Infrastructure Support Engineer - AWS

Qube Research & Technologies Limited; London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an Infrastructure Support Engineer to enhance their AWS cloud infrastructure. In this pivotal role, you will ensure high availability and security while troubleshooting complex issues. Your expertise in AWS services, scripting, and configuration management will be crucial as you collaborate with development teams to optimize performance and cost-effectiveness. This forward-thinking company values innovation and offers a supportive work environment that promotes a healthy work-life balance, making it an exciting opportunity for tech enthusiasts eager to make a significant impact in the cloud space.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with AWS and core services like EC2, S3, VPC.
• Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python and Bash.
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools and containers.

Responsibilities

• Ensure a highly available and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Troubleshoot complex technical issues related to AWS infrastructure.
• Develop automation scripts to improve cloud management efficiency.

Skills

Troubleshooting

AWS (EC2, S3, VPC)

Python

Bash

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

ECS

Kubernetes

Monitoring and performance tuning

Agile methodologies

Windows OS administration

Linux OS administration

Communication skills

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Job description

Infrastructure Support Engineer - AWS

Qube Research & Technologies (QRT) is a global quantitative and systematic investment manager, operating in all liquid asset classes across the world. We are a technology and data driven group implementing a scientific approach to investing. Combining data, research, technology and trading expertise has shaped QRT’s collaborative mindset which enables us to solve the most complex challenges. QRT’s culture of innovation continuously drives our ambition to deliver high quality returns for our investors.

Your future role at QRT :

• Ensuring a highly available, scalable, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Troubleshooting and resolving complex technical issues related to AWS infrastructure.
• Developing automation scripts using Terraform, CloudFormation, and other tools to improve cloud management and efficiency.
• Monitoring and optimizing performance and cost-effectiveness of cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborating with development teams to support deployment and operation of applications on AWS.
• Evaluating and recommending new technologies to improve the reliability, scalability, and security of the company's cloud infrastructure

Your present skillset:

• Troubleshooting should be core to your skill-set and will be extremely useful to have ability to dive into issues without much context and troubleshoot the way to resolution.
• Extensive experience with AWS, including experience with EC2, S3, VPC, and other core services.
• Proficiency with scripting languages (e.g. Python, Bash)
• Hands-on experience with configuration management tools (e.g. Ansible, Terraform).
• Experience with containers and orchestration technologies (e.g. Docker, ECS, Kubernetes)
• Experience with monitoring and performance tuning in cloud environments.
• Familiarity with agile software development methodologies
• Experience debugging with software development tools.
• Experience with working and troubleshooting with Windows and Linux OS administration.
• The ability to duplicate specific software error or AWS configuration to define the cause.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and the ability to interpret and answer complex technical questions, provide and ensure user follow-up and contribute to knowledge base content.
• Maintain patience and composure as you help end users through their issues.

QRT is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome diversity as essential to our success. QRT empowers employees to work openly and respectfully to achieve collective success. In addition to professional achievement, we are offering initiatives and programs to enable employees achieve a healthy work-life balance.