Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
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We'd love you to be part of our journey.
As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will the lead the design, deployment, and management of a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure. This role is within a team that is focused on managing specific tools and services that have a security focus.
The Senior Cloud Engineer partners closely with Cyber Security and other Cloud Engineering teams to help deploy and manage cloud solutions that help contribute towards maintaining a secure cloud environment.
Everyone is welcome.
We have a culture of creativity. We approach our work passionately, improve constantly and celebrate our wins at every turn. We are an inclusive workplace and our employees are comfortable bringing their authentic, whole selves to work. Everyone is welcome. Be you.
This means we're excited to hear from people with a range of skills, experiences and ideas. We don't expect you to tick all the boxes, but would love to hear what makes you great for this role.
Some of the great things you'll be doing:
• Cloud Security Tool Management: Oversee the deployment, configuration, and ongoing management of cloud-based security tools, such as Privileged Access Management, patching, threat detection and ransomware protection.
• Collaboration and Communication: Collaborate closely with Cybersecurity and Engineering teams to help deploy and configure security tools or services that help meet their or the businesses requirements.
• Compliance and Governance: Conduct regular audits and assessments of cloud security tool findings, relating to the team's area of accountability, to ensure continuous compliance and address any identified gaps or areas for improvement.
• Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Stay current with the latest cloud trends and tools, evaluating new technologies and methods to enhance the organization's cloud security posture. Lead initiatives for continuous improvement of our cloud processes and toolsets, proactively identifying and implementing enhancements to meet evolving business and security needs.
• Mentorship and Knowledge Sharing: Provide mentorship and technical guidance to other cloud engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and knowledge sharing within the team.
• Project Management: Ability to lead cloud projects, manage timelines, and oversee deliverables, ensuring efficient implementation of cloud solutions aligned with business objectives.
What we'd like to see from you:
• Cloud Expertise: In-depth experience with AWS and able to demonstrate experience of strategic thinking in design and administration of cloud infrastructure.
• Security Focus: Good knowledge of cloud security principles
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with IaC tools like Terraform to automate the deployment, management, and scaling of cloud infrastructure.
• Automation Skills: Able to write and understand several scripting/programming languages.
• DevOps and CI/CD: Familiarity with DevOps principles and experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Gitlab. This includes integrating automated testing and security checks into deployment pipelines.
• Monitoring and Logging: Skills in monitoring, logging, and alerting using tools like Prometheus or Dynatrace to ensure cloud resources are performing optimally and to quickly identify and resolve issues.
• Soft Skills: Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across teams to achieve their goals. Good leadership skills and able to set direction for a team of engineers.
Our people bring our purpose to life.
We champion a culture of innovation and challenge. We have over 300 tech experts across our teams all using the latest tools and technologies including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Kafka, Java, Scala, Python, .Net Core, Node.js and MongoDB.
There's something for everyone.
We're a place of opportunity. You'll have the tools and autonomy to drive your own career, supported by a team of amazingly talented people.
And then there's our benefits. For us, it's not just about a competitive salary and hybrid working, we care about what matters to you. From a generous holiday allowance and private healthcare to an electric car scheme and paid development, wellbeing and CSR days, we've pretty much got you covered!
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