Senior Cloud Engineer

Job Description

About The Role Were looking for an experienced and highly motivated person to join the Technical Solutions Cloud team which is responsible for the design, build and implementation of technical solutions using Cloud technologies to meet business requirements and aligned to architectural strategy. Youll have a strong background in implementing new infrastructure within medium-large enterprises. And also enjoy developing code and have made the leap to bring these two aspects together to automate the delivery of new infrastructure solutions, making it easy to deploy. Youll be experienced in developing infrastructure-as-code, utilising pipelines and tools such as Github, Terraform, Packer, Jenkins, Ansible or similar. Demonstrable experience in Scripting and Programing Languages such as - Powershell, Python and Shell is also key. CBS has Smarter Working Guidelines and Flexible working policies in place that allow for staff to adapt working hours and locations to help them achieve a strong work/life balance. This means were open to a conversation around how this role could work for you. About You Essential Skills: • Solid experience of core Amazon infrastructure including EC2, S3, ELBs, Auto scaling, Lambda, RDS, VPCs, Security Groups, IAM, Cloud Formation or equivalent Azure • Solid understanding of Amazon availability zones, regions and HA strategies or Azure equivalent • In-depth understanding of cloud based architectures, specifically AWS or Azure. • Previous experience as a NetworkLinuxWindows system administrator building & supporting enterprise computing platforms and systems (or equivalent) • Previous experience of supporting virtualization technologies (or equivalent) • Strong scripting/automation skills • In-depth understanding of cloud networking security concepts, such as IP subnets, security groups, NACLs, routing, firewalls. Knowledge: • Systems management procedures in a large commercial, mission-critical environment. • Capacity planning, performance tuning, proactive monitoring. • Change control, delivery pipelines, release procedures and tools. • ITIL based service management framework Desirable Skills: • Working knowledge of physical to virtual migrations into AWS or Azure. • Monitoring and Dashboard creation within the AWS / Azure. • Familiarity with the concept of infrastructure/software development paths such as AGILE and LEAN • Certified in AWS/Azure to Associate Level • AWS & Security Architecture • AWS AMI Creation • Monitoring tools such as Solarwinds and AppDynamics • Knowledge of Enterprise level database solutions, such as Oracle and MS-SQL Internally this role is known as Senior Technical Specialist About The Company IT at the Coventry is changing; we are currently undertaking an exciting transformation project that will shape the future of the organisation. As we progress on our journey we are seeking talented individuals who are passionate about delivering an outstanding experience for both members and colleagues in an environment where you will have the opportunity to be part of the future success of the organisation and work in an environment where personal and professional development is taken seriously.