AWS Platform Engineering Lead

Platform Engineering Lead -Hybrid-Hampshire  
  

Do you enjoy leading a team that develops platforms that enable engineers to succeed? 
  

Are you A highly visible champion with a ‘can do’ attitude and enthusiasm that inspires others? 
  

About the Business 
  

At Cirium, our goal is to keep the world connected. We are the industry leader in aviation analytics; helping our customers understand the past and present, and predicting what will happen tomorrow. Our mission is to transform the aviation industry by enabling airlines, airports, travel companies, tech giants, aircraft manufacturers, financial institutions and many more accelerate their own digital transformation. You can learn more about Cirium at https://www.cirium.com 
  

About our Team 
  

As a Platform Engineering Lead, you will be leading and consulting with dynamic, enthusiastic cross functional teams, where collaboration is key. Our Platform is at the heart of our business and powers our ability to bring high value to our customers, and your team owns this fundamental enabler of our success. 
  

About the Role 
 

As the Platform Engineering Lead, you will be responsible for overseeing and guiding a team of infrastructure and software engineers. In addition to building and integrating complex systems and pipelines, this position provides direction on project plans, schedules, and methodologies. The position has direct reports. 

Responsibilities 
  

• Collaborating closely with teams across our business to understand data science, data engineering and product requirements and translate them into infrastructure, software, and deployment designs. 
• Managing and mentoring engineers in your team to grow their skills and careers.
• Encourage new ideas from your team to foster improvements through innovation. 

• Serving as the initial point of escalation for infrastructure and software development issues. 
• Delivering high-quality features through good agile, CI/CD and DevOps practices, and supporting your team in their engineering excellence. 

 
Requirements 
  

• A strong understanding of cloud infrastructure within AWS, Azure, or GCP 
• A Devops and agile mindset 
• Proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, or other infrastructure as code.
• Have experience of coding skills in at least one programming language, preferably Python
• Be able to partner and lead engineers in solving complex business needs. 
• Be able to collaborate, support and drive team members to deliver on results, providing technical and professional guidance.

Women in Tech: 

Cirium is a part of LexisNexis Risk Solutions. LexisNexis Risk Solutions is actively supportive of women in Technology and has been a founding signature for the Tech Talent Charter. Currently 27% of our Technology workforce are women which is much higher than the UK average of 17%. We have the following initiatives in place to support women in technology: 

• Mentoring scheme for women in technology 
• Women’s network forum 
• Women in Technology Employee Resource Group (ERG) 
• LexisNexis Risk Solutions proudly supports the Tech Talent Charter 

Learn more about the LexisNexis Risk Solutions team and how we work here 

At LexisNexis Risk Solutions, having diverse employees with different perspectives is key to creating innovative new products for our global customers. We have 30 diversity employee networks globally and prioritize inclusive leadership and equitable processes as part of our culture. Our aim is for every employee to be the best version of themselves. We would actively welcome applications from candidates of diverse backgrounds and underrepresented groups.

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