Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer | Manchester, UK | Hybrid

AJ Bell; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer to enhance their dynamic Infrastructure team. This role involves managing and maintaining AWS-hosted infrastructure, ensuring a resilient and secure platform. The ideal candidate will possess extensive AWS expertise, particularly within the financial services sector, and will be responsible for continuous improvement initiatives. Join a collaborative environment that values teamwork and offers numerous perks, including generous holiday entitlement, professional development opportunities, and a hybrid working model. This is a fantastic chance to contribute to a rapidly growing company while advancing your career.

Benefits

26 days holiday entitlement

Pension scheme with matched contributions

Discretionary bonus scheme

Health Cash Plan

Free gym membership

Employee Assistance Programme

Personal development programmes

Ongoing technical training

Casual dress code

Charitable giving opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on expertise in AWS, ideally in financial services.
• Ability to challenge and present effective solutions.
• Self-starter with a high focus on delivery.

Responsibilities

• Design, manage & maintain AWS infrastructure for various environments.
• Support technology projects and deliver maintenance plans.
• Provide internal guidance on AWS best practices.

Skills

AWS

Problem Management

Continuous Improvement

Attention to Detail

Education

AWS Solution Architect Associate

Tools

Docker

CodeBuild

CodePipeline

MySQL

MongoDB

Redis

Job description

Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer

AJ Bell Manchester, United Kingdom Apply now Posted 1 day ago Hybrid Job Permanent Competitive

Due to growth within the team, an opportunity has arisen for an AWS Infrastructure Engineer to join the Infrastructure team. Reporting to the Infrastructure Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping to deliver continuous improvement in the Infrastructure function.

Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the design, management & maintenance of our AWS hosted infrastructure covering our dev, UAT and production environments.
• Provide a resilient, scalable and secure platform.
• Support technology projects & sprints.
• Deliver to the maintenance plan.
• 3rd line incident and service request resolution.
• Problem management and root cause analysis.
• Provide internal guidance and support to colleagues regarding AWS best practice.

What we're looking for from you:

• Extensive hands-on expertise in AWS, ideally gained within the financial services sector.
• A certified AWS Solution Architect Associate (or equivalent/higher level comparable certification)
• Ability to be credible and professional.
• Able to challenge appropriately and present effective solutions.
• A self-starter who can work on own initiative.
• Attention to detail.
• A high focus on delivery and continuous improvement.

Desirable skills and experience you can also bring:

• Containerisation (Docker and AWS ECS or similar)
• Linux and Windows, with emphasis on scripting and automation.
• Automation tools, focusing on deployments through CodeBuild and CodePipeline.
• AWS-based capacity and performance logging and monitoring solutions.
• Building custom dashboards and tools to support the platform.
• Experience in architecting and building solutions to support highly available and scalable web sites, mobile apps and public APIs.
• MySQL / Aurora, MongoDB, Redis and other database / NoSQL technologies.

About us:

AJ Bell is one of the fastest-growing investment platform businesses in the UK offering an award-winning range of solutions that caters for everyone, from professional financial advisers to DIY investors with little to no experience. We have over 593,000 customers using our award-winning platform propositions to manage assets totalling more than £90.4 billion. Our customers trust us with their investments, and by continuously striving to make investing easier, we aim to help even more people take control of their financial futures.

Having listed on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange in December 2018, AJ Bell is now a FTSE 250 company.

Headquartered in Manchester with offices in central London and Bristol, we now have over 1,500 employees and have been named one of the UK's 'Best 100 Companies to Work For' for six consecutive years and in 2024 named a Great Place to Work.

At AJ Bell you can expect a friendly working environment with a strong sense of teamwork, we have a great sense of pride in what we do, and this is reflected in our guiding principles.

Our perks and benefits:

• Starting holiday entitlement of 26 days, increasing up to 31 days with length of service
• Holiday buy and sell scheme
• A choice of pension schemes with matched contributions up to 7%
• Discretionary bonus scheme
• Annual free share awards scheme
• Buy As You Earn (BAYE) Scheme
• Health Cash Plan - provided by Medicash
• Discounted private healthcare scheme and dental plan
• Free gym membership
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Bike loan scheme
• Sick pay+ pledge
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and shared parental leave
• Loans for travel season tickets
• Death in service scheme
• Dedicated time for proof-of-concepts and assessing new tech
• Support to attend conferences, events, and meet-ups
• Paid time off for volunteer work
• Charitable giving opportunities through salary sacrifice
• Calendar of social events, including monthly payday drinks, annual Christmas party, summer party and much more
• Personal development programmes built around you and your career goals, including access to personal skills workshops
• Ongoing technical training
• Professional qualification support
• Talent management programmes
• Peer recognition scheme, with rewards including restaurant and shopping vouchers or time off
• Monthly leadership breakfasts and lunches
• Casual dress code
• Access to a range of benefits from our sponsorship deals

Hybrid working:

At AJ Bell, our people are the heart of our culture. We believe in building strong connections by working together. That's why we offer a hybrid working model, where you'll spend a minimum of 50% of your working time per month in the office. For new team members, an initial period will be full-time in the office to help you immerse yourself in our business and build valuable relationships with your colleagues.

AJ Bell is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and all employees are empowered to bring their whole self to work.

We do not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy, religion, physical and mental disability, marital status and any other characteristics protected by the Equality Act 2010. All decisions to hire are based on qualifications, merit and business need.

If you like the sound of the above, or just want to know more about the company and the role, we'd love to speak to you.

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