AWS Cloud Engineer

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior/Lead-level AWS DevOps specialist to join our engineering discipline at Informed Solutions. As a member of our team, you will be empowered to apply your expertise in designing and implementing DevOps strategies to build national-scale cloud-hosted solutions that maximize performance, security, scalability, and adaptability.

• DevOps Strategy and Implementation: Design and implement robust DevOps strategies within immediate projects and across teams, engaging with clients and colleagues to plan and deliver solutions that apply modern DevOps practices and principles.
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery: Design and implement Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipelines to automate the deployment of software and infrastructure changes through client-owned test and live environments.
• Automated Tools and Security: Identify and configure automated tools to ensure the performance, security, and scalability of solutions, providing subject matter expertise on DevOps practices and techniques to both internal and client teams.
• DevOps Best Practices and Standards: Influence company-wide DevOps best practices, standards, tools, and artefacts, and lead efforts to drive adoption across the company.
• Professional Development and Collaboration: Be an active member of the Engineering discipline, promoting the professional development of others, building new capability, and sharing best practice, supporting the ongoing growth of Informed's Engineering capability by helping to recruit technical staff and contributing to InformedACADEMYTM.

• Design and Implementation of CI/CD Pipelines: Capability designing and implementing Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery pipelines for deploying software through environments, up to and including Production.
• Zero-Downtime Deployment: Hands-on experience applying zero-downtime deployment patterns in Production environments.
• Cloud Environment Management: Skilled in managing cloud environments using Infrastructure as Code technologies.
• Distributed Systems and Container Orchestration: Understanding of distributed systems and container orchestration.
• Version Control Systems: Experience with Git-based version control systems for managing solution source code.
• Task Automation: Proven capability using bash and shell scripting for task automation.
• Continuous Integration Pipelines: Experience configuring Continuous Integration pipelines to run and report on the outcome of automated tests (both functional and non-functional).
• Security Posture: Expertise in maintaining and continuously improving the security posture of live systems (for example, using automated vulnerability detection and patching technologies).
• DevOps Techniques and Methodologies: Experience overseeing the implementation of DevOps techniques across team members, mentoring others on best practice, planning skills with the ability to develop and implement DevOps methodologies that align with business objectives and project timelines.
• Agile Delivery Environments: Background in Agile delivery environments, delivering software solutions in controlled increments (e.g., following Scrum, Agile Delivery phases, GDS Service Manual, etc.).
• Tools and Technologies: Experience working with some, or all, of the following tools and technologies: GitHub Actions, Hashicorp Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Docker, Hashicorp Vagrant, AWS CloudWatch, AWS EventBridge, AWS Security Hub (and supporting technologies), AWS CI/CD technologies (CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy), AWS Systems Manager.

• Professional Services/Consultancy Environment: Experience working in a professional services/consultancy environment preferred.
• Cloud Providers: Experience applying DevOps tools and techniques with other major cloud providers (Azure, Google Cloud).
• GOV.UK Digital Service Standard: Awareness of the GOV.UK Digital Service Standard and Technology Code of Practice is preferred.
• Project Delivery: Ability to deliver as part of multiple projects, concurrently across multiple teams.
• Communication Skills: Ability to explain and simplify complex information to stakeholders.

• Hands-on Problem Solving: You are hands on, solving complex software problems.
• Leadership and Influence: You lead by example, influencing others through a continuous demonstration of a strong DevOps mindset.
• Critical Thinking: Inquisitive, using critical thinking to ask lots of questions, overcome biases, break assumptions and consider different perspectives.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Communication and Interpersonal Skills: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Attention to Detail: Detail-oriented with a focus on accuracy.
• Organizational and Time Management Skills: Able to plan and organise your own work, effectively negotiating priorities crossing multiple teams across the business.
• Collaboration and Teamwork: Able to collaborate with other areas of the business to solve problems.
• Technical Leadership: Bring strong technical leadership to your team and the wider discipline.
• Communication and Consensus Building: Able to explain difficult or sensitive topics; working to build consensus internally and with the wider business.
• Adaptability and Continuous Learning: Able to quickly learn and adapt to new DevOps practices and technologies.

We offer a comprehensive and flexible range of benefits that complement our highly competitive salaries and great working environment. Our benefits package includes:

• InformedACADEMYTM: Excellent career development opportunities through our award-winning personal and professional development programmes, including support with professional certifications.
• Industry Leading Health and Wellbeing Plan: We partner with several wellbeing support functions to cater to each individual's need, including 24/7 GP services, mental health support and physical health support.
• Hybrid Working: Flexible working arrangements that balance work and personal life.
• Private Health Care Cover: Comprehensive private health care cover for employees and their families.
• Generous Life Assurance Cover: Enhanced life assurance cover for employees and their families.
• Gym Membership: Access to on-site gym facilities and discounted membership rates.
• Weekly Office Lunch: Free weekly office lunch for all employees.
• Onsite Massage Sessions: Regular onsite massage sessions for employees.
• 25 Paid Working Days Holiday per Year: Generous holiday entitlement with the option to purchase additional days.
• Sabbatical Leave Scheme: Eligible employees can take a sabbatical leave of up to 6 weeks every 5 years.
• Enhanced Maternity Leave and Pay: Enhanced maternity leave and pay for eligible employees.
• Enhanced Paternity Leave and Pay: Enhanced paternity leave and pay for eligible employees.
• Company Pension Contribution: Employer contributions to employee pension schemes.
• Profit Share Scheme: Eligible employees can participate in our profit share scheme.
• Payment of Professional Subscriptions: We cover the cost of professional subscriptions and memberships for eligible employees.
• Generous Referral Scheme: A generous referral scheme with no limits on the number of referrals.