IT Engineer

Eupnea LTD; City Of London; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology consulting firm in London seeks an experienced IT Engineer to build and manage cloud solutions. Responsibilities include leading IT design, maintaining cloud platforms, and providing systems support. Candidates should have strong AWS experience and proven skills in IT infrastructure management. This is an exciting opportunity for a proactive individual to play a key role in a growing organization.

Qualifications

• Strong previous experience as IT Engineer or in a similar role.
• Solid understanding of IT processes and procedures.
• Demonstrable proficiency in programming scripting languages.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of IT solutions providing business advantage.
• Own the maintenance and implementation of the cloud platform.
• Act as functional and technical expert for IT systems.

Skills

Experience in IT Engineering

Proficiency with Amazon Web Services

Understanding of cloud technologies

Experience with IT infrastructure

Knowledge of IT security and governance

Proficiency in programming/scripting languages

Communication skills

Tools

AWS Services (EC2, Lambda, S3, etc.)

Windows and Linux environments

Job description

The role will involve building, deploying and monitoring Eupnea’s IT systems and services, developing and evolving the company’s cloud platform, owning its maintenance and being the subject matter expert for providing system administration and support.

You will need to have particular experience in designing, deploying and managing AWS environments. As one of the first employees of the company it will be important to show high level of initiative and responsibility in order to succeed.

The role will be the first appointment in our IT business function and therefore you will need to be able to operate at all levels, have deep understanding of how cloud technologies can support different areas of an organisation and show strong ability to identify and communicate effectively business advantages, including cost efficiencies, from different IT applications and solutions in meetings, through presentations and by building excellent documentation.

Primary Role Responsibilities

• Lead design and delivery of IT solutions that provide business advantage to Eupnea optimising time, cost, and outcome.
• Own development, implementation and maintenance at highest standard of Eupnea’s cloud platform, including supporting technologies.
• Act as the functional and technical expert for Eupnea’s IT systems and services.
• Provide system administration and support for individuals and teams across all parts of the business.
• Build design, implementation plan and documentation for different technologies with input of others when required, including senior management and consultants, with aim technology to play a key and integral part in how Eupnea develops and delivers excellent consulting services and experience to our clients.
• Possess good understanding of vendor cloud technologies ranging from their architectural principles to end-user functionality and benefits.
• Maintain first-class knowledge of industry IT standards, including about IT security and governance and are able to demonstrate and help others adopt best practice.
• Have a keen eye for identifying existing, new or emerging technologies and methodologies where they can represent an opportunity or advantage to the business.

Skills & Experience Required

• Strong previous experience as IT Engineer or in a similar role
• Proficiency with Amazon Web Services, both server-based and serverless services, including EC2, Lightsail, Lambda, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Redshift, VPC etc.
• Great understanding of how different cloud components work together and knowledge of latest advancements in the cloud
• Proven experience of building and administering IT infrastructure
• Solid understanding of multiple IT processes and procedures in Windows or Linux environments
• Demonstrable proficiency in programming scripting languages
• Expert knowledge of IT security and governance, including IAM
• Well-advanced communication skills, both oral and written, and strong ability to present complex technical solutions to non-technical audiences