Platform Engineer

Job content

DTC Tech Video Platform

Permanent

London

Why you should join us…

We connect with millions of people every day, make content they can’t get enough of and reflect and shape the world we live in… and we do all this through the power of creativity.

We will be a digitally led entertainment and media company that creates and brings brilliant content to audiences, wherever, whenever and however they choose.

Business overview per Business Area:
On Demand is the home of the platform that powers the ITV Hub and Britbox UK. Last year the Hub served over 1.8 billion videos to 28 million users across 29 platforms including Amazon Fire, Xbox, Android, and iOS devices to name but a few. We’re constantly expanding with year-on-year video delivery increasing just as consumers’ appetite for on demand content. Britbox was launched in December 2019 and is ITV’s joint venture with the BBC and other content partners, that aims to deliver a best in class subscription video service for great British content - all powered by technology battle-tested on the Hub. We are creating Britbox exclusives & the demand on technology is growing.

This role entails…

We are looking for Platform Engineers to help expand the home of our key systems - the Common Platform. You might be running the ITV Hub, Britbox or the system that pays Ant & Dec, but wherever you are, you’ll be working with great people using the latest technology. We believe that you build it, you run it”; so we organise around teams that have full control and responsibility for their systems end-to-end. One day you might be helping deploy a new microservice into AWS, the next watching it handle millions of requests during the Love Island final. You will be challenged in a dynamic, fast-paced environment, but you’ll be given the autonomy, mastery and purpose to succeed. We value smart work as much as hard work, so you’ll be encouraged to automate wherever possible.

To be considered for this opportunity you will need to demonstrate the following skills:

Minimum role criteria:
Be smart. We know the technology we use today won’t be the technology we use tomorrow so we’ve got to be smart enough to keep pace.

Be kind. We believe the best route to success is through sharing and collaboration, so we’ve all got to get along.

Possess a great working knowledge of linux (ideally Centos)

Have extensive knowledge of config management, deployment, automation, orchestration, and monitoring tools (e.g jenkins, terraform)

Have experience working with cloud infrastructure platforms (ideally AWS, Kubernetes)

Be passionate working within an agile, multidisciplinary ‘devops’ team

Be a clear communicator that documents well and is happy having their work critiqued

Bonus points for:
Being able to script

Having experience designing, building and operating highly available, highly scalable systems

Knowing about programming, networking, security, databases and/or storage

ITV strongly encourages applications for this role from candidates with a disability and as a Disability Confident Leader if you meet the minimum criteria for a role and you have declared that you have a disability, we’ll guarantee you’ll get to the next stage*.

(minimum criteria above)

The Key role criteria is as follows:
Be accountable for platform quality within your team

Help solve difficult technical challenges

Advise and influence architectural designs and decisions

Promote ITV in the community via open source, blogs, meetups and conferences

We’re happy to discuss any support/personalisation you may need during our application process as part of our reasonable adjustments approach. So we encourage you to get in touch with us if you require anything... Our email is talkingcareers@itv.com. Find out more here

We want to be the most flexible employer in Media. We offer Smart working and we will support you and provide you the right environment and work/ life balanceWe reach millions of people everyday, that’s why having diverse talents and being an organisation where colleagues feel included is crucial to us. We have various networks who celebrate and support our colleagues. We try to embed an inclusive mindset in everything we do. Find out more here

• There may be a few exceptions where we are not able to take all eligible candidates to the next stage due to the volume