At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and optimise AWS environments, ensuring stability and security.
- Company: Join one of the UK's largest financial services tech providers.
- Benefits: Hybrid work, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic role with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
- Why this job: Be a key player in maintaining cutting-edge cloud infrastructure.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, SQL Server, and CI/CD automation required.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
One of the UK’s largest financial services technology providers is seeking an experienced, hands-on Cloud Operations Engineer to join the team responsible for the availability, security, resilience, and performance of their AWS-hosted infrastructure. This is a strictly hands-on, operational role focused on keeping their production environments stable, secure, and performant.
You will operate as a core technical practitioner, balancing day-to-day BAU operations and infrastructure changes with continuous improvements to their resilience, automation, monitoring, and security posture.
About you:
- AWS Expertise: Proven hands-on experience managing AWS-hosted production environments, particularly compute (EC2, ECS), Application Load Balancers (ALB), and networking (VPCs, Security Groups, routing).
- Core Infrastructure Skills: Strong technical competency in Windows Server administration and foundational networking/load-balancing principles.
- SQL Server Experience: Operational support knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server (Note: This is not a DBA role, but requires comfort with basic triage and monitoring).
- Automation & CI/CD: Hands-on experience executing, supporting, and troubleshooting CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation issues.
- Observability Tooling: Proficiency with monitoring systems like Datadog, Amazon CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray, or similar tools.
What will you be doing?
- Infrastructure Management: Operate and support their AWS production and non-production environments, focusing heavily on compute services (EC2, ECS), VPC Networking, and storage.
- Incident Response & Triage: Act as the 1st and 2nd line of defense for platform/application issues. Participate in an out-of-hours on-call rotation for P1/P2 incidents and scheduled deployments.
- Change & Release Support: Execute approved infrastructure changes following strict security controls. Support delivery teams with automated deployments and troubleshoot failed or degraded CI/CD releases.
- Database Support: Provide operational support for Microsoft SQL Server (health checks, job monitoring, basic triage, backup verification) and collaborate with DBA teams for deeper optimizations.
- Monitoring & Observability: Own and optimize monitoring tools (Datadog, CloudWatch, AWS X-Ray) to catch genuine service-impacting issues while reducing alert fatigue.
- Security & Compliance: Assess and remediate vulnerabilities, assist with compliance audits (ISO, regulatory assurance), and contribute to incident post-mortems.
Cloud Operations Engineer employer: SearchWorks
SearchWorks is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic and innovative work culture, empowering employees to take ownership of their projects and drive impactful marketing strategies. With a focus on professional growth, the company offers ample opportunities for skill development and career advancement in a fast-paced environment. Located in the UK, employees benefit from a competitive salary and the chance to be at the forefront of a data-driven consumer business, making meaningful contributions to its success.
