Cloud Engineer

Anson McCade

London, UK

1 day ago

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Role details

Contract type

Permanent contract

Employment type

Full-time (> 32 hours)

Compensation

£60,000.0

Working hours

Regular working hours

Job source

www.totaljobs.com

Tech stack

Amazon Web Services Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud Amazon S3 Automation of Tests Bash Shell Software as a Service Cloud Engineering Computer Programming Continuous Integration Linux DevOps Identity and Access Management

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Python (Programming Language) Key Management Routing Scrum Methodology Cloud Services AWS Cdk Scripting Cloud Platform System AWS Lambda Firewalls (Computer Science) Git Cloudformation Amazon Relational Database Service Containerization Kubernetes Extreme Programming Bitbucket Cloud Migration Teamcity Api Design Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS) Terraform Software Version Control Atlassian Bamboo Docker Jenkins Microservices

Job description

The successful candidate will work within an empowered DevOps environment, building, deploying and maintaining cloud-based applications and services on Amazon Web Services (AWS)., As a Cloud Engineer, the successful candidate will work across the full software and cloud delivery lifecycle, including:

Designing, developing, deploying and maintaining applications and services on AWS.
Working within autonomous DevOps teams to deliver secure and resilient cloud solutions.
Engaging with end-users and customer stakeholders to understand requirements and solve complex technical challenges.
Identifying appropriate technologies and approaches for different customer requirements.
Developing cloud-native applications and services.
Contributing across the full delivery lifecycle, from design and development through to deployment and operational support.
Identifying innovative ways to solve complex engineering and business problems.
Working collaboratively with software engineers, cloud specialists and wider technical teams.
Supporting customers through their ongoing cloud adoption and transformation journey.

Requirements

The ideal candidate will have significant experience working with AWS and will be confident operating as an AWS subject matter expert.

Experience should include a number of the following AWS services:

Amazon EC2
Amazon ECS
Amazon EKS
Amazon S3
AWS Lambda
Amazon RDS
AWS KMS
Elastic Load Balancing (ELB)
Amazon SNS
Amazon SQS
AWS IAM

Candidates should also have:

Strong AWS experience and the ability to solve complex business and technical problems.
Scripting experience using Shell, Bash and/or Python.
Strong coding experience in at least one Lambda-compatible programming language.
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) technologies such as Terraform, CloudFormation or AWS CDK.
Experience using Git or another version control system.
Strong communication and problem-solving skills.
Experience working within an Agile delivery environment, such as Scrum, Kanban, SAFe or XP.
A willingness to learn new technologies and approaches.

Desirable Experience Experience in the following areas would be advantageous:

AWS Associate-level certification, such as AWS Solutions Architect, AWS Developer or AWS DevOps Engineer.
Microservices architecture and API design.
Docker and container platforms including Kubernetes, Amazon EKS or Amazon ECS.
AWS operational concepts, including monitoring, observability and FinOps.
CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Bamboo, TeamCity or Bitbucket.
Automated testing frameworks and continuous testing practices.
Linux.
Networking, routing and firewalls.
Cloud-native engineering and modern DevOps practices.

Candidates do not need to have every desirable skill. The organisation provides opportunities to develop new capabilities through training and access to technical learning platforms.