Staff Platform Engineer Job Opportunity at Adarga

About Adarga

Adarga stands at the forefront of the Artificial Intelligence (AI) revolution, recognized globally as one of the leading AI companies. As a UK-based AI leader, we specialize in information intelligence. Our groundbreaking technology empowers defense, national security, and commercial organizations to swiftly interpret proliferating worldwide information sources. In today's intricate geopolitical landscape, this capability is essential for understanding emerging threats, mitigating risks, and maintaining competitiveness.

Our platform leverages natural language processing and network science technology, aiding mission-critical decision-making within the UK's defense and national security sectors, while also expanding into new markets.

Role Overview: What You Will Be Doing

As Adarga rapidly scales, we are expanding our Platform Engineering team. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain the infrastructure underlying our cutting-edge product. Your expertise in modern DevOps practices for maintaining a containerized microservices architecture is crucial. Additionally, you will enhance our analytics capabilities, working closely with data scientists and the engineering team.

Core Responsibilities

• Design end-to-end solutions to support engineering and data science requirements.
• Collaborate with Architects and Principal Engineers to validate system designs.
• Maintain and enhance our AWS Organization and account structure.
• Contribute to our Infrastructure as Code (IaC) codebase.
• Support the MLOps team in deploying ML tools.
• Automate infrastructure delivery pipelines.
• Optimize infrastructure using data from our observability stack.
• Ensure current infrastructure is fault-tolerant and conduct disaster recovery testing.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior engineers.

Essential Requirements

• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes (preferably EKS at production level).
• Advanced AWS experience (Organizations, IAM, EKS, RDS, OpenSearch, S3, MSK).
• Proven ability to design and execute significant infrastructure changes.
• Leadership and coaching experience in delivering DevOps initiatives.
• Experience with data backup and restore solutions (RDS, OpenSearch).
• Advanced expertise in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform).
• DevSecOps knowledge - integrating security into DevOps culture.
• Proficiency in scripting (Bash/Python/Golang).

Desirable Requirements

• Line management experience.
• Experience with Azure, Google Cloud, or Oracle Cloud.
• Service mesh implementation experience.
• AI/Machine Learning Platform experience.

Further Information

At Adarga, we employ Kanban principles and daily stand-ups to track work tasks. You will engage in cross-functional and cross-team communication to boost collaboration through knowledge sharing, reading groups, chapter group meetings, workshops, and innovation projects. This is a fantastic opportunity to apply your expertise in an exciting, technology-driven environment.

Our Interview Process

Getting to Know You

In the initial call, you’ll have the opportunity to share your story and ask questions about the role and our company.

Team Interview

In this meeting, you will meet with potential team members to discuss the technical aspects of the Platform Engineer role. Expect high-level technical, competency-based questions, and additional time for inquiries.

Technical Interview

This session involves working through technical questions and challenges with your potential team members, focusing heavily on collaboration.

Final Interview

During the final stage, we will delve deeper into your experience, discussing your past roles, projects, and the impact you’ve had. This informal talk also allows you to meet the broader team.

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