DevOps Architect with AWS - Leeds

Company:  Nexus Jobs Limited
Location: Leeds
Closing Date: 29/11/2024
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000
Hours: Full Time
Type: Permanent
Job Requirements / Description
Job Description

DevOps Architect with AWS - Leeds
  • Serve as an AWS specialist, consult and provide technical guidance on AWS design, governance, performance, scalability, security, operations and cost control best practices to ensure we maximize our AWS investment
  • Work with our partners in IT and the business to guide the architecture and high level solutioning of new products and services so that they operate excellently
  • Assess our cloud maturity, review existing AWS cloud implementations, identify gaps and suggest improvements to improve our cloud maturity horizons
  • Work as part of a team on larger solutions, providing technical support as requested, for internal and external Team members to meet delivery timescales
  • Map the state of products today, and their path over the next 3-5 years to support EOL and EOS risk mitigation
  • Support the DevOps teams who run the existing applications to improve our technical maturity levels, as well as the availability, functionality, performance, security and cost of running those applications
  • Guide the depreciation and removal of outdated technologies and practices across the business to minimize risk
  • Guide the adoption of new technologies and practices across the business to maximize our technological advantage
  • Define, refine, automate and improve our processes so that as a company we're more efficient, effective, safe and secure
  • Promote a continuous, automated, and feedback-driven route to Production for product changes
  • Keep up-to-date with current and future technologies, products and strategies
    Education:
  • BS/ MS degree in Computer Science or 4-8 years related experience
  • AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro, SysOps Admin, Developer Associate.
    Skills
    • Producing technical artefacts and documenting the As-Is and To-Be states
    • Devising the best cost optimization solutions and following best practices for cloud services
    • Defining standards and cross product patterns to improve our consistency across a wide landscape of existing and new products.
    • Security awareness and experience, with a "security by design" mindset
    • Agile development techniques and Project management (SCRUM, KANBAN etc.)
    • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with individuals (internal and external) at all levels
    • Ability to work effectively within a team and autonomously with minimal supervision
    • The ability to support people through change
    • A strong problem solver and a self-starter with a 'can do' attitude.
    • You have a good technical knowledge of IT architectures, Infrastructure, Cloud deployments, software engineering lifecycles, DevOps tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), microservices, CI/ CD
    • In-depth understanding of cloud networking, infrastructure and security concepts
    • Strong scripting/ automation skills (Bash, Python, Powershell, or similar)
    • Good understanding of managing environments via Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
    • Knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewalls.
    • Understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA and REST)
    • Azure DevOps Pipelines
    • JIRA & Confluence
      Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices
    • 3+ years of architecting and delivering public cloud solutions, particularly around AWS
    • 5+ years of production experience within AWS
    • Experience designing, implementing and operating large scale SaaS products
    • Experience implementing and designing cloud native security concepts, DevSecOps, or MLOps.
    • Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/ or serverless technology.
    • Proficient in leveraging CI/ CD tools to automate testing and deployment
      An expert who can create tooling and automation which improve developer experiences and speed of delivery.

      The salary for this position is circa £70K - £80K plus excellent benefits package

      The Client is global operation with offices in Leeds - this position will be hybrid.

      Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.
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