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Lead Cloud Engineer

hackajobManchester, England, United Kingdom

12 days ago

Job type

Full-time

Job description

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hackajob is collaborating with Made Tech to connect them with exceptional tech professionals for this role.

About The Role

You will play a critical role in designing, implementing, and maintaining our clients’ cloud infrastructure, ensuring it is secure, scalable, and highly available. You will provide dedicated cloud and infrastructure expertise within your team and advise on best practice.

We expect our cloud engineers to have a background in and thorough understanding of software engineering. You will keep abreast of emerging technologies and be able to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary software delivery environment.

You will be expected to maintain a broad technical knowledge across all major cloud platforms and build credibility by pursuing relevant certifications.

Key responsibilities

Delivery of high quality cloud-based technical solutions for our clients :

Act in a leadership capacity in cross-functional teams, particularly those where cloud engineering functionality forms an integral part of the team’s output
Act as a final decision maker on difficult technical issues, working in consultation with team members, and the client
Collaborate within cross-functional teams to design cloud architectures that meet the client’s requirements around scalability, performance, and security
Deploy and manage cloud resources, containers, and related services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
Configure and maintain networking, security, and access control in the cloud environment
Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect data and resources in the cloud environment
Develop and maintain automated processes for provisioning, monitoring, and scaling cloud resources, including the use of CI / CD pipelines to streamline application deployments
Monitor cloud infrastructure for performance bottlenecks and proactively optimise resource usage
Implement load balancing, caching, and content delivery solutions to ensure high availability and performance
Design and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures or data loss
Provide high tier support for client applications and infrastructure, including occasional on call cover
Ensure any necessary compliance standards are met and certifications are maintained

Evangelising the adoption of cloud technology and adherence to prescribed best practices :

Act as a trusted specialist within Made Tech, consulting with clients and working to enhance the profile and reputation of the company

Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and share knowledge with the team

Collaborate with other teams within Made Tech to ensure alignment with cloud best practices

Line manage and mentor more junior colleagues to support their development, pursuit of career goals and management of their overall performance

Act as a key member of our Cloud Practice, working as a thought leader and driving growth of our internal community

Skills, knowledge and expertise

Essential

Significant prior experience in a cloud engineering leadership role, with a strong foundation in successfully building and deploying services in the cloud

A deep knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP

Hands on experience delivering software using multiple programming languages, and a thorough understanding of modern software engineering best practices

Deep experience with containerisation and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)

Experience architecting cloud infrastructure, and taking it through to deployment and support

Experience working within multidisciplinary teams with product, design, and technical disciplines all successfully collaborating

An understanding of DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering, and their places within a modern digital organisation

Desirable

Experience working in a technology consultancy environment

Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Security, Advanced Networking or Azure Developer, Security, DevOps, Network Engineer

Knowledge of cloud vendor partner programs, such as AWS APN and Azure Partners

Experience with well-architected frameworks

Knowledge of UK public sector technology guidance and frameworks, such as NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and the Technology Code of Practice (TCoP)

Familiarity with Python, Bash and JavaScript

Agile practices such as Scrum, XP, and / or Kanban

Experience using Test Driven Development (TDD)

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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