Infrastructure CloudOps Engineer
Posted 2 days ago by Thrive IT Systems
Negotiable
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Basildon, England, United Kingdom
Summary: As an Infrastructure CloudOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in building, managing, and optimizing cloud infrastructure solutions with a focus on automation and operational excellence. You will lead technical initiatives and drive continuous improvement to enhance financial services experiences for clients. Your expertise will be vital in ensuring high availability, performance, and security compliance of cloud infrastructure. This position requires a minimum of 5 years of experience in infrastructure Cloud Operations and technical team leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
- Oversee and manage the deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and scaling of cloud infrastructure ensuring high availability and performance.
- Develop and implement automation strategies for cloud infrastructure using tools like Terraform, Ansible, and others to streamline operations and reduce manual efforts.
- Lead a technical team of CloudOps engineers providing direction, support, and mentorship to ensure team success and growth.
- Respond to and troubleshoot operational issues providing swift resolutions to minimize downtime and service interruptions.
- Continuously monitor cloud infrastructure performance and implement enhancements to optimize system resources and improve user experiences.
- Ensure cloud infrastructure adheres to industry security standards and compliance regulations implementing best practices for data security and protection.
- Work closely with development, QA, and product teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of new services and enhancements.
- Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation of cloud infrastructure processes and procedures for internal use and audit purposes.
Key Skills:
- In-depth knowledge and experience with AWS cloud platform.
- Proficiency in automation and scripting tools such as Terraform, Python, and Bash; desirable Ansible.
- Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack.
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD.
- Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong leadership and team management abilities.
- Effective communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
- Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Azure Certified Solutions Architect, or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect are a plus.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Basildon
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
As an Infrastructure CloudOps Engineer you will be a key part of our team that builds manages and optimises cloud infrastructure solutions with a strong emphasis on automated processes and operational excellence you will lead technical initiatives and drive the continuous improvement of our cloud infrastructure Your expertise will help us to deliver innovative financial services experiences to our clients.
About the Role
Experience Minimum 5 years in infrastructure Cloud Operations with experience as a technical team lead.
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee and manage the deployment monitoring maintenance and scaling of cloud infrastructure ensuring high availability and performance.
- Automation Scripting: Develop and implement automation strategies for cloud infrastructure using tools like Terraform Ansible and others to streamline operations and reduce manual efforts.
- Team Leadership: Work with others to Lead a technical team of CloudOps engineers providing direction support and mentorship to ensure team success and growth.
- Incident Management: Respond to and troubleshoot operational issues providing swift resolutions to minimize downtime and service interruptions.
- Performance Optimization: Continuously monitor cloud infrastructure performance and implement enhancements to optimize system resources and improve user experiences.
- Security Compliance: Ensure cloud infrastructure adheres to industry security standards and compliance regulations implementing best practices for data security and protection.
- Collaboration: Work closely with development QA and product teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of new services and enhancements.
- Documentation: Maintain accurate and uptodate documentation of cloud infrastructure processes and procedures for internal use and audit purposes.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology or a related field.
Experience: Minimum of 5 years of experience in Cloud Operations and Infrastructure. Proven experience as a technical team lead with the ability to manage and mentor a team of engineers.
Required Skills
Technical Skills: Indepth knowledge and experience with AWS cloud platform. Proficiency in automation and scripting tools such as Terraform Python and Bash a must desirable Ansible. Strong understanding of containerization and orchestration tools Docker Kubernetes. Experience with monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus Grafana and ELK stack. Familiarity with CICD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins GitLab CICD.
Soft Skills: Excellent problemsolving and troubleshooting skills. Strong leadership and team management abilities. Effective communication skills with the ability to convey technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders. Selfmotivated and able to work independently as well as in a team environment.
Certifications: Cloud certifications such as AWS Certified Solutions Architect Azure Certified Solutions Architect or Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect are a plus.
Skills Mandatory Skills : AWS Well Architected Tools,AWS Cloud Architecture,Cloud Solution Architecture,Cloud Architecture,Enterprise Cloud Architecture