At a Glance
- Tasks: Support and develop AWS cloud infrastructure for a cutting-edge e-factoring platform.
- Company: Join a dynamic financial tech company making waves in the industry.
- Benefits: Earn up to £70,000 plus bonuses, with hybrid work options.
- Other info: Enjoy a relaxed work environment with great career growth opportunities.
- Why this job: Be part of an innovative team and shape the future of cloud technology.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, EC2, and CloudFormation; scripting skills are a plus.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Quant Capital is urgently looking for a Cloud Engineer to join our high profile client. Our client is a recently acquired financial technology business who is currently taking the factoring and invoicing market by storm. This is a brand new project to create an e-factoring platform and CRM system from scratch.
The primary focus will be the support of new & existing technologies deployed in an AWS cloud. The Platform and Infrastructure team are a tight knit group who will work with you to ensure that all current and future IT platforms are designed right, built right and managed in a controlled and secure fashion. The environment is relaxed and open with time to think and make the right decisions. This is a role for those who are motivated by the sharp end of technology and the possibility of making serious money doing something you are passionate about.
AWS Engineer Responsibilities:
- Ensure AWS Cloud Infrastructure achieves agreed SLAs.
- Create, maintain and support proactive service management e.g. capacity and availability etc. and take responsibility for incident, problems and change etc.
- Introducing new cloud infrastructure services (operationalizing, building, etc.) which adhere to relevant governance controls and service qualities.
- Ensure creative, well organized, readable and tested code is delivered within the constraints of continuous integration and delivery environments.
- Act as a subject matter expert for connectivity and security aspects in relation to public and private cloud-based hosting solutions.
- Create relevant playbooks and run books as part of any build and run documentation.
- Deliver well defined, reusable infrastructure code for pipeline orchestration and automation and scripting to build dynamic cloud infrastructure components.
- Design and introduce relevant automated support for code validation and reducing the potential for defects, functional and non-functional service testing for cloud infrastructure services.
- Quality built in by default into any infrastructure code and documentation.
- Propose secure, scalable, reusable solutions using AWS products.
- Evaluate and make use of new AWS features to improve our architecture.
- Document all existing and future solutions.
- Work as part of a 24/7 support function.
As an AWS Cloud Engineer you will have:
- Experience with AWS operations, EC2 and CloudFormation including the design of VPCs, networking, RDS, API gateways, EKS, ECS, etc.
- Experience in working within an Agile and Cloud environment, with a focus on security, availability, reliability and automation.
- Ideally some scripting in Bash or PowerShell.
My client is based in Central London; this role is remote but will require occasional office work.
Junior AWS Cloud Engineer employer: Quant Capital
Quant Capital is an excellent employer for those looking to thrive in the fintech sector, offering a vibrant work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. With substantial training and development opportunities, employees can enhance their skills while enjoying a flexible hybrid work model in the heart of London. Join us to be part of a forward-thinking team that values growth and cutting-edge technology.
