Description
The Principal Engineer builds and runs GSK's local area network and campus switching platform as automated, secure, self-service infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, build and automate platform infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code and golden paths
- Use AI-assisted engineering across code generation, review and testing to accelerate delivery and raise quality
- Build self-service capabilities and paved roads that reduce friction for consuming teams
- Engineer for reliability by defining SLOs, instrumenting platforms for observability and automating to reduce toil
- Set and uphold engineering standards, secure-by-default practices and code quality within the platform
Requirements:
- Degree in a technology or engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience
- 15 years of experience, typically 6-8 years in platform, infrastructure or software engineering
- Deep hands-on depth in the relevant platform domain, whether cloud and hosting, network or digital workplace
- Practical experience of infrastructure-as-code, for example Terraform, applied to production estates
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines, and with containers and Kubernetes where relevant to the platform