Description
We’re building the next UK-headquartered engineering powerhouse.
At Rowden, we design and integrate advanced systems that sense, connect, and protect data in challenging environments where quick decisions are vital. Our solutions use intelligent automation to enhance speed and efficiency and are built to be reliable and straightforward for critical operations in remote or high-pressure settings.
Headquartered in Bristol (UK), we combine modern engineering methods with cutting-edge commercial technology to create adaptable, mission-critical systems. We focus on solving the tough challenges that others overlook, ensuring our customers can operate effectively in an ever-changing world.
We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to join our dynamic team at Rowden Technologies. As a pivotal part of our engineering team, you will play a crucial role in enhancing our infrastructure and deployments to support our innovative modular information systems. This position offers the opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies in a fast-paced and challenging environment.
While this role offers hybrid working options, it requires a minimum of 3 days per week on-site at our Bristol HQ with occasional travel to customer sites.
Salary Ranges
We are interested in junior and mid-level candidates for this role. For transparency and to help candidates make informed decisions, these are the salary ranges for the different levels (DOE):
* Junior level: £35,000 - £50,000
* Mid-Level: £50,000 - £65,000
Key areas of responsibility
As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Rowden, you will be responsible for:
* Design, implementation, and management of cloud-based infrastructure on AWS using Terraform and Python
* Monitoring and ensuring the reliability, availability, and performance of applications.
* Implementing security best practices and maintaining compliance with industry standards
* Collaborating with development teams to integrate DevOps methodologies into the development lifecycle
* Providing technical guidance and support in the adoption of DevOps practices.
Key skills, experience and behaviours
We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and who actively invests in their technical skills and abilities. You’ll gain loads of experience in this role but before you do, you should have:
* Proficient experience in AWS or Azure services and architecture
* Experience in using Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC) management
* Strong programming skills in Python
* Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools
* Understanding of Docker and containerization technologies
* Experience with version control systems, preferably Git
* Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
In addition, any/or all of following are considered highly desirable:
* AWS Landing Zone experience
* Experience implementing IDAM and associated security controls
* AWS Cloud Development Kit (CDK) experience
* Experience with AWS CloudFormation
* Familiarity with additional cloud services and technologies
About you:
The ideal candidate will have a strong balance of technical skills and experience, and should be comfortable:
* Planning complex architectures at both a broad and detailed level
* Explaining those plans to business stakeholders of varying technical levels
* Taking complete ownership of architecture designs in a highly secure environment
* Providing clear documentation and architecture diagrams, plus surrounding governance documents
* Presenting and knowledge sharing skills, using whiteboards and other tools, with the ability to work effectively across internal and external organisations.
Working at Rowden
We are committed to building a flexible, inclusive, and enabling company. Our aim is to create a diverse team of talented people with unique skills, experience, and backgrounds, so please apply and come as you are!
We also recognise the importance of flexible working and support this wherever we can. We typically operate a flexible, hybrid-working model, with an average 3 days in the office each week (dependent on the role). We welcome the opportunity to discuss flexibility, part-time working requirements and/or workplace adjustments with all our applicants.
Rowden is a Disability Confident Committed company, and we actively encourage people with disabilities and health conditions to apply for our roles. Please let us know your requirements early on so that we can make sure you have everything you need up front to help make the recruitment process and experience as easy as possible.
Finally, if you feel that you don’t meet all the criteria included above but have transferable skills and relevant experience, we’d still love to hear from you!
Our Mission:
To create the best possible technology for frontline operators.
We’re upending the conventions of government technology provision and bringing a leaner, more transparent, and lower-friction approach that reduces waste and places outcome over process. We believe every possible measure should be taken to provide frontline operators in today’s dynamic and rapidly changing world with the technology they need to help keep themselves and others safe.
Our Vision:
We offer fast and flexible solutions to the technical challenges of public sector organisations.
We are specialists in software-centric systems, with deep expertise in developing capabilities for constrained networking environments or with challenging cyber security requirements. But the Rowden difference is as much cultural as it is technical: ‘what we do’ and ‘how we do it’ are equally important. We are specifically organised to create and sustain pace, reduce waste and inefficiency, and drive better outcomes. You’ll see and feel that energy and intent all over our business.
What matters to us?
* Our focus is on the end user. We exist to deliver the best possible outcomes for the users of our systems.
* Pace matters. The problems we solve are urgent.
* Our diverse skills and backgrounds make us better. Our team prides itself on being inclusive and multidisciplinary.
* We are radically honest. Saying what we mean, even when it isn’t easy.
* We are pragmatists. We provide realistic, focused solutions that get to the point.
* We improve continuously. We are relentless in our drive to make things better.