We are looking for a Cloud Engineer
Are you a talented Cloud Engineer who is looking for their next exciting opportunity? Do you want to work alongside one of the best CTOs in the business? Do you specialise in AWS but aspire to have multi-Cloud knowledge and experience?
If you just said YES, YES, YES… keep reading!
The Project Foundry has substantially grown its portfolio of clients across the finance and technology, telecoms, and aviation sectors. Our Cloud Technology Practice is disrupting the industry with its fresh and creative approach; this resonates with existing and potential clients, and because of our expanding client base, we are looking for a Cloud Architect to join our team.
Our ideal team member will be highly motivated, a lover of all things tech, and thrive working in an extremely fast-paced environment. You will have experience designing and supporting production cloud environments on AWS showcasing strong IT knowledge to provide support and solutions to clients in various industries. Comfortable challenging the status quo, demonstrating a desire to gain multi-cloud capability, crafting cloud solutions to meet and exceed the requirements of our clients, and having experience with CloudFormation or Terraform for IaC.
Our culture is founded on 5 Key Pillars- Excellence in Delivery, Accountability and Ownership, Communication and Collaboration, Innovation and Community, and Connecting our Business, and we deliver this through a one-team approach. We continuously promote diversity, collaboration, and innovation. If you are interested in building something special and want the opportunity to work with a like-minded team, we here at The Project Foundry want to work with you.
Responsibilities
Plan
- Take a systematic problem-solving approach coupled with a strong sense of ownership and drive.
- Provide expertise for clients on cloud solutions
- Be able to diagnose problems quickly and have foresight into potential issues.
- Participate in client meetings
- Demonstrate success planning and executing the migration of complex applications and infrastructure services
Execute
- Design, deployment, and life cycle support for AWS workspaces, Elastic Cloud Compute, Elastic Load Balancers, Simple Storage Service, Relational Database Services, Virtual Private Cloud, Cloudwatch, RDS, FSx, Certificate Manager, and Route 53
- Automate the creation of machine images and containers
- Automate systems configuration and orchestration using tools such as Chef, Ansible, or Salt
- Automate data resiliency and replication
- Build, develop and maintain AWS platform
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Ensure delivered solutions are realised in the time frame committed
Deliver
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Implement CI/CD pipelines which include application tests, security tests, and gates
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Help customers architect, develop and maintain their own solutions in AWS
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Implement availability, security, performance monitoring and alerting of cloud solutions
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Manage multiple environments and promote code between them
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Creation of design documents/diagrams to show environment topology and data/process flows
Sounds good? What do you need?
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4+ years of relevant experience
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Experience designing and supporting production cloud environments on AWS
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CloudFormation or Terraform for IaC
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Experience consulting with customers to develop AWS solutions
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Experience in working in an Agile/Scrum-focused organisation
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One or more Associate or Professional-level AWS certificates
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Configuration and orchestration using tools such as Chef, Ansible, or Salt
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Experience designing, deploying, and providing life cycle support for AWS workspaces, Elastic Cloud Compute, Elastic Load Balancers, Simple Storage Service, Relational Database Services, Virtual Private Cloud, CloudWatch, RDS, FSx, Certificate Manager, and Route 53
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Experience with disaster recovery planning, implementation, and testing
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Experience analysing and implementing cloud cost/performance optimisation
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Enabled and supported infrastructure for moving large amounts of data
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Strong troubleshooting and critical thinking skills to resolve complex problems
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Strong collaboration, communication, and coordination skills to achieve optimal participation from project resources
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Client-facing skills and experience in creating innovative business solutions