Hybrid Cloud Engineer

at Cloudscaler

• Job title: Cloud Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Mid level, Senior
• Salary: £45,000 - £70,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Tech skills: AWS, Cloud, Docker, Kubernetes, Packer, Python, Terraform
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Cloud Engineer focused on AWS transformations for UK clients. Collaborating with stakeholders on cloud platforms and security models.

Responsibilities

• Working closely with our customers’ stakeholders
• Advising them through complex cloud transformations
• Working alongside Senior and Principal engineers
• Delivering best-in-class AWS platforms, operating models and security models
• Building, testing, packaging, deploying and operating cloud platforms alongside shared platform tooling within AWS environments
• Automating the build of infrastructure resources within AWS
• Packaging services into AMIs, Docker containers or Serverless deployments
• Creating IaC using Terraform
• Delivering platform improvements and new tools
• Building AWS resources using infrastructure as code using Terraform (or CloudFormation) and Packer
• Delivering within an agile environment
• Kubernetes administration

Requirements

• AWS Cloud Engineers ideally with AWS Landing Zone experience
• Built, tested packaged, deployed and operated AWS platforms
• Understanding of the challenges of managing a multi-tenant platform
• SRE principles can be applied
• Experience building AWS resources using Terraform or other IaC
• Competent in Python for Lambda development
• Understands the Shared Responsibility model
• Key challenges when using AWS and its benefits vs on prem
• Build, deploy and operate containers (ideally Docker)
• Appreciation of AWS/cloud shared security model
• Can create Security Guardrails (SCP, Config, etc.)
• Knowledge of platform engineering concepts
• Understands of the challenges of operating services in a production environment
• Experience with AWS security services
• Deep understanding and experience of building, testing, packaging, releasing, and deploying code and services within a team-based environment
• Kubernetes experience

Benefits

• Discretionary bonus scheme
• 25 days’ annual leave + 5 additional days for training/exams or volunteering
• Travel and accommodation expensed where eligible in line with our expenses policy
• Life Assurance
• Long Term Disability cover
• Employee Assist Programme for employee advice and support (including legal and counselling helpline)
• Health, Mental Health, Wellbeing, Financial and Legal support
• 24/7 GP access
• Public holiday opt-out scheme giving you the option to work on public holidays creating the flexibility to enjoy your time off when it suits you
• Individual training and development plans with online training and exam costs covered
• Recruitment referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to someone we then hire
• Customer referral scheme – referral bonus if you introduce us to a new customer
• Cycle To Work Scheme
• Dog friendly offices