Principal Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Who were looking for We are looking for a seasoned and highly technical Principal Cloud Engineer to come and join our Enterprise Cloud Core Platform engineering team and be part of the multi-year cloud transformation program that we have embarked upon.We require someone who has in-depth experience of engineering and integrating cloud platforms and services, someone who has worked with development and business agile teams on successful, medium-large scale, cloud migrations and who has a deep understandingof cloud best practices, industry trends, modern technologies and new ways of working. About Schroders Were a global investment manager. We help institutions, intermediaries and individuals around the world invest money to meet their goals, fulfil their ambitions,and prepare for the future. We have around 5,000 people on six continents. And weve been around for over 200 years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesnt change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper. Thebase We moved into our new HQ in the City of London in 2018. Were close to our clients, in the heart of the UKs financial centre. We offer flexible working appropriate for a client solution focussed role and facilities that include an onsite gym (a goodone at that!), doctors, dentist, restaurant, coffee shop and garden balconies. The team You will be part of the Enterprise Cloud team that is comprised of two functions, the Cloud Centre of Excellence covering Azure and AWS Platform SRE, Core Platform SRE,Classic Hosting SRE, Cloud Enablement, Cloud Architecture and Strategy as well as the Cloud Business Office who cover Cloud Programme Management, Training & Knowledge Management, FinOps, MI Reporting and Governance. You will be part of the AWS Platform SREteam responsible for building our best in class AWS platform, fully integrated into the broader Schroders technology ecosystem providing a great user experience to the Schroders development and business community who consume cloud services. You will join ahighly technical team who are solely focused on building leading-edge cloud services platforms who are integral to a successful cloud adoption and migration programme over the next 3 years. What youll doEngineer a best in class foundational Cloud platformon AWSEnable our advanced Quant and Data Science users cloud migration by maintaining and enhancing self-service PaaS platforms and data services hosted on AWS.Engineer and integrate cloud solutions & services to industry best practice with scalability,fault tolerance, highly resilient, highly secure, observability, and simplicity in mindDevise innovative ideas for solving hard technical problems involving distributed systems, scale and security and translate these ideas into designs and implementation Work with peers to refine the cloud strategy, cloud adoption plan & cloud migration planWork closely with development teams to help them through the cloud journey, evaluate and identify new cloud service requirements, and engineer and implement globally Identify, triage, and constantly automate and evolve the platform by pushing for change that improves reliability, operability and developer experienceEvery week solve exciting new challenges with an amazing team and technology stackEmploy exceptionalproblem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivityEngineer solutions that are fully automated using infrastructure-as-code and integrated in the CI/CD toolchain The knowledge, experience and qualificationsyou needExperienced in designing, engineering, and implementing cloud solutions on AWSExperience of cloud transformation and change programs across technology organizationsStrong experience across the infrastructure stack with Virtualisation, Kubernetes,Windows, Linux, environments as well as Storage, Database and Networking.Experience with modern DevOps tooling (e.g., GIT, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure ARM, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes)Some exposure to full-stack solutions, includingnode.js, TypeScript and React based front-ends and APIs.Deep understanding of PaaS, Infra-as-Code, Compliance-as-Code, and when/how to use & enableExperience with modern engineering and agile practices as well as shift left CI/CDPassionate about buildingand delivering services via APIsExperienced with scripting and/or ideally one language, (e.g., Python, .NET, PowerShell, Nodejs, Ruby, Java)Proven ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, data scientists,and subject matter expertsDeep understanding of broader cloud ecosystem including Cloud Computing Technologies, business drivers and leading-edge cloud emerging technologies and trends.Solid interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to self-manageThe knowledge, experience and qualifications that will helpUniversity degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related disciplineAWS cloud certificationsUnderstanding Cloud Service capabilities and relative strengths (AWS, Azure, GCP,Ali)Experience of Power BI, Azure Power Platform What youll be likeA passionate technologistAn engineer who has the hunger and desire to learn new technologiesAn advocate of cloud, cloud adoption and cloud transformationSomeone who embracescollaboration and change Were looking for the best, whoever they are Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. Youre welcome here whatever your socio-economic background, race, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious belief, age or disability.