At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and implement cloud solutions for public sector clients using AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Company: Join Made Tech, a forward-thinking company dedicated to improving society through technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy 30 days holiday, flexible working hours, and remote work options.
- Other info: Be part of a diverse team with a strong focus on community and personal development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by empowering public services with cutting-edge cloud technology.
- Qualifications: Experience in cloud engineering and knowledge of programming languages like Python and JavaScript.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
hackajob is collaborating with Made Tech to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role.
About Made Tech: At Made Tech, we want to positively impact the future of the country by using technology to improve society for everyone. We want to empower the public sector to deliver and continuously improve digital services that are user-centric, data-driven and freed from legacy technology. We believe the best way to achieve this is to embrace cloud technology while working in a collaborative multidisciplinary environment.
Based within the Cloud & Engineering Practice, our Senior Cloud Engineers help public sector organisations to deliver digital services that are highly available, reliable, resilient and secure. They are software engineers who tend to focus more on the successful deployment and operations of services than on functional development. They are adaptable and comfortable covering a range of disciplines such as DevOps, SRE and infrastructure architecture.
We expect our cloud engineers to have a background in and thorough understanding of software engineering. You will keep abreast of emerging technologies and be able to work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary software delivery environment.
Delivery of high quality cloud-based technical solutions for our clients:
- Collaborate within cross-functional teams to design cloud architectures that meet the client’s requirements around scalability, performance, and security
- Configure and maintain networking, security, and access control in the cloud environment
- Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect data and resources in the cloud environment
- Develop and maintain automated processes for provisioning, monitoring, and scaling cloud resources, including the use of CI/CD pipelines to streamline application deployments
- Monitor cloud infrastructure for performance bottlenecks and proactively optimise resource usage
- Implement load balancing, caching, and content delivery solutions to ensure high availability and performance
- Design and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures or data loss
- Create and maintain runbooks including configuration management and standard operating procedures
- Line manage and mentor more junior colleagues to support their development, pursuit of career goals and management of their overall performance
Significant prior experience in a cloud engineering role, with a strong foundation in successfully building and deploying services in the cloud:
- A deep knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP
- Hands-on experience delivering software using multiple programming languages and a thorough knowledge of modern software engineering best practices
- Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Security, Advanced Networking or Azure Developer, Security, DevOps, Network Engineer
- Knowledge of cloud vendor partner programs, such as AWS APN and Azure Partners
- Familiarity with Python, Bash and JavaScript
- Agile practices such as Scrum, XP, and/or Kanban
Job Benefits:
- An increasing number of our customers are specifying a minimum of SC (security check) clearance in order to work on their projects. Eligibility for SC requires 5 years' continuous UK residency and 5 years' employment history (or back to full-time education).
- We’re committed to building a happy, inclusive and diverse workforce.
- We've recently introduced a flexible benefit platform which includes a Smart Tech scheme, Cycle to work scheme, and an individual benefits allowance which you can invest in a Health care cash plan or Pension plan.
- 30 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Flexible Working Hours - we are flexible with what hours you work.
- Flexible Parental Leave - we offer flexible parental leave options.
- Remote Working - we offer part-time remote working for all our staff.
- We offer paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice.
