AWS Cloud Engineer

Avance Consulting; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled Cloud Specialist to join our dynamic team in the Financial Services industry. The ideal candidate will possess extensive knowledge and experience in cloud computing technologies, with a particular focus on implementing and optimizing cloud solutions that meet the specific needs of our financial services operations. As a Cloud Specialist, you will be responsible for designing, managing, and securing cloud-based infrastructures that enhance our operational efficiency and support our strategic objectives.

Responsibilities:

1. AWS Cloud Engineer with experience in Cloud Formation, AWS, Lambda, AWS ALB Multi-region ECS Containers Tools: CHEF Linux.
2. Producing high-quality, performant, and well-documented code adhering to secure coding principles.
3. Understand CloudFormation templates (Infrastructure as Code / IaC).
4. Have an understanding of all relevant AWS services we currently use or may leverage in the future.
5. Work closely with Product Owners to understand business and customer problems and how our applications can help solve them.
6. Provide input on technical designs, learning to recognize potential performance and security issues early in their lifecycle.
7. Manage work using both Scrum and Kanban Agile methodologies, supporting continuous improvements in team productivity whilst sensibly managing risks and issues.

Your Profile:

1. You will be an excellent developer with 9+ years of experience.
2. Go is our primary language and while in-depth experience isn't essential, familiarity with other languages like Java is desirable.
3. You have application architecture skills, understanding the benefits of using key AWS services and how they can be integrated.
4. You will have strong engineering practices (like XP TDD), CI & CD, and pair programming.
5. You will have a strong understanding of Design & Enterprise Cloud Native patterns.
6. You have experience in designing and developing RESTful APIs.
7. Your superior coding skills will lead you to naturally create code that is not only easy to maintain and enhance but will be well-structured and documented.
8. You have a relevant AWS certification specific to the role (e.g., Cloud Practitioner, Developer, or Architect).
9. You have the ability to drive the end-to-end software development lifecycle and have delivered successful enterprise-class products to market.