Technical Lead - Applications Engineering AWS

Prestigious opportunity for a Technical Lead - Applications Engineering (AWS) for a pioneering technology team within a Global Financial Services giant. As the technical lead, you will be driving the direction, evaluation, selection, configuration, implementation and integration of new and existing tools and technologies. Following a period of significant expansion, we welcome you to join our success story as we grow our Manchester team. Our Technical Lead for Application Engineering (AWS) will be responsible for:-

• Providing expert level IT technical lead services and direction for critical software, middleware, or hardware projects on multiple platforms.
• Providing technical expertise and completing complex development, design, implementation, architecture design specification, and maintenance activities.
• Ensuring the viability of IT deliverables.
• Communicating with key stakeholders on project issues and implications, evaluating the impact of change requests on technologies.
• Reviewing and approving documentation and diagrams created by IT team members.
• Identifying opportunities for continuous quality improvement of technical standards, methodologies, and technologies.
• Participating in design, code, and test inspections throughout the product life cycle to identify issues.
• Presenting technical status and issues at milestone reviews.
• Thoroughly understanding Information Security policies and procedures, and verifying that deliverables meet requirements.
• Participating in special projects, coaching and mentoring when required

If you possess a combination of some of the following skills, then LETS TALK!

• Proven track record of technical leadership, ideally within Financial Services, Contact Centre solutions or AI.
• Expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, S3), JavaScript and Security integrations.
• Experience with AWS,?API design, and automated testing frameworks.
• Knowledge of GitHub source control and GitHub Actions (CI/CD pipelines); for build, test and deploy automation.
• Experience of working with Third Party SaaS implementations.
• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation).
• Strong understanding of software design principles and modern SDLC practices.
• Strong background in Agile Methodology.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, especially in cross-functional settings.

In return, you will be rewarded with a highly competitive basic salary, up to 25% bonus, a partnership payment and an exceptional pension scheme. What you need to do now If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now.If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.

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