DevOps Architect with AWS | Leeds

Job description
DevOps Architect with AWS - Leeds
• Serve as an AWS specialist, consult and provide technical guidance on AWS design, governance, performance, scalability, security, operations and cost control best practices to ensure we maximize our AWS investment
• Work with our partners in IT and the business to guide the architecture and high level solutioning of new products and services so that they operate excellently
• Assess our cloud maturity, review existing AWS cloud implementations, identify gaps and suggest improvements to improve our cloud maturity horizons
• Work as part of a team on larger solutions, providing technical support as requested, for internal and external Team members to meet delivery timescales
• Map the state of products today, and their path over the next 3-5 years to support EOL and EOS risk mitigation
• Support the DevOps teams who run the existing applications to improve our technical maturity levels, as well as the availability, functionality, performance, security and cost of running those applications
• Guide the depreciation and removal of outdated technologies and practices across the business to minimize risk
• Guide the adoption of new technologies and practices across the business to maximize our technological advantage
• Define, refine, automate and improve our processes so that as a company we’re more efficient, effective, safe and secure
• Promote a continuous, automated, and feedback-driven route to Production for product changes
• Keep up-to-date with current and future technologies, products and strategies

Education:
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science or 4-8 years related experience
• AWS Certification(s) such as Solutions Architect Pro, DevOps Engineer Pro, SysOps Admin, Developer Associate.

Skills
• Producing technical artefacts and documenting the As-Is and To-Be states
• Devising the best cost optimization solutions and following best practices for cloud services
• Defining standards and cross product patterns to improve our consistency across a wide landscape of existing and new products.
• Security awareness and experience, with a “security by design” mindset
• Agile development techniques and Project management (SCRUM, KANBAN etc.)
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to deal with individuals (internal and external) at all levels
• Ability to work effectively within a team and autonomously with minimal supervision
• The ability to support people through change
• A strong problem solver and a self-starter with a ‘can do’ attitude.
• You have a good technical knowledge of IT architectures, Infrastructure, Cloud deployments, software engineering lifecycles, DevOps tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform), microservices, CI/CD
• In-depth understanding of cloud networking, infrastructure and security concepts
• Strong scripting/automation skills (Bash, Python, Powershell, or similar)
• Good understanding of managing environments via Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Knowledge of IP networking, VPN's, DNS, load balancing and firewalls.
• Understanding of Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA and REST)
• Azure DevOps Pipelines
• JIRA & Confluence

Experience with the full software development lifecycle and delivery using Agile practices
• 3+ years of architecting and delivering public cloud solutions, particularly around AWS
• 5+ years of production experience within AWS
• Experience designing, implementing and operating large scale SaaS products
• Experience implementing and designing cloud native security concepts, DevSecOps, or MLOps.
• Hands-on experience with microservices and distributed application architecture, such as containers, Kubernetes, and/or serverless technology.
• Proficient in leveraging CI/CD tools to automate testing and deployment

An expert who can create tooling and automation which improve developer experiences and speed of delivery.

The salary for this position is circa £70K - £80K plus excellent benefits package

The Client is global operation with offices in Leeds – this position will be hybrid.

Do send your CV to us in Word format along with your salary and availability.