Lead AWS DevOps Engineer

We are looking for a Lead DevOps Engineer which will have a key role is within the FX Team which sits within the Application Services Division having responsibilities to facilitate adoption of standard DevOps toolsets as well as standard architecture patterns for onboarding applications into Cloud The role will have involvement throughout project lifecycle – from gathering Requirements to Production deployment, and interaction with a wide variety of teams to generate and refine developer-focused resources including cloud architectures patterns, templates for CI/CD pipelines, application builds, automated testing, code scanning to production deployments. There will also be involvement in proof-of-concept implementations, pilots and definition of Principles, Policies and Standards providing a framework, functions(scripts), and templates to ensure consistent and efficient delivery automation of SDLC and infrastructure lifecycle activities, reducing human intervention, avoiding redundancy, and enabling the teams to realise the full benefit of standard tools and processes. We strive for our engineers to work within small, agile, self-managed teams that emphasise best practice and believe quality is everyone’s responsibility. Candidates must bring an enthusiastic “you build it you run it” mindset whilst making sure they share their knowledge while removing constraints. This position will be Hybrid working, requiring 3 days in Office based in Central London. This is also a 6 month rolling contract position that has the possibility of transitioning to Permanent after 12 Months.

Skills Needed ; Architecting and building cloud native solutions via Infrastructure as Code (IAC) defining patterns and practices Strong AWS Experience, including its Core Services and Security Controls DevOps Automation across various Technologies such as those detailed in the Tech Profile, including Secrets Mgmt, Code/Binary Scans and other SDLC tools such as Maven / Ansible. Experience working at scale in large enterprise organisations implementing niche, end-to-end advanced technology solutions. Knowledge of building CI/CD pipelines orchestrating the promotion of code using open source or COTS products Defining, architecting and implementing cloud native operational requirements Defining standards on observability and implementing cloud alerting solutions Cloud Technology across cloud service providers: Azure, AWS & GCP Has an open and collaborative mindset and is able to communicate with Senior Members of Dev, Infra and architecture teams as needed