Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (Go/Kubernetes/AWS)

• The role is focused on bringing public cloud to the company in a manner that is safe compliant flexible and easy to use We are looking for experienced engineers to join our team and help us achieve our goals
• Key Responsibilities
• Architect and Design Lead the design and of reference architectures and reference applications for multiple patterns in each public cloud hosting provider eg message driven simple web application batch
• Mentorship Provide guidance and mentorship to other engineers fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement
• Customization and Flexibility Develop solutions that allow for flexibility and customization to support more advanced users
• Infrastructure Provisioning Enable developers to provision public cloud infrastructure in 10 minutes or less ensuring regulatory compliance and auditability as standard
• Decommissioning Develop processes to enable developers to repeatably and reliably decommission infrastructure
• Ephemeral Environments Create short-lived ephemeral environments for integration testing and product demonstrations
• Cost Management Implement transparent and simple cost management solutions for engineering teams
• Collaboration Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure seamless integration and operation of cloud services

Required Skills:

• Amazon Web Services AWS Experience with AWS services and architecture
• Golang Proficiency in Golang for building Terraform modules providers cloud native applications and infrastructure components
• Kubernetes Familiarity with Kubernetes for container orchestration
• Cloud Networking Experience with cloud networking concepts and implementation
• Docker Knowledge of Docker for containerization and testing
• Testing Strong background in automated testing and test-driven development
• End-user Documentation Ability to create detailed and high-quality end-user documentation
• Agile Methodologies Scrum Experience working in Agile environments particularly with Scrum
• Code Quality Commitment to writing clean maintainable and efficient code
• Ease of Change Focus on building systems that are easy to modify and extend
• Ease of Use Prioritize user-friendly solutions that simplify complex processes
• Asynchronous Working Ability to work effectively in asynchronous environments
• Detailed Documentation Emphasis on creating comprehensive and high-quality documentation
• End-user Feedback Valuing and incorporating feedback from end-users to improve solutions
• Psychological Safety Fostering a safe environment for experimentation and innovation
• Developer Advocacy Advocating for the needs and interests of developers at American Express
• Automation Strong focus on automating repetitive tasks to increase efficiency
• Inner and Open Source Contribution Encouraging contributions to both internal and opensource projects

You May Be a Fit If

• You have at least 6 years of experience working in a professional environment as a software engineer
• You have led the design and build of cloudnative applications written in Go
• You have extensive experience with DevOps work such as building CICD pipelines or setting up cloud hosting environments
• You have a proven track record of mentoring other engineers helping them to succeed and grow in their roles
• You build effective work relationships giving and receiving constructive feedback and your colleagues at all levels and across all teams trust you
• Technologies We Use
• Languages Go and Java are our primary languages
• Frontend Any browser applications are based on React
• CICD Code lives in GitHub Enterprise and flows to production through a CICD pipeline built on GitHub Actions
• Containers Tenant application code runs in Kubernetesmanaged Docker containers hosted in a mix of private and public clouds
• Terraform We build infrastructureascode tooling by publishing Terraform modules and providers We manage state and Terraform execution on Terraform Enterprise server
• Sentinel and Open Policy Agent OPA We use policyascode to build compliant and secure infrastructure
• Work Configuration
• This position is a hybrid role coming into the London technology campus 3 days each week Our teams are distributed across the UK and the US Eastern and Central time zones

Skills

Mandatory Skills : Integration Architecture, Java, Application Architecture, SOA and Microservices Based Architecture, Cloud Architecture, Data Architecture, Angular,J avaScript, Microservices, React, SpringBoot