About The Role

As our Platform Engineer, you'll join our Technology team and support our newly formed data team based from our Head Office in Hull, and will report directly in to the Platform Engineering Manager. This is a fixed term position, for 12 months working a hybrid model with 2/3 days a week from our head office.

The Platform Engineer will be an integral part of the team, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of the our platforms, ensuring they are reliable, scalable, secure, and compliant with industry standards by developing and implementing robust processes for monitoring system performance, disaster recovery plans, security protocols, and collaboration with cross-functional teams, helping Arco stay competitive, while mitigating risks associated with poor system performance or security breaches.

Key responsibilities include:

Executing strategies that ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our environments
Implementing cloud-based infrastructure (e.g., AWS or Azure)
Building robust processes for monitoring system performance and identifying potential issues before they become problematic
Implementing security protocols that ensure compliance with industry standards (e.g., GDPR, Cyber Essentials +)
Staying up to date with emerging trends in cloud-based technologies, evaluating new technologies/ software solutions as necessary to improve efficiency or scale our operations
Ensuring high levels of availability by implementing disaster recovery plans that minimise downtime in case of system failures or disasters
Collaborating with our Operational Team, Data Engineering and Data Governance teams to ensure that our platforms adhere to our governance, policies, and standards
Developing metrics to measure performance and reliability of the platforms and monitoring these metrics regularly to identify areas for improvement or enhancement
Delivering training programs for colleagues on how to use the various platforms, effectively

On top of working for the UK’s leading integrated health and safety experts, you’ll also receive:

A competitive salary plus up to 10% annual bonus
32 days holiday inclusive of bank holidays, plus the option to purchase up to 5 more days
2 fully paid Community Volunteering days every year
An excellent pension and 8x salary Life Assurance scheme
A huge range of high street retailer discounts to help with cost of living via MyArco Perks
Free, 24-hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Access to our Learning Management System, to support your personal and career development
Long-term service awards – we’re proud to have employees who have worked for us for 40 years

About you:

The ideal Platform Engineer will be/have:

Specialist Platform Engineering experience with previous experience in a platform engineering role driving insights for a mid to large business (£200m+)
Experience building Cloud Platforms (ideally using Microsoft Azure, Google and AWS)
Experience working with CI/CD, Terraform, domain structures, user authentication, and digital signatures
Knowledge of data management methodologies, techniques, tools, and best practices
Good understanding of platform architecture and related services, project/change management principles and delivery frameworks and methodologies and the ability to strongly influence and collaborate with these roles
Advanced Excel Skills and operational knowledge of PIM/MDM systems
Ability to communicate technical concepts in plain language
Experience building operating models, establishing change management and release management process

About Us

With almost 140 years of experience, Arco are recognised as the UK's leading safety experts. As the only integrated safety products and services business, our size, scale and reputation in the sector are why we have such an impressive portfolio of accounts and customers. We're the expert safety partner with a unique mix of specialist expertise and practical real-life industry knowledge. Our specialist safety services provide the technical services and specialist expertise for working at height, in confined spaces and with respiratory protection.

Following the appointment of our CEO in December 2022, we are now on a transformation journey to become more profitable and sustainable. This is an exciting and demanding time for the business. There is opportunity to shape and challenge the transformation journey and future growth, while balance the pressure to deliver sales growth and financial targets that are necessary to support the future growth. Our behaviours; Care, Collaborate, Perform and Deliver, are embedded within our culture, to drive performance and ensure we succeed together and are rewarded for that shared success. Because It’s on us. To deliver. Together.

Everyone is welcome at Arco, no matter who you are. Our business is fully committed to creating a truly inclusive, diverse and equal working environment for all of our employees, as well as our customers and suppliers. Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness are fully embedded in our culture and talent acquisition processes. We recognise that everyone is different, and hiring people from a wide variety of backgrounds will only make us stronger.

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