Cloud Engineer(AWS DevOps)

Thrive IT Systems; Metropolitan Borough of Solihull; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking an AWS Cloud Engineer (DevOps) for a permanent position in Solihull, UK. The role requires extensive experience with AWS technologies and DevOps practices. Candidates should possess strong scripting and automation skills, and be comfortable leading teams and managing stakeholder relationships. The position emphasizes a collaborative culture and requires SC clearance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience with a broad range of AWS technologies.
• Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment.
• Hands-on DevOps delivery experience at a leading consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Develop high quality and maintainable code with automation first approach.
• Facilitate workshops and meetings with stakeholders.
• Manage technology change, issues, and escalations.

Skills

AWS

DevOps

Scripting

Automation

Education

AWS or Azure certification

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Jenkins

Grafana

Git

Job description

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Mode: Permanent

Active SC Cleared Required

2-3 Days Work From Office

Job Description:

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop high quality and maintainable code with automation first approach.
• Provide in-depth insight into DevOps issues and strong technical experience.
• Maintain an open-minded attitude and ability to rapidly adapt and learn in line with DevOps culture.
• Facilitate workshops, meetings with a variety of stakeholders, show and tell, and drive outcomes.
• Manage technology change, issues, and escalations (external and internal), taking responsibility by owning them until they are mitigated or resolved.
• Lead by example, acting as a servant-leader, demonstrating the right behaviours, dealing with conflict, and helping establish a team culture that allows for constructive criticism.

Essential Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience with a broad range of AWS technologies (e.g., EC2, ECS, RDS, ELB, EBS, EFS, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, SSM, HSM) to develop and maintain an AWS-based cloud solution, with an emphasis on best practice cloud security.
• Expertise in AWS networking using VPC, NACLs, route53, transit gateways and VIFs.
• Expertise in provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and VMs with tools such as Vagrant.
• Solid experience as a DevOps Engineer in a 24x7 uptime AWS environment, including automation experience with configuration management tools.
• Experience in Jaspersoft reporting tool.
• DBA experience in performance tuning SQL queries and Postgres/Aurora DB config.
• Strong scripting skills (e.g. Shell, Python, PowerShell) and automation skills.
• Experience in configuring Open LDAP
• Thorough knowledge of Jenkins and CI/CD pipeline using Groovy script.
• Experience with Docker containers and Amazon Linux 2023 AMI.
• Experience with system monitoring tools (e.g., Grafana, Alert Manager, Prometheus, and Node exporter).
• Experience in deploying and configuring Postfix SMTP and Dovecot IMAP servers.
• Experience configuring mail clients like Thunderbird and outlook office 365.
• Experience working with implementing COTS products.
• Experience in configuring and maintain Nginx and squid proxy with mTLS.
• Ability to analyse and resolve complex infrastructure resource and application deployment issues.
• Experience with Git, Jira, Confluence, and ServiceNow for incident and change management.
• Experience in automating and codifying the installation of software packages.
• Nessus security scanning and antivirus experience with ClamAV and MS defender.

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience in setting up Proxmox cluster with ubuntu OS.
• Knowledge of Windows System Update Service and DFS Replication.
• Experience with Windows Group Policy Objects and access/permissions control via GPO.
• Firewall and switch configuration and patch management.
• Understanding of network topologies and common network protocols and services (DNS, HTTP(S), SSH, FTP, SMTP).

Qualifications:

• Hands-on DevOps delivery experience working on digital or technology projects at a leading consultancy, agency, or government organization.
• AWS or Azure certification, or willingness to attain the certification.
• Self-starter, comfortable working in both process-driven and ambiguous environments.
• Experience and passion for working within Central Government and other sectors.
• Proven capability of working successfully with senior client stakeholders and end-users, quickly building successful relationships, and establishing credibility.
• Passion for digital and technology, with the drive and determination to continually learn new things and develop yourself and others.
• Strong written, presentation, and verbal communication skills, with a high degree of attention to detail.
• Strong organizational skills, with the ability to work independently in a highly collaborative, team-based environment.
• The right to live and work in the UK, be a British national (ideally not dual nationality) and have lived in the UK to obtain SC clearance.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Associate

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Information Technology

• Industries

  Information Services and Technology, Information and Media

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