Cloud Infrastructure Engineer


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Recruiter

Nigel Frank International

Listed on

19th July 2019

Location

Leeds

Salary/Rate

£50000 - £80000

Type

Permanent

Start Date

ASAP

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Cloud Infrastructure EngineerMy client are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer who can play a key role within the team to help maximise the cloud technologies being delivered.Reporting into the Infrastructure Team Lead you will provide support for cloud technologies, project delivery with our internal and external support vendors across a wide range of technologies. Fundamental to the role is the ability to offer exceptional customer service through excellent written, oral, interpersonal and organizational skills.The role will require incidents and requests to be resolved in an efficient and professional manner and in line with service level agreements. You are responsible for the delivery of cloud services for our network and server environment. The individual should be technically minded, have some experience in architecting and delivering cloud solutions, hybrid environments and migrating from on-premises to the cloud.Within this role you have the freedom to explore and provide the best solutions for the organisation and in turn develop your technical skills by supporting and configuring some challenging and interesting products and technologies. We will offer you the ability to grow and progress within the company through internal and external training. Key Responsibilities and AccountabilitiesProvision of quality IT support and project deliveryConfiguration and delivery of cloud infrastructure, 3rd party tools and integrationProvide technical consultation on current and proposed cloud infrastructureInvolvement in planning and scoping for highly available cloud solutionsSupport of existing cloud infrastructures to the Service Desk team when requiredMaintenance & creation of required technical documentationAdoption of DEV OPS culture, and keeping up to date with the latest cloud offerings in the industryOther ad-hoc work as instructed by the Infrastructure Team LeadThis list is not exhaustive Job RequirementsA minimum of 4 years' experience in an SME IT environment whilst working in an Infrastructure or cloud-based role covering the following: Experience of core Microsoft services - AD, Exchange, Office365, DHCP, DNS, ADFS, SMTP, MFA and SSOExperience of core AWS services - EC2, S3, Lambda, VPC, EBS, Route53, Direct Connect, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, CloudFormation and ConfigConfiguring and maintaining MS Windows 2012 and 2016 ServersConfiguring and maintaining Linux environments (RedHat Enterprise, CentOS and Ubuntu)Understanding of Apache Web Server, PHP, and MySQL (LAMP stack)DevOps - understanding of continuous delivery and continuous integrationExperience in managing virtualised environments (VMware and Hyper-V)Experience in managing MS SQL 2008 through to 2018 (i.e. backup/restore, general maintenance and clustering/replication)Ability to understand and maintain the network roles (DHCP, DNS, NPS)Experience in identifying the cause of problems (root cause analysis)Exposure to infrastructure project deliveryUnderstanding of high availability, backup technologies, RTO and RPOITIL certificationParticipation in an out of hours on-call rotaProven and relevant working experience in a busy, SME focused organizationWork effectively and efficiently with the other IT teams and project services department and third partiesYou must possess a full UK driving license Further knowledge in the following areas would be advantageous ITIL Practices and understanding of change controlKnowledge of networking topologies including switching, VLAN's, routing and remote access and various switching layersSome understanding of AWS Services such as Elastic Beanstalk, CloudWatch and RDSSite-to-Site VPN configuration from on-prem hardware firewalls to AWS VPNCisco routers and firewallsAny experience with cloud automation - Chef, Puppet, Ansible and JsonQualifications - any one or more of the following certifications would be desirable: AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate LevelAWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate LevelAWS Certified Developer - Associate Level Personal profile The ideal candidate should demonstrate the below personal skills: Show an awareness of how businesses are impacted by their IT and prioritise work accordinglyWorks well under pressure and goes the extra mile to provide excellent customer serviceShows an organised, proactive and analytical approach to all workMotivated to learn and develop within the companyAdaptive and has a positive attitude to challenges and changesDemonstrate strong communication skills and ability to empathise with colleagues' issues and build good, professional relationshipsDeal positively with ambiguity and complexity, working through challenges positively to reach a solutionTake ownership of issues and show initiative in solving themSelf-driven, results-oriented with a positive outlook, initiative, and leadership ability

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