are a methodical problem solver, with the ability to keep calm under pressure and enjoy working collaboratively, as part of a team, towards a common goal. You have experience of building platforms on AWS, familiarity with unix/linux systems and with popular open source software, particularly core web technologies such as Nginx, Apache, MySQL and PostgreSQL. You can diagnose basic problems in a variety of programming languages and make or recommend simple fixes. You will have experience using source control systems (in particular, git) and using Infrastructure as Code systems, specifically Terraform, and container-based approaches, for example, Docker. You may also have experience of building platforms on Azure and of building data platforms.
Benefits
Interest-free season ticket loans, electric vehicle and cycle to work schemes. Up to 18 weeks of paid parental leave depending on your situation. 25 days holiday plus bank holidays. Pension with up to 5% matching contribution from dxw. Flexible working to support your wellbeing and personal commitments. Macbook and home office setup budget.
