Cloud Engineer - Managed Services - AWS

Cloud Ops Engineer (IC) -

*MUST HAVE A MANAGED SERVICES BACKGROUND

Job Description

• We seek a passionate and skilled Cloud Ops Engineer to join the Cloud Services team as a 100% individual contributor. In this role, you will leverage your extensive experience to execute and deliver complex cloud infrastructure projects.
• You will be instrumental in maintaining and modernising our multiple cloud environments hosted across public and private clouds, primarily AWS and Azure , which support deployments of the portfolio of products.
• Your hands-on expertise will be crucial in introducing and implementing newer technologies such as Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform and Ansible .
• A deep understanding of our existing infrastructures is essential to drive improvements required by evolving application architectures.
• As a senior individual contributor, you will collaborate with other product teams to adopt appropriate cloud technologies for cloud-native deployments. Working closely with the Information Security team, you will ensure the highest security standards are applied.
• We embrace modern methodologies with self-managed teams utilizing Kanban or Scrum within an overarching agile practice. We value diversity and strive to create an open and collaborative working environment where teams work together to deliver successful solutions to our customers.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute the technical design, deployment, monitoring, and ongoing support and maintenance of a diverse set of cloud technologies.
• Implement the deployment of new technologies used by our customer platforms, focusing heavily on automation, resilient design, and cloud-ready systems and services deployment.
• Collaborate with Test Engineers to validate and enhance automation processes.
• Work closely with the Information Security team to introduce, maintain, or improve the required level of security.
• Provide expert knowledge and guidance to other teams regarding cloud services and features.

Attributes

• Self-Motivated and Autonomous: Able to work independently while maintaining a collaborative approach.
• Excellent Communication Skills: Strong verbal and written communication abilities.
• Enthusiastic and Judicious: Demonstrates enthusiasm, excellent judgment, and effective communication.
• Technologically Curious: Shows a passion for new technology and continuous learning.
• Pragmatic Approach: Adopts practical solutions to complex problems.
• Senior-Level Execution: Demonstrates a high level of expertise in executing complex tasks efficiently and effectively without the need for supervision.

Reporting Structure / Working Hours

• Reports directly to the Head of Cloud Services .
• Working Hours UK (BST/GMT) Working Hours: 08:30 - 17:30

Key Skills and Experience

The ideal candidate will have expertise in the following technologies and skills:

Technology / Skill

Proficiency Level

Linux Administration

Proficient

- CentOS, Red Hat, Ubuntu

- Linux Scripting

Infrastructure-as-Code and Automation

Proficient

- Ansible

- Terraform (AWS Terraforming)

- HashiCorp Packer

AWS Cloud Services

Proficient

- AWS VPC and VPC Peering

- AWS VPC Endpoints

- AWS Transit Gateway

- AWS Elastic Load Balancing

- AWS IAM

- AWS S3

- AWS EFS

- AWS Systems Manager

- AWS AppStream

- AWS Lambda

- AWS Transfer Family (SFTP)

- AWS Aurora for MySQL

- AWS Aurora for PostgreSQL

- AWS Aurora Multi-AZ Deployments

Programming and Scripting

Proficient

- Python Coding Abilities

- Java (Basic Understanding)

Network Design Competency

Strong Understanding