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Platform Team Leader

Role and Responsibilities :- Primary
• Motivate and support a team of Platform Engineers and Architects to deliver key projects to aggressive time scales.
• Lead the creation of enterprise level technical documentation for every project worked on.
• In conjunction with Network Operations, lead the creation of technical support documentation for every project worked on.
• Own and deliver the technical roadmap for PlusNet platforms within agreed timescales.
• Supervise and mentor team members to ensure productivity and to communicate development and training needs.
• Represent the Platform team for projects and liaise with other departments to ensure their well-timed delivery.
• Investigate, document, debug and performance test any changes to PlusNet's core infrastructure.
• Configure and deploy systems hardware and software to project-based technical specifications in an accurate, resilient and timely manner, ensuring as few issues as possible.
• Ensure infrastructure design is simple, resilient, scalable, reliable, modular and as secure as possible and performs within benchmarks outlined in project specifications.
• Participation in On-Call rota in event of Major Service effecting issue.
• Follow formal testing procedures, and ensure that all changes have a formal, agreed testing plan.
• Ensure that change controls are performed using the agreed formal processes.
• Provide team level KPI's to the Head of Network Development on a daily basis.
• Provide assistance and input for each team member's appraisals.
• Ensure that your team's timesheets are completed, accurate and submitted on time each month.
• Embody PlusNet’s core values of employee participation, commitment, team-work and open and honest communication.

Essential Skills
• Linux (preferably Debian).
• Sun Solaris (preferably version 10).
• SAN and NAS storage (preferably Netapp).
• Dell, HP or Sun hardware experience.
• Significant experience of systems operations or development within an ISP environment.
• Ability to line manage, mentor and lead a team.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the business.
• Ability to prioritise numerous tasks and complete them under time constraints.
• Ability to work in or out of hours if required.
• Strong cross-functional thinking.
• Strong organisational skills, able to work under time pressure.
• Understanding of the network and software development process.
• Able to produce high quality technical documentation.

Desirable Skills
• In depth knowledge of common ISP applications (Apache, PHP, MySQL, Oracle, JBoss, Tomcat, Radius, Exim, Nagios, Bind).
• Strongly experienced in application configuration and deployment including shell scripting, packaging and Perl.
• Experience of data centre best practice for availability and resilience.
• Background of practical security within design.
• Cisco, Juniper and Ellacoya networking.


If you are interested in this role and think you could make a positive contribution and impact to our development please apply today ...

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