Cloud Engineer - Public Cloud Observability (VP)

Citi; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company located in Belfast seeks a Cloud Engineer to enhance its public cloud strategy. In this role, you will contribute to automation, collaborate across teams, and ensure compliance with standards. The ideal candidate has expertise in public cloud services, AWS/GCP Observability tools, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Additional benefits include a competitive salary, hybrid working model, and generous leave.

Benefits

27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

Discretional annual performance-related bonus

Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Pension Plan

Paid Parental Leave

Access to learning and development resources

Qualifications

• A deep understanding of public cloud services adoption at scale.
• Expert-level understanding of AWS/GCP Observability tools.
• Demonstrable experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Responsibilities

• Contribute to a product team focusing on Public Cloud.
• Develop automation initiatives for public cloud services consumption.
• Ensure compliance with relevant standards and policies.

Job description

About the Opportunity

Are you a seasoned technologist with a passion for building cutting-edge enterprise products and a hands-on approach to engineering? Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi technology leveraging game-changing Cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation.

We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging public cloud scale and enabling new infrastructure economics. As the Cloud Engineer – Public Cloud Observability - VP you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our public cloud strategy.

You will be part of a team that continues to deliver big! From building a cloud based High Performance Compute (HPC) platform to run huge risk calculations, to enabling Citi to leverage GenAI at scale, all the way to enabling payments solutions, this team is at the forefront of innovation.

What You’ll Do

Technical Expertise: hands-on technical contribution within a product team that focused on the Public Cloud Foundation , supporting Citi's secure and enterprise-scale adoption of Public Cloud.
Collaborative Development: contribute to a team of cloud engineers and full-stack software developers, building and deploying solutions that advance the public cloud strategy.
Automation: Identify and develop automation initiatives to improve processes related to public cloud services consumption, enhancing client satisfaction and delivering business value.
Cross-Functional Partnership: collaborate with teams across Citi's technology landscape to ensure alignment between public cloud initiatives and broader business goals.
Engineering Excellence: contribute to defining and measuring success criteria for service availability and reliability within the specific product domain.
Compliance Advocacy: ensure adherence to relevant standards, policies, and regulations, prioritizing the protection of Citi's reputation, clients, and assets.

Who You Are

You are a talented cloud engineer with a proven track record of hands-on infrastructure automation development, a deep expertise in public cloud, and a passion for engineering best practices. You have:

Cloud Engineering Expertise: A deep understanding of public cloud services adoption at scale. Expert-level understanding of AWS/GCP Observability across:

• Google Cloud Observability – Cloud Logging, Cloud Monitoring, Cloud Tracing, Cloud Alerting
• AWS Observability tools – CloudWatch, OpenSearch
• Opensource observability tools – Prometheus, Grafana
• Observability Frameworks: OTel, OpAMP

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Hands On Expertise: demonstrable experience with the following:

• Programming Languages: Python and Go.
• CI/CD: Terraform, Harness, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.
• Testing Automation: Terratest, Cucumber, PytestBD, AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS), Chaos Mesh, etc
• Experience deploying and operating infrastructure on at least one major cloud platform (AWS, GCP)

Agile and DevOps Mindset: familiarity with Agile Development, DevOps, and SRE practices.
Adaptability: demonstrated ability to quickly learn new technologies and adapt to changing project requirements
Strategic Thinking: experience evaluating complex requirements and rationalizing them into a consistent service offering.
Excellent communication: the ability to effectively communicate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Exceptional teamwork and collaboration: with a proven ability to effectively contribute within a cross-functional team environment.

We offer:

By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

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