Platform Engineer

Job Description:

Are you passionate about Data and Analytics (D&A) and excited about how it can completely transform the way an enterprise works? Do you have technical expertise and understanding to drive data-driven solutions? Do you want to work in a dynamic, fast-growing category? If so, you might be the ideal candidate for the role of Data Platform Engineer in the Data and Analytics function for Global Pet Nutrition (PN) at Mars.

Pet Nutrition (PN) is the most vibrant category in the FMCG sector. As we work to transform this exciting category, a new program, Digital First, has been mobilized by the Mars Pet Nutrition (PN) leadership team. Digital First places pet parents at the center of all we do in Mars PN, while digitalizing a wide range of business process areas, and creating future fit capabilities to achieve ambitious targets in top line growth, earnings, and pet parent centricity.

With Digital First, PN is moving to a Product based model to create business facing digital capabilities. The Data Platform Operations team are accountable for designing, building, and maintaining the data infrastructure that supports our analytics and business to support the multi-billion-dollar Pet Nutrition division's digital needs. Reporting to the Data Platform Operations Manager, the person in this role will be a part of the Global PN Data foundation team. The role operates globally and partners with PN DDF leaders, PN business and Product Owners. In addition, this role will be working closely with cross-divisional and cross-segment data and enterprise architecture teams to drive synergies and leverage best practices

• Hands-on experience with the Azure cloud platform, AWS or GCP is a bonus.
• Strong knowledge of containers and orchestration tools (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).
• Proficiency in infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab CI, CircleCI, or GoCD.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash, or PowerShell).
• Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack).
• Understanding of networking, security, and system administration.

• Mars Principles: Live and exemplify the Five Principles of Mars, Inc. within self and team.
• Design and implement highly available and scalable infrastructure solutions using cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP, etc.).
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and deployment pipelines using tools like Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
• Monitor and optimize platform performance, reliability, and security using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, or Datadog.
• Troubleshoot infrastructure issues, conduct root cause analysis, and provide timely resolutions.
• Implement best practices in CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud security.