Principal Cloud Engineer

Job Description

Who were looking for We are looking for a seasoned and highly technical cloud engineer to come and join our Enterprise Cloud team and be part of the multi-year cloud transformation program that we have embarked upon. We require someone who has in-depthexperience of engineering and integrating cloud platforms and services, someone who has development expertise who has a deep understanding of cloud best practices, industry trends, modern technologies and new ways of working. About Schroders Were a globalinvestment 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 200years but keep adapting as society and technology changes. What doesnt change is our commitment to helping our clients, and society, prosper. The base You will be part of the Global Technology team and will be based in London. The team You will be part ofthe Enterprise Cloud team that is comprised of two functions, the Cloud Centre of Excellence covering Azure and AWS Platform SRE, cloud platform SRE, classic hosting SRE, cloud enablement, cloud architecture and cloud strategy as well as the Cloud BusinessOffice who cover cloud programme management, training & knowledge management, FinOps, MI Reporting and Governance. You will be a Cloud Developer who has responsibility for building an Enterprise Cloud Portal based on open source and cloud technologies thatprovides self service capabilities to different personas across the organisation. The Enterprise Cloud Portal spans across both Azure and AWS. You will be part of a team who strive to provide a great user experience to the Schroders development and businesscommunity who consume cloud services. You will join a highly technical team who are solely focused on building a leading-edge cloud service who are integral to a successful cloud adoption and migration programme over the next 3 years. What youll doLeadDeveloper for the Enterprise Cloud PortalWork with colleagues across various technology teams to understand use case requirements and build the portal roadmapDevelop the Enterprise Cloud Portal in an iterative wayDevelop a product with scalability,fault tolerance, resiliency, security, 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 implementationIdentify,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 exceptional problem-solvingskills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivityEngineer solutions that are fully automated and integrated in the CI/CD toolchain The knowledge, experience and qualifications you needExperience in software developmentand software development lifecycle practicesExperience with DevOps methodologies and tooling (Azure ADO, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes)Experience with modern engineering and agile practices as well as shift left CI/CDExperienced with thefollowing programming languages, JavaScript, TypeScript, React, PythonA good understanding of web UI technologiesStrong Database development knowledge with MS-SQL/PostgreSQLPassionate about building and delivering services via APIs and/or microservices Experience of developing user/customer portalsExperienced of developing products on Public Cloud and using Cloud servicesProven ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, infrastructure, data scientists,and subject matter expertsSolid interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to self-manage The knowledge, experience and qualifications that will helpUniversity degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related disciplineCloudcertifications for at least Azure or AWSUnderstanding of broader cloud ecosystem including Cloud Computing Technologies, business drivers and leading-edge cloud emerging technologies and trends.An understanding of backstage.ioUnderstanding of GoogleCloud Platform, Alibaba CloudUnderstanding 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 desireto learn new technologiesAn advocate of cloud, cloud adoption and cloud transformationSomeone who embraces collaboration and change Were looking for the best, whoever they are Schroders is an equal opportunities employer. Youre welcome here whateveryour sex, marital status, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, religious belief or age.