Cloud Engineer

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Fancy working for one of the leading government organisations in the UK? Need proof as to why there so good? This company has helped police forces save over £5 million through procurement of police vehicles - the equivalent of 215 police officers! They've also saved an NHS trust enough money on their locum staffing arrangement to pay for 38 doctors.

They're now looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join the team. The pioneer of tech are looking for you to come in with a vast depth of security knowledge in order to contribute to the cutting edge tech performance that this company strives each and every day for! So if you're an Cloud Engineer that isn't afraid to roll up your sleeves and get stuck in then this exciting project is the one for you. Do you enjoy delivering end-to-end technology with the latest tech stack the industry has to offer? Can you acquire familiarity with new applications at a supersonic rate? Want a role that you can have real say in how to develop the IT security of a leading UK company? Then I want to hear from you.This role is based in Liverpool. Therefore, if you live in a commutable distance of Warrington, Cheshire, Manchester, Burnley, Lancaster, Stoke-on-Trent or surrounding areas - then this role will be easily accessible for you!The existing team of technical experts will help you build on your pre-existing knowledge of:* Ensure availability and integrity of Crown Commercial Service managed AWS and Microsoft Azure environments through proactive monitoring, and carry out remedial action as required or escalating to senior staff.

* Configure, maintain and monitor all IaaS resources within AWS environments.

* Collaborate with team members, delivery partners and service providers on delivery milestones to ensure smooth implementation of new and enhanced services.

* Assist in the evaluation, selection and implementation of new services, and the potential migration of existing internally hosted servers, to external cloud hosting and support where there is a business benefit.

* Assist in the reviews of BCP / DR and Backup Plans and suggest changes or make amendments where necessitated by changes to the IT Infrastructure

* Keep abreast of Cloud technologies in the IaaS, PaaS and SaaS arenas.

* Assist in the evaluation of existing network infrastructure, making recommendations for improvements, and participate in any Infrastructure Review project that may ariseIt would be advantageous if you've had exposure to:

* AWS Certified SysOps Administrator or equivalent demonstrable practical experience

* Experience with Terraform and Cloud Formation or equivalents

* 1+ years experience in building and managing AWS environments (including ECS, EC2, VPC, Postgres, ELB, S3 bucket services)

* Demonstrable knowledge of web application security and distributed applications

* Experience designing, developing and supporting AWS-based solutions in a production environment

* Effective and positive contribution as part of a multidisciplinary team.As you would expect, you would be compensated well with a salary between £35,000 - £40,000

If this sounds like it could be of interest then please contact me on 0161 830 1691 or email for more details.