Hackajob
is collaborating with
Made Tech
to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.
About the role You will play a key role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our clients’ cloud infrastructure, ensuring it is secure, scalable, and highly available. You will provide dedicated cloud and infrastructure support within your team.
We expect our cloud engineers to have a background in and an understanding of software engineering. You will keep abreast of emerging technologies and be able to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary software delivery environment.
Key responsibilities
Delivery of high quality cloud-based technical solutions for our clients:
Collaborate within cross-functional teams to implement cloud architectures that meet the client’s requirements around scalability, performance, and security
Deploy and manage cloud resources, containers, and related services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Configure and maintain networking, security, and access control in the cloud environment
Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect data and resources in the cloud environment
Develop and maintain automated processes for provisioning, monitoring, and scaling cloud resources, including the use of CI/CD pipelines to streamline application deployments
Monitor cloud infrastructure for performance bottlenecks and proactively optimise resource usage
Implement load balancing, caching, and content delivery solutions to ensure high availability and performance
Design and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures or data loss
Create and maintain runbooks including configuration management and standard operating procedures
Provide high tier support for client applications and infrastructure, including occasional on call cover
Ensure any necessary compliance standards are met and certifications are maintained
Evangelising the adoption of cloud technology and adherence to prescribed best practices:
Evaluate and recommend cloud services, tools, and solutions to meet common client scenarios
Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and share knowledge with the team
Collaborate with other teams within Made Tech to ensure alignment with cloud best practices
Skills, knowledge and expertise
Essential
Prior experience in a cloud engineering role, with a strong foundation in successfully building and deploying services in the cloud
Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP
Hands on experience delivering software and knowledge of modern software engineering best practices
Experience with containerisation and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
Desirable
Experience working in a technology consultancy environment
Experience working within multidisciplinary teams with product, design, and technical disciplines all successfully collaborating
Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Security, Advanced Networking or Azure Developer, Security, DevOps, Network Engineer
Knowledge of cloud vendor partner programs, such as AWS APN and Azure Partners
Experience with well-architected frameworks
Knowledge of UK public sector technology guidance and frameworks, such as NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and the Technology Code of Practice (TCoP)
Familiarity with Python, Bash and Javascript
Agile practices such as Scrum, XP, and/or Kanban
Experience using Test Driven Development (TDD)