DevOps Engineer

Sanderson; West of England; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer to join their dynamic Hybrid Cloud Team. This role offers the chance to shape the strategic roadmap for cloud services while managing both on-premises infrastructure and AWS migration. You'll be at the forefront of implementing innovative solutions and driving best practices in a collaborative environment. If you're a proactive self-starter with a passion for cloud technologies and a commitment to continuous improvement, this is an exceptional opportunity to make a significant impact in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on experience with AWS services focusing on security and scalability.
• Proven ability to support on-premises compute platforms and backup solutions.

Responsibilities

• Manage existing on-premises infrastructure and migrate services to AWS.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for cloud technologies.

Skills

AWS Services

DevOps Principles

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform

VMware

CI/CD

Unix/Linux

Kubernetes

Puppet

Network Configuration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

AWS Certification

Tools

Terraform

Puppet

AWS Management Console

VMware

Job description

Sanderson City Of Bristol, England, United Kingdom

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Base pay range

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Senior Contract Recruitment Consultant - Software Development (Financial Services)

Location: Fully Remote - Bristol HQ

Length: 6 Months

A FTSE 100 FinTech is accelerating its technology transformation with the creation of a dynamic Hybrid Cloud Team.

As a Senior AWS DevOps Engineer, you will be an influential Cloud Ambassador, proactively engaging with diverse teams across the business to champion the powerful services and robust support offered within the AWS portfolio. As a natural self-starter, you will play a crucial role in shaping the strategic roadmap for the team, driving the delivery of cutting-edge cloud services back to the business.

This is an exceptional opportunity to define a new operating model for cloud services. You will initially manage our existing on-premises infrastructure, actively participate in the seamless migration of services to AWS, and ultimately take ownership of the evolving AWS platform, ensuring its security and reliability.

What you'll be doing:

• Work collaboratively within an agile framework to deliver projects efficiently and with meticulous organization, embracing DevOps principles.
• Continuously seek and implement innovative solutions, driving improvements, enhancements, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) through extensive automation, particularly leveraging Terraform.
• Implement and manage comprehensive monitoring and alerting for our AWS and VMware environments, including compute, storage, and backup, participating in the on-call rota to ensure system health.
• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction for our VMware, compute, storage, monitoring, and backup technologies, aligning with overall business objectives.
• Proactively troubleshoot and resolve complex infrastructure issues across both on-premises and AWS environments, including network configurations and Firewall within AWS.
• Design, implement, and operate robust processes to guarantee optimal performance, capacity, and high availability, exceeding stringent business objectives.
• Integrate infrastructure management processes with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices to embed security and automation deeply into our infrastructure lifecycle.
• Contribute to the security posture of our AWS environment, implementing and adhering to AWS Security best practices and policies.
• Engage in occasional out-of-hours work and on-call support for critical updates, incidents, and fixes.
• Ensure thorough and up-to-date documentation is created and maintained post-project delivery to facilitate seamless BAU support.

As a Lead Engineer and subject matter expert, you will be responsible for:

• Creating and owning key components of the technology roadmap and infrastructure architecture strategy for our hybrid cloud environment.
• Serving as the primary technical escalation point for Incident, Major Incident, and Problem Management, providing expert guidance and resolution.
• Managing and optimizing sophisticated monitoring and alerting services, providing actionable insights into system performance.
• Providing technical approval for Change Management procedures, conducting impact analysis, and ensuring governance over team-initiated changes.
• Creating and maintaining comprehensive technical IT documentation, including standards, policies, and processes.
• Guiding and Mentoring junior team members, fostering their growth and technical expertise within the AWS and DevOps domains.
• Driving adoption and best practices for containerization technologies, including Kubernetes, within our AWS environment.
• Championing the use of Unix/Linux operating systems, particularly REL OS, as a foundational element of our infrastructure.
• Implementing and managing configuration management tools such as Puppet to ensure consistency and compliance across our infrastructure.

About you:

• Extensive hands-on experience supporting a wide range of AWS services (VPC, EC2, CloudWatch, EKS, RDS, S3, EBS) with a focus on security and scalability.
• Proven ability supporting on-premises Compute Platforms, including VMware, Enterprise Storage, and Backup Solutions.
• Deep understanding and practical experience managing sophisticated system monitoring technologies.
• Experience working within a strict change control environment.
• Strong knowledge of risk management principles in cloud environments.
• Proactive, solution-focused mindset with a proven ability to develop innovative solutions and resolve complex technical challenges.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence, negotiate, and build relationships at all levels.
• Highly adaptable, able to work independently and collaboratively, managing workloads and deadlines effectively.
• Commitment to continuous learning and promoting a culture of improvement.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Contract

Job function

• Other, Engineering, and Information Technology

Industries

• Financial Services, Software Development, and IT Services and IT Consulting

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