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Platform Engineer - Kahootz UK

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Available since 2003, our award-winning Kahootz cloud collaboration service is one of most widely adopted sovereign SaaS solutions across the UK government.

We are serious about cyber-security and protecting your data. In addition to regular, independent certification of our business operations and cloud security controls, you’ll be pleased to learn that Kahootz is one of the few cloud services that have been accredited by security conscious Government departments such as the UK’s Ministry of Defence and Department of Health for their most sensitive projects.

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Provide reliable day-to-day operation and support for Kahootz's AWS-based production platform.
Build resilient engineering cover by documenting, sharing and automating business-critical platform tasks.
Design and deliver repeatable platform deployments for specialist projects and new markets.
Modernise the platform through infrastructure as code, containerisation and improved delivery automation.
Strengthen security, compliance, business continuity and disaster-recovery capabilities while supporting sound architecture decisions.
Key Responsibility 1: Production operations and service reliability
Monitor service health, availability, capacity and performance using AWS CloudWatch, Monit and other observability tools.
Investigate and resolve incidents across AWS services, including EC2, RDS, IAM, networking, using tools like CloudWatch and CloudTrail.
Deploy and validate updates, patches and production changes using controlled, auditable processes.
Create and maintain scripts, runbooks and operational documentation that reduce manual effort and single-person dependency.
Work with support, R&D and DevOps colleagues to diagnose recurring issues and implement lasting fixes, documenting incidents, problems and changes.
Key Responsibility 2: Platform engineering and market expansion
Evolve and simplify platform components to improve reliability, maintainability, scalability and cost efficiency.
Build infrastructure-as-code and automated deployment patterns for consistent, repeatable environments.
Lead practical containerisation and modernisation initiatives, including Kubernetes where appropriate.
Adapt and deploy platform capabilities for specialist projects and expansion into new markets.
Assess architecture changes and integrations with external products and advise on secure, supportable designs.
Key Responsibility 3: Security, resilience and compliance
Respond promptly to security vulnerabilities and incidents, coordinating remediation and follow-up actions.
Embed secure configuration, least-privilege access and traceable change practices in platform engineering work.
Maintain technical controls and evidence that support existing compliance certifications and customer assurance.
Contribute to new certifications, audits and security reviews.
Improve and test business-continuity and disaster-recovery arrangements.

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