Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

The Role and Team

We are currently on the lookout for a motivated and skilled Platform Engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of Terraform, Azure, and Azure DevOps pipelines. While our company is firmly rooted in using Azure for the foreseeable future, we value adaptability. Therefore, the successful candidate should be ready to learn and transition to other cloud infrastructures if necessary. 

This role is based on site 3 days per week at our Head offices in Trowbridge, Wiltshire. 

Who We Are

apetito is the UK’s leading supplier of food to the health and social care sectors. Servicing over 400 hospitals, 450 care homes and thousands more through our work with Local Authorities, we produce delicious, nutritious and sustainable meals for people at home or in care. Through our food we look to ‘make a real difference’ to all our customers, up and down the country.

Our Values

Established in 1958, as a family-owned business, as a family-owned business, our values sit at the very heart of what we do. We are proud to be a business that makes a real difference, committed to producing great food to be proud of. We have developed a range of products designed to enhance health and wellbeing for all our customers. We are proud supporters of British food and farming and focus on using the best ethical and sustainable produce.

We are driven by a passion for service, dedicated to feeding some of the UK’s most vulnerable people, offering healthy and delicious meals to customers across the UK.

Ethical & Sustainable

As a business which operates within food manufacturing, we believe we have an obligation to make a positive contribution on society. With over 300 products in our range, we ensure our produce is ethically and sustainably sourced, working only with suppliers who share our commitment to making a positive impact.

We’re a proud member of the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI), a leading alliance of companies, trade unions and NGOs, that promote respect for workers’ rights globally. All our new suppliers now operate under the ETI’s guidelines.

We are also a member of The UK’s Plastics Pact, an initiative looking to transform the plastic packaging industry in the UK. As part of the initiative, we have committed, along with other ambitious targets, to eliminate unnecessary single-use plastic completely by 2025.

Cloud Infrastructure and Deployment: 

• Design, develop, and manage infrastructure projects using Terraform and Azure. 

• Collaborate with data Analytics and development teams to understand Azure Resource requirements and translate these into actionable Terraform scripts for deployment. 

• Ensure the reliability and scalability of cloud infrastructure. 

Incident Response and Troubleshooting: 

• Act as the primary contact for cloud application incidents; respond promptly to downtime or disruptions. 

• Troubleshoot and resolve issues within the cloud environment, ensuring minimal disruption to operations. 

Best Practices and Security: 

• Adhere to industry best practices for cloud management, including application security, governance, identity management, and monitoring. 

• Stay up-to-date with the latest in cloud technology and security to ensure our infrastructure remains secure and efficient. 

Collaboration and Communication: 

• Work closely with various teams to ensure that infrastructure needs are met and aligned with business objectives. 

• • Provide clear documentation and communication regarding infrastructure changes, updates, and incident responses. 

Skills and Qualifications: 

• Proficient in Terraform and Azure. 

• Experience with Azure DevOps pipelines and related CI/CD tools.