Job Description
DevOps Architect with AWS - Leeds
1. Serve as an AWS specialist, consult and provide technical guidance on AWS design, governance, performance, scalability, security, operations and cost control best practices to ensure we maximize our AWS investment
2. Work with our partners in IT and the business to guide the architecture and high level solutioning of new products and services so that they operate excellently
3. Assess our cloud maturity, review existing AWS cloud implementations, identify gaps and suggest improvements to improve our cloud maturity horizons
4. Work as part of a team on larger solutions, providing technical support as requested, for internal and external Team members to meet delivery timescales
5. Map the state of products today, and their path over the next 3-5 years to support EOL and EOS risk mitigation
6. Support the DevOps teams who run the existing applications to improve our technical maturity levels, as well as the availability, functionality, performance, security and cost of running those applications
7. Guide the depreciation and removal of outdated technologies and practices across the business to minimize risk
8. Guide the adoption of new technologies and practices across the business to maximize our technological advantage
9. Define, refine, automate and improve our processes so that as a company we're more efficient, effective, safe and secure
10. Promote a continuous, automated, and feedback-driven route to Production for product changes
11. Keep up-to-date with current and future technologies, products and strategies
Education:
12. BS/ MS degree in Computer Science or 4-8 years related experience
13. AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro, SysOps Admin, Developer Associate.
Skills
14. Producing technical artefacts and documenting the As-Is and To-Be states
15. Devising the best cost optimization solutions and following best practices for cloud services
16. Defining standards and cross product patterns to improve our consistency across a wide landscape of existing and new products.
17. Security awareness and experience, with a "security by design" mindset
18. Agile development techniques and Project management (SCRUM, KANBAN etc.)
19. Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with individuals (internal and external) at all levels
20. Ability to work effectively within a team and autonomously with minimal supervision
21. The ability to support people through change
22. A strong problem solver and a self-starter with a 'can do' attitude.
23. You have a good technical knowledge of IT architectures, Infrastructure, Cloud deployments, software engineering lifecycles, DevOps tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), microservices, CI/ CD
24. In-depth understanding of cloud networking, infrastructure and security concepts
25. Strong scripting/ automation skills (Bash, Python, Powershell, or similar)
26. Good understanding of managing environments via Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
27. Knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewalls.
28. Understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA and REST)
29. Azure DevOps Pipelines
30. JIRA & Confluence
Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices
31. 3+ years of architecting and delivering public cloud solutions, particularly around AWS
32. 5+ years of production experience within AWS
33. Experience designing, implementing and operating large scale SaaS products
34. Experience implementing and designing cloud native security concepts, DevSecOps, or MLOps.
35. Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/ or serverless technology.
36. Proficient in leveraging CI/ CD tools to automate testing and deployment
An expert who can create tooling and automation which improve developer experiences and speed of delivery.
The salary for this position is circa £70K - £80K plus excellent benefits package
The Client is global operation with offices in Leeds - this position will be hybrid.
Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.