Information Technology (IT)
Location: Nicosia
Reference: 8554
Date Posted: 03/10/2025
Senior Platform Engineer
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CareerFinders, on behalf of our client, one of Cyprus’ most well-established and respected providers of IT Services & Solutions to a wide range of clients, we are seeking to recruit a Senior Platform Engineer to join their growing team based in Nicosia. As a Senior Platform Engineer, you will oversee the implementation and maintenance of on-premises infrastructure solutions, contributing to the development of the required platform technology stack and assisting with the complete system lifecycle. As part of your role, you will leverage ‘Infrastructure as a Code’ (IaC) practices, and work collaboratively with both developers and engineers to achieve reliability, security, and efficiency in the development cycle. Our client is seeking applicants who are educated to degree level in Information Technology, Computer Science, or another closely related field, who possess approximately 4+ years of experience in backend systems or platform engineering, with hands-on experience owning production systems. Experience with Linux administration, including operating system installations, building system images, hardening, and automated server provisioning is essential. An attractive remuneration and benefits package is on offer, based on skills and experience.
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Key Duties/Responsibilities: 

  • Design, implement and maintain the building blocks of on-premises infrastructure solutions, ensuring reliability, security and developer velocity.
  • Establish and enforce Infrastructure as a Code practices (e.g., using Terraform and Ansible).
  • Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and internal tooling.
  • Take responsibility for infrastructure uptime and cost optimization.
  • Closely collaborate with software developers, providing support on platforms and services hosted by the infrastructure team and assisting with CI/CD pipelines.

Key Skills/Experience: 

  • University degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • Good understanding of Linux.
  • 4+ years of experience in backend systems or platform engineering, with hands-on experience owning production systems.
  • Passion for technology and a genuine interest in problem solving.
  • Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  • Work ownership and accountability.
  • Experience with Linux administration, including operating system installations, building system images, hardening, and automated server provisioning.
  • Solid foundation in systems implementation, services design and provisioning of the technology stack (e.g., database clusters, web services, proxy, IAM, monitoring and logging, etc).
  • Understanding of virtualization technologies and their interaction with the underlying hardware is an advantage.
  • Experience with Infrastructure as a Code practices (Terraform and Ansible knowledge) is a definite plus.
  • Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and internal platforms (Jenkins and GitHub) is a definite plus.

Nice to Have:  

  • Programming/scripting skills.
  • Prior experience mentoring and leading small teams.

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