Senior Cloud Engineer

The Role: If you are a Senior Cloud Engineer there may be a place for you at our Group. Outside the usual suspects of solutions, projects, deep troubleshooting and investigations you will also be driving the Group towards its cloud-native goal. Processes, best practices, pillars and their risk assessments will be but a few of the long-term responsibilities you will have. The main responsibilities of the position include: Honour and practice Well Architected Framework in all tasks and responsibilities Research workloads for migrating them to the cloud with minimal interruption and impact Design, orchestrate and track cloud migration projects Design and consult re-platform and re-factor of current cloud infrastructure Coordinate with other IT departments and teams about their cloud infrastructure Investigate and perform regular assessments of cloud deployments in compliance to the Group's standards and best practices Design and orchestrate a risk register of cloud deployments and resources, and coordinate its communication to project managers, senior leadership and other IT departments or teams Research, develop and implement fair use policies and best practices for cloud services while complying to the Group's standards Drive requests for new technologies, services or solutions required from internal customers Design, document and deploy Proof-of-Concepts (PoCs) and Solutions for internal customers in compliance with the Group's framework Define and oversee the Group's deployment standards and pillars and ensure they are applied across cloud solutions and resources Follow and provide training for new and current technologies and services used Analyse, oversee and remediate cloud costs Main requirements: University degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a similar discipline 5 years of cloud services experience, 3 of which should be on AWS cloud Advanced knowledge in solution design and deployment projects Understanding and practice of Well Architected Framework Methodical troubleshooting of issues and mentoring capabilities Experience in AWS technologies, services and ecosystem Advanced knowledge of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) concepts and tools, preferably HCL Terraform and AWS CloudFormation Experience with versioning tools such as git Advanced Linux, networking and scripting skills (Bash) Comprehend and accommodate practices such as FinOPS or SRE Distinctive organisation and documentation skills The following will be considered an advantage: Experience in Windows OS Experience in RDBMSs, preferably Postgres and MySQL Experience in scripting languages such as Python or Go Benefit from: Attractive remuneration package plus performance-based reward Private health insurance Corporate pension fund Intellectually stimulating work environment Continuous personal development and international training opportunities All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality! By submitting this application, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of the Privacy and Data Protection Notice and the Confidentiality Undertaking.