AWS DevOps Engineer – 75K

Company: Ascent People Ltd
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Location: East Midlands
Job Description:

AWS DevOps Engineer – 75K

Location: East Midlands

Industry: IT

Salary: £60000 – £75000 per annum + Pension, Health, 25 days, Discounts

Posted: 22/03/2022

AWS DevOps Engineer, AWS Engineer, AWS Platform Engineer, Cloud DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure As Code, IaC, IaaC, Site Reliability, Python, AWS, Azure, GCP, CI/CD – East Midlands, 75K – Hybrid working

  • Are you an engineer/architect with extensive Cloud experience?
  • Do you have experience with Infrastructure As Code – IaC/IaaC?
  • Can you be the first Cloud Platform Engineer / AWS DevOps Engineer and help set the standard & governance?

Role: Highly successful homegrown company is looking for their first Cloud Platform Engineer / AWS DevOps Engineer as they go through a large technology transformation.

Such an exciting time to join this company as they invest massively in the technical landscape.

As the Cloud Platform Engineer / AWS Engineer you will get the opportunity to build the foundation, structure, set-up and governance to take the platform and environment further. Previous experience working in DevOps or AWS infrastructure Development is ideal.

Reporting into the Head of IT Operations your role will have you designing and deploying cloud platform capabilities using AWS best practices as well as designing and supporting CI/CD tools to streamline deployments and infrastructure updates. You will lead technical operations projects from requirements, to design, to implementation, to operations and enhance system performance and features on a regular basis for enhanced customer experience.

There is a plan to expand this team and in turn, will give you the opportunity to become the Lead if this falls into your own career objectives.

To be considered for this role you must have several years’ experience in a system administration/systems engineer role with experience in a Cloud / Site Reliability / Infrastructure / DevOps. Having strong Cloud experience in AWS (ideally), Azure and GCP will be considered as long as you can show experience in working with Infrastructure as Code – IaC, using either Python, Terraform, or similar.

Alongside your technical ability we need someone who is comfortable engaging with the wider business, this role will not allow you to hide behind your computer screen or tuck yourself away in an IT office, you will be a face about the company and enjoy being a part of the bigger picture.

The back pocket – Flexible on salary, up to 75K but open to discussion. Extensive benefits package including Pension, Discounts, Car benefits, Extra time off, Healthcare, and more. Hybrid working, ideally in the office twice a week but again, open to discussion.

The office is based in the East Midlands with free parking.

Candidates of all ages and backgrounds will be considered for this role. Must have the right to work in the UK, they cannot offer sponsorships. Ascent People is acting as an Employment Agency in respect of this vacancy.

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