Reporting into the Platform Engineering Manager, you'll be responsible for the safe adoption of our managed IaaS cloud through improving delivery best practice across our engineering teams and performing tech leadership in AWS hosted Managed Public IaaS (MPI) solutions. You'll drive continuous improvements in our AWS cloud capability through technical excellence, operational oversight, resilience improvements and quality assurance. You'll be able to demonstrate solid AWS experience and comprehensive skills in Virtual Machine configuration management and have strong awareness of good operational management principles.
What you’ll be doing
* Developing and supporting solutions to manage and automate our MPI development, test and production environments to improve the customer value flow.
* Providing systems administration and operational support to development teams across both on‑premise and cloud environments.
* Leading a technology team from within, contributing to the design and development of secure and efficient application and infrastructure components, both internal and external facing, with a strong focus on business outcomes.
* Carrying out analysis, design and consultancy for build and implementation of IT solutions to meet complex business needs.
* Ensuring solutions are developed in line with strategic target architecture both from an application design and infrastructure/platform perspective.
* Partnering with solution architects and global product management to define standardized solution and services baselines, application add‑ons and industrialised delivery options.
* Identifying opportunities for improving methods, processes and use of toolsets.
* Managing platform cost controls through working with our FinOps practice.
* Collaborating with our Cyber security teams to continually improve our security posture.
* Supporting identification and management of technical debt concerns.
Qualifications & Essential Criteria
* Terraform Associate (HashiCorp) Certification.
* Strong experience and knowledge of automation tools and continuous delivery techniques with the ability to implement these into new environments.
* Awareness of current and emerging technology trends in cloud platforms.
* Experience with AWS security models and enterprise integration patterns.
* Solid experience of networking and network security practices.Ability to improve operational practices and manage third‑party suppliers to a high standard.
* Good stakeholder management skills.
* Prior experience of mentoring juniors and peers.
* As a precondition of employment for this role, you must be eligible and authorised to work in the United Kingdom.
You need to meet the essential criteria as detailed in the job advert or job description. You do not need to share the details of your long‑term health condition or disability for your application to be considered under the Disability Confident scheme.
Equal Opportunities & Disability
We acknowledge and appreciate the exceptional efforts of our people in protecting what matters most to our customers. In exchange we offer a series of core and supporting benefits designed to empower our people to thrive both professionally and personally. We believe in hiring people who possess the appropriate skills and values that align with our vision. Our selection process is fair and equitable, ensuring that all candidates have an equal opportunity to join us. We are dedicated to promoting diversity and inclusion, and we actively encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we take pride in treating our employees and potential hires with respect and without discrimination based on any protected characteristics. AXA UK is recognised as a Disability Confident Leader. We actively encourage applications from people who face barriers in the workplace due to a disability or long‑term health condition. We participate in the Disability Confident 'Offer of Interview' scheme, meaning a fair and proportionate number of candidates with long‑term health conditions or disabilities who meet the essential criteria of a job will be offered an interview.
Benefits
* Competitive annual salary of up to £75,000, dependent on experience.
* Annual company & performance‑based bonus.
* Contributory pension scheme (up to 12% employer contributions).
* Life Assurance (up to 10× annual salary).
* Private medical cover.
* 28 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays.
* Opportunity to buy up to 5 extra days leave or sell up to 5 days leave.
* Wellbeing services & resources.
* AXA employee discounts.
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