Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer

Northrop Grumman Corporation; Cheltenham; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 99,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading defense and technology company in Cheltenham is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design AWS infrastructure and lead a team. You will administer Linux and Windows systems, automate deployments, and collaborate with stakeholders. Ideal candidates have AWS certification and substantial experience in IT systems. This role promotes a diverse and inclusive environment with flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Flexible working schedules

Flexible benefits package

Employee incentive programme

Career development opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in IT Systems Design and Administration.
• Experience in Technical or Team Leadership roles.
• Extensive networking troubleshooting experience.

Responsibilities

• Designing AWS and hybrid-cloud systems.
• Administering systems based on Linux and Windows.
• Automating system deployment using Infrastructure as Code.

Skills

AWS Certified to Associate level

Linux and Windows administration

IPv4 Networking

Automation with Ansible, Bash, PowerShell

Job description

UK CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED FOR THIS POSITION: Yes RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: No relocation assistance available CLEARANCE TYPE: UK-Highest Level of Government Clearance TRAVEL: Yes, 10% of the Time

Your Opportunity to Define Possible. Our Opportunity to Deliver the Nation’s Security. Together

Role clearance type

Must currently hold highest UK government clearance.

Salary: £66,000 - £99,000

About Your Opportunity

As a critical part of the Infrastructure Team, we support our customers in their journey to refactor, replatform and rehost their mission critical systems into AWS.

We deliver mission value by transforming our customers systems, improving reliability, reducing costs and enabling organisational agility by utilising Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps techniques.

Your Benefits

• Flexible working schedules - we offer flexible and hybrid working arrangements. Talk to us at the application stage about any scheduling preferences you may have.
• Flexible Benefits Package – choose which NGUKL benefits you want to satisfy your personal needs. Core Benefits provided for you are Healthcare, Dental, Life Assurance and Pension. Benefits you can flex include Critical Illness Cover, Health Cash Plan, and Health Assessments.
• Employee Incentive Programme – exceptional performance is recognised through our annual incentive programme which is awarded to top performers who excel
• Career Development – opportunity for ongoing professional development and career growth opportunities

Your Responsibilities

• Working with stakeholders to design AWS and hybrid-cloud systems
• Designing and building solutions in AWS
• Administering systems based on Linux and Windows operating systems
• Designing and troubleshooting IP networking systems for AWS and hybrid-cloud systems
• Automating system deployment, operation and maintenance using Infrastructure as Code and Configuration Management tooling

Your Experience

• Proven experience working within IT Systems Design, Deployment and Administration, with recent roles in Technical or Team Leadership positions;
• Amazon Web Services Certified to Associate level with experience of designing, deploying and administering cloud based solutions;
• Extensive experience of administration of Linux and Windows Operating Systems within large corporate environments;
• Extensive experience of designing, deploying and troubleshooting IPv4 Networking, including Subnetting, OSPF Routing, VLANs and VPNs;
• Experience of automating tasks using Ansible, Bash, PowerShell, Puppet or Python;

Your Future Team

“Life as a Cloud Engineer is an exceptionally rewarding role where no two days are truly the same. You can be troubleshooting some Python code in a Lambda function, designing complex solutions, presenting to the customer and building that same solution using Infrastructure as Code and DevOps tooling.

This variety helps the role feel ‘fresh’ and I always finish each day feeling like I’ve learnt something new!”

Kris, Lead Cloud Solutions Engineer, National Security Solutions @ Northrop Grumman UK

Our focused and flexible Infrastructure Team consists of industry leading practitioners in engineering and systems administration across all specialisms and experience, working with multiple customer sets and system classifications, on both public cloud and on premise.

We work collaboratively to deliver innovative solutions to extremely complex problems, providing our team a broad range of experiences from which to develop new skills and learning across the latest Infrastructure as Code and DevSecOps toolsets.

Diversity is at the heart of our success. Our team share experience, knowledge and new thinking gained from a wide range of backgrounds perspective, culture, gender, race, age and many other elements across several industries. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and particularly from communities currently under-represented within our industry. We treat everyone with respect and foster safe and inclusive environments.

About Our Responsibilities

Our customers operate in unique environments which offer new and exciting challenges every day, cultivating a place where you can learn and thrive, working alongside the best minds in industry. We’ll give you space to develop your career, where your ideas can shape the future of our dynamic business.

We promote collaboration to achieve more than we could imagine, together. And within a respectful and inspirational environment, we value what you say and do.

Northrop Grumman is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce, and encourages individuals from all backgrounds and all abilities to apply and consider becoming a part of our diverse and inclusive workforce.