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The Cloud Engineering Specialist independently implements core infrastructure and security services in Amazon Web Services to deliver highly available and scalable services, automating time intensive processes whilst and meeting security and compliance objectives in all aspects of the secure cloud ecosystem.
Job Responsibility:
Be hands on in the build and development of world class secure cloud-based solutions as part of an agile delivery team
Lead the design of cloud solutions
Work directly with our customers to understand their requirements
Working with support teams to enable management and monitoring of cloud-based systems, and their ongoing support
Provide some third line support to deployed cloud-based solutions
Line manage several more junior members of the team, assisting them in their professional development
Leads cloud system design activities and/or reviews system designs
Manages automation initiatives of cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration management
Communicates with key stakeholders to influence the adoption of cloud-native systems
Delivers consultative advice through advanced technical knowledge on system architecture
Leads the collaboration with quality assurance and technical writers to complete development cycle
Leads the collaboration with business stakeholders and product owners to scope and de-risk development activities
Executes complex data analyses to make decisions on where to invest and iterate on efficiency and cloud management tools
Drives a risk-aware culture, and ensures efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices
Ensures efficient functioning of data storage and processing functions in accordance with company security policies and best practices in cloud security
Identifies, analyses, and resolves complex infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues independently
Champions, continuously develops and shares with team knowledge on emerging trends and changes in cloud engineering best practices and industry standards
Mentors other cloud engineers, helping to improve the team's abilities by acting as a technical resource
Requirements:
Cloud Architecture/Design
Cloud Migration
Cloud Deployment
Software Development for Cloud
Agile Methodologies
Experience utilising AWS cloud services, both compute and appropriate managed services
Expertise in developing for cloud, with experience in iterative full-stack development in appropriate languages (for example node.js or Python)
Experience in delivering Kubernetes or AWS EKS solutions
Experience managing infrastructure-as-code, for example using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation
Experience managing or mentoring more junior colleagues
Must have lived in UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance
DV Security Clearance is required
Nice to have:
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, and tools such as Jenkins
Experience automating specific management and maintenance activities, to support BAU tasks in complex systems environments
Familiarity with micro-service and container based deployment strategies, and a zero trust authorization model
Experience in the migration of on-prem solution to AWS
Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP