Senior Platform Engineer; FTC

Introduction

At Gallagher Benefit Services, you’re a trusted partner to organizations navigating some of their most important people decisions. We help clients build better workplaces, where people feel supported, empowered, and inspired to thrive. Whether it’s shaping benefit strategies, designing wellbeing programs, or advising on workforce challenges, the work you do here creates meaningful change for businesses and the people who power them.

We’re a community of bold explorers, trusted experts, and compassionate partners; working side by side to solve problems, and shape the future of work. Here, curiosity is encouraged, collaboration is second nature, and your ideas have room to grow. If you’re looking for a place where your contribution matters and where you can help build a better world of work;

think of Gallagher.

Our agile development team are responsible for building internal and client-facing applications, including research, data, analytics and interactive investment tools. We delivered these through both web interfaces and function libraries. We make a big impact on the business and believe in continuous improvement and learning with dedicated Learning & Development days each sprint as well as access to a learning platform.

It’s about focus and efficiency and ultimately delivering results.

We are seeking a highly skilled Platform Engineer to join our innovative team and help build the foundation that enables our developers to deliver world‑class software. This role is perfect for someone who understands software development principles, particularly in C# and .NET. We are about to start a major update to our cloud platform, including migration to a new Azure environment, updates to build and deployment tooling, additional containerisation and IaC, as well as technical upgrades to existing services.

Additionally, you will be responsible for enhancing the platform by integrating new cloud capabilities, refining development and deployment processes, and providing expertise in SDLC automation across various tool chains.

Responsibilities include:

• Infrastructure Management:
  Design, build, and maintain the underlying infrastructure that supports software applications, including servers, networks, and storage systems.
• Automation:
  Develop and implement automation scripts and tools to streamline deployment, scaling, and management of infrastructure. This includes using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform.
• Monitoring and Performance Tuning:
  Set up monitoring tools to track system performance and ensure high availability. Optimize system performance and troubleshoot issues as they arise.
• Security:
  Implement security best practices to protect the platform from vulnerabilities and threats. This includes managing access controls and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
• Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with development, Tech Ops, and Product to ensure the platform meets the needs of the organization.
• Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD):
  Set up and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate the testing and deployment of applications. Ensure that code changes are integrated and deployed smoothly.
• Scalability and Reliability:
  Design systems that can scale efficiently to handle increased load and ensure reliability. Implement redundancy and failover mechanisms to minimize downtime.
• Documentation:
  Create and maintain comprehensive documentation for the platform, including architecture diagrams.
• Innovation and Improvement:
  Stay up-to-date with the latest technologies and industry trends. Continuously seek ways to improve the platform’s performance, reliability, and efficiency.
• Support and Troubleshooting:
  Provide support for the platform, including responding to incidents and resolving issues. Ensure that the platform is running smoothly and efficiently.

• Solid understanding of C#/.NET development principles to collaborate effectively with engineering teams.
• Ability to work across Dev Ops, SRE, and development teams to create seamless developer experiences.
• IaC Tooling:
  Terraform, Terragrunt.
• Azure cloud services, Entra , Azure CLI, Azure Power…