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Cloud Engineer

Employer
Guidant Group
Location
London (Central), London (Greater)
Salary
£420 - £600 per day dependant on experience
Closing date
12 Feb 2021

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Clearance Level
DV
Sector
Central Government
Job Type
Contract

Job purpose 

If you care about making organisations stronger, delivering impact and getting things done, if you are an experienced Cloud Engineer who enjoys bringing your cutting-edge experience to bear in solving challenging problems, if you like to try new and better ways to do things, then this is the job for you. 

My role 

As a cloud engineer, I am proud to have an exciting role in contributing towards the organisation’s 2030 Vision, harnessing the power of the cloud, (both culture and technology) for maximum benefit. I can see how the work I do contributes to the delivery of the new capabilities and ways of working the organisation needs to keep ahead in this fast-changing world. The work the team is doing is ground-breaking; I’m helping us to do things we’ve never done before. As part of a self-managing, agile team, I’ll be using my experience in cloud engineering to deliver the ecosystem required for lawful and compliant use of the cloud.  

Who I am 

  • I enjoy being part of a self-managing team that exists to make an impact on the world by transforming our organisation and the wider community.  
  • I enjoy understanding problems and finding new ways to solve them myself or enabling others to do so  
  • I am comfortable working in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous environment and adapt my role accordingly, recognising that it will evolve and change 
  • I enjoy learning and helping others learn by experimenting and sharing knowledge and experiences 
  • I enjoy contributing to new ways of working 

What I do 

I am part of the Cloud Hub team, who are at the heart of the organisation’s Journey to the Cloud. My team and I anticipate and solve problems and find better ways of doing things. I’ll be working on one or more of a number of ongoing cloud related projects to: 

  • Build business services and re-usable components in the cloud 
  • Help determine the best way of engineering such solutions to provide a world class level of security, anonymity and separation of duties for solution components, making sure that security is at the heart of everything we do 
  • Help to develop best practice and educate our engineering community in cloud technologies 
  • Work within the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) to deliver key objectives at pre-defined programme increments 
  • Identify, articulate and mitigate any risk associated with the ecosystem 
  • Communicate progress regularly with the rest of the team 
  • Participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle 
  • Work as part of my team to continuously improve by identifying innovation opportunities, leading new initiatives and experimenting with innovative approaches 
  • Develop myself through training, learning from others and experimenting 

Experience required 

Essential   - two or more of the following: 

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate 
  • Microsoft Certified : Azure Security Engineer Associate 
  • Experience of professional software development and the overall design, implementation, integration and operation of IT systems and software 
  • Up to date knowledge and experience in implementing the services available from the main cloud providers, in particular AWS. 

Desirable 

  • Working within the Scaled Agile Framework environment (SAFe) 
  • Experience designing secure, resilient and cost-effective cloud based solutions 
  • Experience with Terraform 
  • AWS Certified Security Specialist, or a strong understanding of AWS security controls 
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate, or a strong understanding of Azure security controls. 

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