Job Description
Senior Cloud Engineer, 3 days a week in office 2 work from home .
Location: Bristol (Hybrid)
Our client a Global FinTech with offices around the world inc Bristol and London in the UK, USA, Europe and India though this role is based in Bristol, at the junction of the M4/M5 at Aztec West, are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer but expectation is 3 days a week in office rest from home as this is a hybrid role .
Please note this is a Cloud Engineer role rather than a DevOps focused position so experience building & supporting Cloud Infrastructure and AWS expertise along with Terraform experience in particular are key attractions in your application to mention on the CV and the summary ……
They are a Global Fintech leader who are looking to invest in its Cloud Engineering teams, that will further enable a rapidly growing Cloud hosted client base. To continue to service and support the world's top investment banks and asset managers, we are constantly innovating to cement our industry leading position for the next decade.
You will be working alongside a global team of engineering and operations professionals, who are based in the UK, US, and India.
The position requires little to no travel, offers excellent growth potential, and is a great opportunity to further develop Cloud engineering knowledge. Applicants should have an excellent technical background, a good work ethic, and strong communication skills. The role will involve participation in new initiatives across the product suite, enhancing their Cloud provision strategy.
As the company is successfully growing its Managed Services and Solution Delivery business with changes to both on premise and cloud architectures, you will be someone who embraces this challenge and the ability to support and develop each.
Job Responsibilities
The purpose of the role will be to create, manage and improve our OnDemand solutions in the cloud.
Key Skills
• In-depth knowledge of cloud technologies with commercial experience of managing enterprise infrastructure environments
• Technical experience in infrastructure design including private and public cloud, networking, virtualization, identity, security, and storage
• Configuration of firewalls, load balancers and other network equipment
• Experience with deploying and managing infrastructure for databases such as Oracle
• Provide demonstrable experience of your ability to work independently, working on your own initiative as a self-starter
Desirable Skills
• Understanding of how to build resilient multi-site architectures
• Experience and knowledge of cloud security and relevant ISO and PCI compliance requirements
• Knowledge of Azure and other cloud providers
• Experience of Windows and Linux operating systems
• Experience of using Terraform to build, change and version infrastructure.
• Experience of container technologies, for example Docker, Kubernetes, Azure AKS and AWS EKS
• Working knowledge of AGILE development, using methodologies such as Scrum, Kanban or Extreme Programming
• Configuration of firewalls, load balancers and other network equipment
Key duties and accountabilities of the role will include:
• Building and supporting cloud infrastructure in production environments
• Evolving our best practices for deploying our solutions into AWS
• Provide AWS expertise and consultancy to the rest of the business
• Automating software integration and deployment in cloud platforms
• Assisting with the containerisation of our existing product suite and its deployment
• Managing and resolving client issues relating to hosted infrastructure.
Qualifications
The following certifications would be an advantage:
• AWS Certified Solution Architect
• AWS Certified Cloud practitioner
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure
• MCSA Cloud Platform Solutions Associate
• MCSA Linux on Azure Solutions Associate
Experience
AWS Cloud infrastructure as part of responsibilities
Benefits
25 days annual leave rising to 28 with length of service
Supportive holiday package - Includes 25 days annual leave rising to 28 (with length of service) Plus ability to carry over up to 10 days into the next holiday year
• Company pension scheme matching up to 5% of salary - Additionally, you can choose to make your contributions via Salary Sacrifice
• Group Life Assurance - Up to 9 times your annual basic salary
• Group Income Protection - Up to 75% of salary
• Private Medical Insurance - Which can include family cover
• Free onsite parking
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