Our client has offices in Dundee & Aberdeen and will consider candidates working from either. They are looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to sit within the Cloud Engineering team and work closely with Technical Support, NetOps, CyberOps, Projects, and Product Managers to provide outstanding support.
Responsibilities
* Technically lead from the front, as an AWS cloud engineer subject matter expert.
* Work with leadership to identify, test, and champion the adoption of emerging technologies.
* Provide technical leadership and guidance through coaching and mentoring and provide specialist support to maintain the stability, functionality, and integrity of AWS platforms.
* Ensure that security, stability, and capacity are embedded in the development and deployment of services.
* Assist with the development of medium-to-long-term strategies for products and services.
* Act on the principle that “what can be automated should be automated.”
* Assist in shaping career paths, recruiting the right talent, and promoting best practice across knowledge share.
* Work with the Head of Cloud Engineering and others to identify skills gaps within technical teams.
* Act as a point of escalation for on-call engineers and participate in the engineering on-call rota as required.
Essential Skills
* AWS Professional certifications (Solutions Architect and/or DevOps Engineer) and knowledge of AWS best practices.
* Expert knowledge of one or more programming languages (e.g., Python) and continuous integration/delivery approaches and tools (e.g., GitHub).
* In-depth knowledge of the design and development of applications on AWS.
* Adept at leveraging automation to improve development processes and optimize software delivery.
* Effective communication skills to gather and interpret requirements and communicate results.
* Comfortable engaging with customers and prospects providing AWS service propositions.
* Ability to breakdown and solve complex technical problems across multiple technology domains.
Desired Skills
* AWS Specialty certifications.
* Containerization (Docker/Docker Compose).
* Monitoring platforms (Zabbix, Datadog).
* ITSM platforms (ServiceNow).
* Experience configuring and deploying multi-tenanted and dedicated private cloud infrastructures.
* Strong experience and knowledge of Windows and Linux operating systems.
* Experience in Disaster Recovery and backup technologies at scale (e.g., Zerto, Veeam, etc.).
* Experience working with Storage Array Networks and associated protocols.
* Expert knowledge of TCP/IP and network troubleshooting.
* Identifying technical risk throughout the project delivery and into service delivery/business as usual activity (BAU).
* Knowledge of project management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, Prince II) and Service Management best practice.
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