Senior Platform Engineer

At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We’re a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Our solutions foster the collaboration that’s critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

At Motorola Solutions, safety and security are at the heart of everything we do. The Alta Video Cloud-based video security solution has demonstrated years of significant growth, and we are expanding our R&D footprint. We build and connect technologies to help protect people, property and places. Alta Avigilon Video injects intelligence into security, empowering organizations to see, understand, and act in real-time to help create safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals, safer businesses, and ultimately, safer nations.

We foster a people-first culture where unique perspectives drive innovation, bringing together 24 nationalities in our Uxbridge R&D team to continuously solve for safer.

At Motorola Solutions, everything starts with our people. As a Senior Platform Engineer on our Alta Video Backend team, you will make a defining contribution to our award-winning next-generation security solutions. You will work in a human-centered, collaborative R&D environment where your creative abilities drive real-world impact. We empower Motorolans to do their best work, innovate what’s next, and shape the future of safety and security.

• Cloud Platform Architecture & Scaling:
  Develop and scale our cloud platform across R&D and production environments utilizing Google Cloud Platform and AWS. Drive cloud architecture development, adopting Go programming where applicable to enhance platform capabilities. Implement continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment processes using Git Hub Workflows/Actions or Jenkins.
• Infrastructure Operations & Resilience:
  Manage day-to-day operations across cloud and on-premises environments utilizing Linux, Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, and Bash. Champion chaos-engineering principles to build robust, resilient systems that withstand operational stress. Maintain high standards across day0, day1, and day2 operational life cycles, balancing feature implementation with airtight testing.
• Security & Continuous Improvement:
  Embed a security-first mindset across all platform engineering, deployment, and operational workflows. Identify, develop, and share innovative tools and processes to refine and streamline team operations. Collaborate dynamically with software development teams to shape and evolve our unified security solution.

• Solid experience in platform engineering, systems design, or cloud infrastructure operations
• Excellent command of English

• Cloud Infrastructure & Tools to manage and scale Linux, AWS, and GCP environments using Terraform, Kubernetes, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, and Bash
• Security & Testing to embed a security-first mindset and establish comprehensive operational tests across the full system lifecycle
• System Resilience to apply chaos-engineering principles and optimize long-term operational health
• English Proficiency to communicate effectively, present technical solutions, and collaborate with global R&D teams
• Professional Experience
  • Cross-Team Collaboration to partner with software development teams in shaping scalable cloud systems
  • Process Improvement to evaluate existing workflows, suggest short- and long-term improvements, and implement…