Cloud Infrastructure Analyst

Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial services company in London is seeking a talented professional for a DevOps/SRE role to develop utilities and automate AWS infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have experience in a cloud environment, proficiency in Python or Golang, and a background in implementing CI/CD. Responsibilities include monitoring and perfecting existing processes, enhancing efficiency, and participating in an on-call rotation. The company promotes innovation, teamwork, and cutting-edge technology.

Qualifications

• Experience in a DevOps, preferably DevSecOps, or SRE role in an AWS cloud environment.
• Proficiency in Python or Golang.
• Track record of implementing CI/CD for projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop utilities to automate system management tools.
• Build and maintain Terraform scripts for AWS resources.
• Proactively monitor system functionality and performance.
• Review design documents for operational readiness.
• Research cloud technologies and industry trends.

Skills

AWS cloud environment

Python

Golang

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Job Description

Job Purpose

Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. (ICE) presents a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology and business challenges in the financial services sector. ICE team members work across departments and traditional boundaries to innovate and respond to industry demand. A successful candidate will be able to multitask in a dynamic team-based environment demonstrating strong problem-solving and decision-making abilities and the highest degree of professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Develop utilities or furthering existing application and system management tools and processes that reduce manual efforts and increase overall efficiency
• Build and maintain Terraform and scripts to automate and deploy AWS resources and configuration changes
• Proactively monitor system functionality, performance, and configuration issues.
• Experience reviewing and refining design and architecture documents presented by teams for operational readiness, fault tolerance and scalability
• Monitor and research cloud technologies and stay current with trends in the industry
• Participate in an on-call rotation and identify opportunities for reducing toil and avoiding technical debt to reduce support and operations load.

Knowledge and Experience

• Experience in an DevOps, preferably DevSecOps, or SRE role in an AWS cloud environment.
• Experience with configuring, managing, solutioning, and architecting with AWS or any other cloud platform (Lambda, EC2, ECS, ELB, EventBridge, Kinesis, Route 53, SNS, SQS, CloudTrail, API Gateway, CloudFront, VPC, TransitGW, IAM, Security Hub, Service Mesh)
• Python, or Golang proficiency.
• Proven background of implementing continuous integration, and delivery for projects.
• A track record of introducing automation to solve administrative and other business as usual tasks.

Preferred Knowledge and Experience

The applicant will receive extra consideration if they have some of the following skills and experience:

• Proficiency in Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible
• A history of delivering services developed in an API-first approach.
• Coming from a system administration, network, or security background.
• Prior experience working with environments of significant scale (thousands of servers)