Contract Role: Cloud Engineer - Infrastructure as
Code
Contract Location: Belfast
Contract Duration: 12 months initially (with potential
extension up to 2 years)
Contract Start Date: Immediate
Contract Classification: Inside IR35
Role Overview
This is an opportunity to join a
large Tier 1 financial services organisation. The team
is dedicated to evolving the application and data hosting environments into an
integrated, hybrid multi-cloud ecosystem, primarily leveraging AWS and Google
Cloud. We focus on building, automating, and optimizing the foundational cloud
infrastructure and services that empower developers to innovate rapidly and
securely. In this role, you will design, implement, and maintain scalable,
resilient, and secure cloud platforms and solutions, embodying a "you
build it, you run it" philosophy to ensure operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Cloud Platform Engineering: Design, implement, and manage core cloud infrastructure and
services on AWS and GCP, focusing on compute, storage, networking,
security, and identity management.
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop, maintain, and optimize cloud infrastructure using IaC
tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation (AWS), and Deployment Manager
(GCP). Create reusable modules and blueprints to standardize deployments.
- Automation & Orchestration: Automate the provisioning, configuration, and management of
cloud resources and services. Develop scripts and tools (e.g., Python, Go,
Bash) to streamline operational tasks and improve efficiency.
- Containerization &
Orchestration: Implement and manage
containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms
(Kubernetes, e.g., Amazon EKS, Google Kubernetes Engine) to support
cloud-native application deployments.
- Site Reliability Engineering
(SRE): Embrace a "you build it, you run
it" mindset. Take ownership of the reliability, performance, and
availability of the cloud platforms and services you build. Implement
robust monitoring, alerting, and logging solutions, and participate in
on-call rotations to ensure rapid incident response and resolution.
- Security & Compliance: Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, ensuring
compliance with policies, industry standards, and regulatory requirements.
Configure IAM roles, network security groups, firewalls, and encryption.
- CI/CD Pipeline Integration: Collaborate with development teams to integrate cloud
infrastructure provisioning and management into CI/CD pipelines, enabling
automated and continuous delivery.
- Documentation & Knowledge
Sharing: Create and maintain comprehensive
documentation for cloud architectures, configurations, and operational
procedures. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to knowledge sharing
within the team.
Required Qualifications & Skills
- Proven experience as a Cloud
Engineer, DevOps Engineer, or SRE in a mid-level or senior capacity.
- Strong hands-on experience with
public cloud platforms, specifically AWS and/or Google Cloud
(GCP).
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Hands-on Expertise: Demonstrable
experience with the following:
- Programming
Languages: Python and Go.
- CI/CD: Terraform,
Harness, Tekton, Jenkins, etc.
- Test Automation:
Terratest, Cucumber, Pytest-BDD, AWS Fault Injection Simulator (FIS),
Chaos Mesh, etc.
- Solid understanding and experience
with containerization technologies (Docker) and orchestration platforms
(Kubernetes).
- Experience implementing and
managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Strong understanding of networking
concepts (VPC, subnets, routing, firewalls), security best practices, and
IAM in a cloud environment.
- Experience with monitoring,
logging, and alerting tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK stack,
CloudWatch, Stackdriver).
- A strong commitment to Site
Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles and practices, including
operational ownership.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills
- Public cloud provider
certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, AWS Certified
DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, Google Cloud
Professional DevOps Engineer).
- Experience with serverless
computing (e.g., AWS Lambda, Google Cloud Functions).
- Familiarity with configuration
management tools like Ansible.
- Experience with database services
(relational and NoSQL) in the cloud.
- Knowledge of disaster recovery and
business continuity strategies in a multi-cloud environment.
- Experience with GitOps principles
and tools.