Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description

We are seeking an accomplished and innovative Senior Cloud Engineer to join the Cloud Platform team. In this role, you will be instrumental in managing, developing, and optimising Cloud Platform infrastructure solutions using Microsoft Azure! You will provide technical leadership in the automation of scalable environments, applying your expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform (IaC), and GitHub for code management and collaboration.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be part of the team that helps deliver the Bank’s Cloud strategy by delivering robust, secure, and resilient systems. Your expertise in cloud networking, security, and operational best practices will empower you to lead changes, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous service improvement. Significant hands-on experience with Azure resources and automation tools is critical for this position, along with a proactive approach to identifying and implementing emerging technologies.

Flexible Working Options

This role is open to flexible working patterns, including:

• Job share
• Flexible start and end times
• Part time
• Ability to adapt calendar as needed
• Compressed hours (subject to approval and policy within the team)
• Working from abroad policy (subject to approval and policy within the team)

A Day in the Role

A typical day would start with the team’s stand-up meeting for the current sprint or Kanban board where you’ll discuss your workload and any blockers. You may have project work or operational duties and relevant meetings to attend, where you’ll be modernising the Bank through the services you’re responsible for. You will also draft and raise change requests, troubleshoot issues, and ensure our monitoring tools are functioning correctly. You will take the initiative to draw insights from the performance data on the platform and produce advisory narratives for the appropriate product owners. Collaboration with cross-functional teams and continuous service improvement will be central to your role. You will assist more junior members in the team to give them added support.

Role Requirements

Minimum Criteria

We’re looking for someone who has the following key skills and experience:

• Overnight (24/7) on-call L2/L3 support experience with validated collaborator experience
• Experience of a Cloud Platform (Azure preferred) with use of monitoring tooling for troubleshooting and drawing insights
• Hands-on experience of CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions or similar tooling
• Thorough experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) such as Terraform

Essential Criteria

We are interested in hearing from candidates who have the following capabilities:

• Foundational knowledge of networking including network protocols, DNS, VPN, Load Balancing and Firewall
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes clusters and containerised environments
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics, Splunk, or AIOps on Azure Cloud or any similar observability tooling
• Experience in SRE and/or DevOps roles, with working knowledge in SRE principles including automation a considerable plus
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, enabling effective engagement with a variety of partners, from technical teams to non-technical business functions
• Eagerness to learn and promote knowledge sharing

Desirable Criteria

It would also be beneficial, but not mandatory, to have some or all of the following:

• Experience with Agile ways of working
• Knowledge of ITIL framework
• Experience with Power Apps, Power BI, Power Automate, and Searching Intelligence

How This Role Fits into the Wider Bank

This role is part of the CTO Hosting Technical Services (HTS) domain which is responsible for selecting, delivering and continuously improving a portfolio of hosting services one of which is Cloud Platform. The Bank of England has made a foray into Cloud and have a number of exciting programs of work which will address technical and business challenges. Therefore, this role will be crucial in helping the Bank achieve its strategic objectives of Cloud over the multi-year programs.

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