Cloud Engineer

慨正橡扯; Gloucester; Hybrid; GBP 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

慨正橡扯 is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer in Gloucester, offering a range of hybrid working arrangements. You will design and build cloud-native architectures, manage infrastructure, and ensure security best practices using AWS services.

The ideal candidate is experienced in Infrastructure as Code and configuration management tools, with a keen interest in the latest cloud technologies. Join our innovative team to contribute to cutting-edge solutions.

Qualifications

• Skilled in a range of AWS services and eager to stay updated.
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code tools.
• Used configuration management tools effectively.
• Understanding of software defined networking.
• Experience in container orchestration systems.
• Proficient in scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Design and build cloud-native architectures.
• Use Terraform or CDK to deploy resources.
• Manage infrastructure creation and design.
• Liaise with key stakeholders.
• Create implementation patterns for projects.
• Control software configuration for projects.
• Ensure security best practices.

Skills

AWS services

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloudformation, CDK)

Configuration management tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible)

Networking concepts and software defined networking

Container orchestration (Kubernetes, ECS, Openshift)

Scripting in Python, Bash, or Go

Education

AWS certifications (desired)

Job description

Job Title: Cloud Engineer

Location: Gloucester - We offer a range of hybrid and flexible working arrangements - please speak to your recruiter about the options for this particular role.

What You’ll Be Doing

We are looking for experienced Cloud Engineers to join our team following continuous growth and success. Our people are what differentiates us, they are resourceful, innovative and dedicated. We have a mix of generalists and specialists and recognise that this diversity contributes to our success. We recognise the benefits of forming teams from a mix of disciplines, which allows us to come up with cutting-edge, high-quality solutions.

What background we are looking for:

• You must be skilled in a range of AWS services, and show a keenness to keep up to date with the latest releases
• Experience using Infrastructure as Code, for example, Terraform, Cloudformation or CDK
• Have used configuration management tools e.g. puppet, chef, ansible etc
• Understanding of networking and how that translates to software defined networking in the cloud
• Experience in container orchestration systems, for example Kubernetes, ECS or Openshift
• Proficiency in scripting in at least 1 language e.g. Python, Bash, Go
• AWS certifications desired although not essential, we can provide opportunity for you to go through training courses and get certified in AWS.

What you could be doing for us:

• Designing and building cloud-native architectures
• Using Terraform or CDK to deploy resources
• Infrastructure creation and management and design
• Liaising with key stakeholders, internal and external
• Create exemplar implementation patterns to projects (i.e. provide a standard Puppet script that will create a single AWS server with some CM)
• Managing and controlling the software configuration for projects including the source repository
• Leveraging many AWS security features and ensuring security best practices with developers
• For Senior Engineers there will be an opportunity for you to lead teams or individuals