Role- DevOps Engineer (AWS)
Location- Hammersmith, London
Nature- 1/2 days onsite
* Defining and maintaining existing policies and procedures to ensure we align with best practices.
* Ensuring new processes are implemented correctly through training and education.
* Maintain and create infrastructure documentation.
* Ensuring system backups are monitored/maintained and tested on a regular basis.
* Monitor and maintain threat detection applications
* Develop and monitor a hardware security patching process that is completed on a monthly cycle.
* Manage the software and operating system life cycle for all products implemented within the business. Plan and implement updates as required.
* Monitor the current hardware and software estate to ensure products going end of life are scheduled for upgrading in a timely manner.
* Provisioning of infrastructure components within the AWS cloud environment required by the Development team.
* Maintain the asset register for all implemented hardware.
* Management of the change control system for applications.
* Implementation of system monitoring to ensure the environments are healthy.
* Early warning notifications should be activated enabling proactive resolution of potential incidents.
* Regular system log monitoring to comply with application requirements.
* Monitor and act upon Vantage application logs that indicate potential system or security issues.
* Actively manage Vantage users, this includes activation, creation and retirement tasks.
* Maintain application access control for external products (Jira/GitHub)
* Manage the Research data load process in AWS Redshift.
* Distribution of the monthly reports created by the Product Team analysts.
* Manage the annual Vantage penetration test and remediation tasks.
* Disaster recovery implementation in AWS (multiple zones) and regular testing to comply with business policies.
* Ensure the systems used by the business have two factor authentication implemented where possible.
* Implementation and monitoring of a Web Application Firewall to ensure systems are as secure a possible from intruder/actor penetration.
* Maintain access control records for all data held within the business unit.
* Management and onboarding of new services.
* Release management support.
* Degree level education, ideally in Information Technology but not essential.
* Relevant experience in a similar role (2-3 years minimum).
* Experience or interest in the healthcare and/or pharmaceutical sector.
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