Cloud Operations Engineer

AutoRek; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in financial data management is seeking Cloud Operations Engineers to enhance their cloud infrastructure. The role involves collaboration with various teams to maintain and improve SaaS offerings, providing a challenging environment for technical growth. Ideal candidates have Azure experience and strong communication skills and benefit from an extensive annual leave package and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

26-day annual leave package plus public holidays

Salary exchange pension scheme

Option to buy extra annual leave days

Company Bonus Plan

Employee Nominated On-The Spot Bonus Program

Private healthcare & hospital cash plan

Group Life Insurance

Service Recognition Awards

Opportunities for professional development and growth

Cycle scheme for environmentally friendly commuting

Qualifications

• Minimum 2 years Azure experience required.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills essential.
• Experience in managing conflicting priorities.

Responsibilities

• Hands-on technical involvement in operational and development tasks.
• Establish strong relationships with business units and external cloud providers.
• Allocate time between operational support and development work.

Skills

Azure

Communication

Prioritization

Private cloud

Terraform

Git

Scripting

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

HaloITSM

Job description

We are seeking talented Cloud Operations Engineers to join our Cloud Operations team. This team is responsible for deploying and maintaining the underlying infrastructure that supports our SaaS offering to our customers and internal stakeholders. Working with a team of experienced engineers, you will bring your experience and technical ability to bear on a wide range of issues, working both reactively and proactively to ensure our SaaS platforms are secure, performant, and stable. This role is varied and challenging, and at a time of significant expansion, this vacancy represents an excellent opportunity to join our organisation.

Key Responsibilities

• Hands-on technical involvement in operational and development tasks
• Establish strong working relationships with different business units, external cloud providers, and colleagues within the Infrastructure & Support function
• Utilize key tools such as HaloITSM, Terraform, Azure DevOps, and Git on a daily basis
• Allocate time between operational support for existing customers and development work to enhance automation and tooling for deploying and maintaining customer platforms

The successful candidate must be able to travel regularly to either our Glasgow Office - G1 1RE, or our Edinburgh Office, EH12 5HD.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

Required:

• Minimum experience of 2 years using Azure
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are essential
• Skilled in managing conflicting priorities
• Private cloud

Ticket Management

• ITIL
• Familiarity with service desk tooling

System Administration

• Active Directory
• Windows Server 201x

Automation Tooling

• Terraform

Version Control

• Git

Desirable:

• Database Administration
• System Administration
• Scripting (PowerShell/Bash)

The successful candidate must be able to travel regularly to either our Glasgow Office - G1 1RE, or our Edinburgh Office, EH12 5HD.

Benefits

• 26-day annual leave package, plus public holidays and your birthday off
• Salary exchange pension scheme
• The option to buy extra annual leave days
• Company Bonus Plan
• Employee Nominated On-The Spot Bonus Program ranging from £100 - £5000
• Private healthcare & hospital cash plan covering employees’ partners and dependents
• 3 x Group Life Insurance
• Service Recognition Awards - Extra time off & gifts
• Regular team-building events and monthly updates from our CEO
• Opportunities for professional development and growth
• Access to online learning platforms like Pluralsight & Udemy
• Byond cashback card for local shopping cashback
• Cycle scheme for environmentally friendly commuting

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AutoRek is a financial data management platform serving a range of clients from FinTech startups to major banks and financial institutions. Our platform helps meet growing demands for data management, automation, and compliance in the financial industry.