System Engineer

We are AMS. We are a global total workforce solutions firm; we enable organisations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, re-shaping, and optimising workforces. Our Contingent Workforce Solutions (CWS) service partner with Tesco IMS to support contingent recruitment hiring.

On behalf of Tesco IMS, AMS are now looking for a System Engineer for a 6 month contract based in the bank's Edinburgh office on a hybrid working model.

Tesco IMS deal in the personal - from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you've worked hard for. And that means they always work with heart. Whether they're helping their customers or looking after their people, you'll find there's a warmth and friendliness to everything they do.

Key Responsibilities:

• As a System Engineer you will work within a team environment helping to migrate a number of Windows and RHEL applications from 1 AWS account to another.
• Use DevOps tools to design and implement CI/CD pipelines to automate software builds, testing, and deployment.
• Recommend process improvements to ensure system scalability and reliability.
• Monitor and maintain cloud infrastructure, optimise system performance, ensuring security, and troubleshooting issues are integral parts of the role.
• Testing: Develop product specifications and design test procedures.
• Faults Diagnosis and Correction: Provide fault isolation and resolution for complex challenges to limit and address issues promptly.
• Applications Software Maintenance: Monitor, identify, and correct more complex software defects to maintain fully functioning applications software.
• Planning and Organising: Works with guidance (but not constant supervision) to plan, organise, prioritise and oversee activities to efficiently meet project objectives.
• Troubleshoots Technical Issues: Works with full competence to employ a systematic process for solving technical issues by identifying the problem and selecting an appropriate solution. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.

Skills and Qualifications:

• You will have strong background in software development, RHEL/WINTEL OS system administration and cloud technologies with a deep understanding of DevOps principles, continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Working knowledge of the software development lifecycle by collaborating with development, operations and testing teams to achieve faster and more reliable releases.
• Able to use tools ie SNYK to resolve any code security vulnerabilities.
• Possess strong coding skills and be familiar with version control systems like Github Enterprise.
• Good operational knowledge of the AWS Cloud Platform.
• Able to demonstrate good working knowledge of infrastructure-as-code tools using Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Good working knowledge of automation tools like Ansible.
• System Administration: Good working knowledge of RHEL8, from a system administrative perspective adding security protocols etc
• Problem-solving, strong communication, and the ability to work in an agile environment are essential skills.
• Network/IT security: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on maintaining the security, integrity, compliance and continuity of IT systems and services.
• IT Support: Works without supervision and provides technical guidance when required on monitoring, diagnosing and fixing technological problems.

• Tools:
• Excellent DevOps skillset using -
• Terraform.
• Jenkins.
• Github Enterprise.
• Ansible.
• Bash scripting.

Why Tesco Insurance and Money Services?

Seeing your impact all around you: there's no better feeling.

Lucky for us, we get to feel it all the time. Because whatever our role, we're helping our colleagues and serving our customers, communities and planet a little better every day.

We deal in the personal - from pet insurance for your best friend, and home insurance for peace of mind, to motor insurance for your dream car or travel money for that trip you've worked hard for.

Everything we do is about making things better. Not just for others, but for you too. It's why you'll get bags of choice and plenty of development. It's why you'll always be heard and find balance that works for you. It's why you'll feel totally at home in a place where everyone's welcome.

Next steps

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

Our client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

Please note that for the duration of this assignment you will be working as an external resource engaged by AMS.