Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

• Our Senior Cloud Platform Engineers engage with cutting-edge technologies to automate and configure services.
• The Cloud Platform Engineers actively participate in the operation, management, and maintenance of cloud infrastructures that serve the business's vast customer base.
• The Platform Services teams are responsible for the architectural design, engineering and ongoing maintenance of our Six Degrees core network that underpins our Connectivity, Cloud and Unified Communication / Voice products and revenue.
• You'll be collaborating closely with the product and build teams, serving as the technical authority on new services and their development. This role and its team engage with sales and solution architects to address customer feedback, while also working with delivery and operations teams to ensure that standardization of services, processes, and supportability are taken into account.
• The technologies involved encompass both platforms and the development tools that underpin the services we provide and the manner in which we deliver and support them.
• An exciting part of this role will be having visibility with customers and vendor suppliers, acting as a representative of our technology decisions.

• Candidates should be have the Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate Microsoft AZ800 / 801 certification as well as Microsoft Azure Foundation AZ-900.
• If you have a strong understanding of virtualisation, (Hyper-V, Azure Local) and expertise of storage and compute technologies, (Dell, HPe) we'd love to hear from you.
• We expect candidates to have credible experience with scripting. (PowerShell, Terraform) and extensive experience working with Microsoft Windows Server services.
• Extensive experience with backup and disaster recovery technologies, including Veeam, Hyper-V Replication, and Acronis and proficiency in utilising monitoring tools and applications such as LogicMonitor, PRTG, and SolarWinds will be needed., * Powershell
• hyper-v
• scripting
• azure
• platform engineer

Six Degrees has been honoured as an ENEI Gold TIDE Winner. We take pride in fostering and sustaining an inclusive culture, which is essential for our entire business.

This includes all aspects of recruitment and employment - our recruitment and selection processes are transparent and fair, and we will always consider any reasonable adjustments to the interview process or flexible working requirements.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are committed to being an equal opportunities employer and oppose all forms of unlawful discrimination. Our commitment and objective are to create a truly equal, diverse and inclusive environment.

At Six Degrees we've created a female-led networking program that enables women within our organisation to interact and exchange ideas, share their experiences, and utilise one-to-one support.

Our Benefits

In return for the passion our people bring to everything they do, we want them to enjoy a range of benefits that enrich their lives. We are a Real Living Wage employer, and through our additional employee benefits we feel we've got something that will help everybody live their best life.

We recognise the immense joy and significance of family leave for our employees, which is why Six Degrees provide an enhanced maternity and paternity leave package. We're also keen to support people with flexible working, so everyone can have the personal time they need whilst still doing great work here at Six Degrees.

We have some fantastic benefits on offer, with everyone being given Private Medical Insurance, Life Assurance, a matched pension scheme and 25 days holiday and as a happy birthday from Six Degrees, all employees get a day off for their Birthday.

We also provide discounts on well-known brands, in restaurants, supermarkets, the list goes on! You can find out more about our benefits here.

Our recruitment process:

At Six Degrees, we prioritise efficiency in our recruitment process, as we believe it is essential for you to connect with potential colleagues and have a positive candidate experience.

Six Degrees is a leading secure, integrated cloud services provider, where everyone is welcome. We believe success lies in harnessing a truly diverse and inclusive culture. Our business protects UK organisations with the goal of enabling them to operate effectively and securely in the cloud, by giving them secure platforms to innovate and grow. We support our customers on their digital transformation journey regardless of their maturity. Our vision is to be the UK's number one provider of secure, integrated cloud services to the small to mid-size market.