Senior Platform Engineer- Azure

Welcome to Haleon. We're a purpose-driven, world-class consumer company putting everyday health in the hands of millions. In just three years since our launch, we've grown, evolved and are now entering an exciting new chapter – one filled with bold ambitions and enormous opportunity.

Our trusted portfolio of brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltaren, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – lead in resilient and growing categories. What sets us apart is our unique blend of deep human understanding and trusted science.

Now it's time to fully realise the full potential of our business and our people. We do this through our Win as One strategy. It puts our purpose – to deliver better everyday health with humanity – at the heart of everything we do. It unites us, inspires us, and challenges us to be better every day, driven by our agile, performance-focused culture.

About The Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Software Engineer to engage with our innovative Shared Capabilities team. The ideal candidate will possess experience in building and maintaining containerized software and tooling and have an interest in cross-skilling into a Platform Engineering skillset. This role offers the opportunity to join a team that helps to underpin the success of other Engineering teams at Haleon.

Step into a high-impact role at Haleon as a Senior Software Engineer and help shape the future of platform capabilities that empower engineering teams across the organization

Key Responsibilities

• Build, maintain and drive the Internal Developer Platform (Backstage tool) that acts as the entry point to our Shared Capabilities function.
• Design, maintain, build and lead custom applications and tooling where necessary to facilitate our Azure Kubernetes platform.
• Utilize your extensive skills as a Software Engineer to help upskill other Software Engineers to write effective code when running on a container platform.
• Stay on top of Azure platform capabilities that may be beneficial for writing large scale applications and help other teams design such applications.
• Cross-skill into contributing to the lifecycle management of platform resources, including Kubernetes clusters, networking, storage, and supported Azure services. This will involve developing and maintaining Terraform modules, GitHub pipelines and ArgoCD GitOps processes.
• Drive automation of operational processes to improve platform efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
• Provide Level 3 software engineering support for application issues, incident response, and troubleshooting complex problems related to Applications running on our Kubernetes platform.
• Debugging complex software and hardware interactions.
• Collaborate with internal and external support teams as needed.
• Own the maintenance of platform documentation and contribute to process improvement for change management and access controls.
• Help to lead Agile ceremonies.

Essential
Qualifications and skills

• +6 years of hands on experience in the similar role/relevant filed
• Proven track record in developing software systems in any applicable languages/frameworks (Python - preferred, , Go), and willingness to adopt the appropriate language to best complete your tasks.
• Deep understanding of containerization, including how to create multi-stage Docker files, and able to demonstrate how to reduce build times.
• Experience of developing or working with APIs to create integration between subsystems
• Deep experience and understanding of modern DevSecOps platform technologies, specifically GitHub version control & CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
• A clear curiosity driven mindset, you are always eager to understand how something works and how it can be improved.
• Demonstratable skills of how to quickly identify and address runtime issues with containerized applications on a Kubernetes platform.
• Strong knowledge of database systems, including MongoDB and PostgreSQL.
• Demonstratable experience innovating within organizations, identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices into the engineering process.
• Experience thriving in a Scrum based Agile development. You will be required to participate in Daily Standups & Sprint Retrospectives to help us improve.
• Excellent communication skills when interacting with Software Engineers who may or may not be fully familiar with Kubernetes.

Preferred

• Existing Platform Engineering skillset, especially Terraform, GitOps and Kubernetes.
• Azure Architect or Developer certifications.
• Existing knowledge or experience of developing the Backstage IDP.

Tech stack
: Terraform, Docker, Python, Github Actions, Azure, Kubernetes

Opportunities for growth
Improving everyday health takes dedication. Energy. Effort. So we look to reward your contribution with a benefits package that includes:

• A competitive base salary
• Contract of employment
• Annual bonus that reflects performance
• Life insurance and pension plan
• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services
• Sports cards (Multisport)
• Health and wellbeing program that take care of you physically and mentally
• Pension plan membership and savings program
• Recognition program that reward incredible contributions
• our philosophy to hybrid work (2 days of on-site work per week)
• Possibilities of development within the role and company's structure

Job Posting End Date

Equal Opportunities
Haleon are committed to mobilising our purpose in a way that represents the diverse consumers and communities who rely on our brands every day. It guides us in creating an inclusive culture, where different backgrounds and views are valued and respected – all in support of understanding and best serving the needs of our consumers and unleashing the full potential of our people. It's important to us that Haleon is a place where all our employees feel they truly belong.

During the application process, we may ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. This information ensures we meet certain regulatory and reporting obligations and supports the development, refinement, and execution of our inclusion and belonging programmes that are open to all Haleon employees.

The personal information you provide will be kept confidential, used only for legitimate business purposes, and will never be used in making any employment decisions, including hiring decisions.

Adjustment or Accommodations Request
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Note to candidates
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