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Senior Cloud Engineer

Ipswich, UK
Cloud Engineer
Actively hiring

Senior Cloud Engineer

BT
Ipswich, UK
Cloud Engineer
BT
Actively hiring

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  • Operates as an SME within own field of expertise, guiding cloud system design activities and/or system designs to assure that solutions will exhibit expected levels of performance, security, scalability, security, maintainability, appropriate reusability and reliability upon deployment 

  • Leads the automation of cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, self-service, infrastructure-as-code services, auto scale initiatives, and DevOps deployment 

  • To contribute to the architecture, development and implementation of software-based systems hosted in public cloud. 

  • Ensure compliance with security, IT policy and legislation across all TV OSS services built. 

  • Work with platform architects to make the right technology choices that provide platform solutions that meet the long-term roadmap of our business. 

  • Provides expert guidance on complex system architecture and recommends solutions in alignment with systems engineering best practices. 

  • To produce and follow agreed design and implementation methodologies and to maintain documentation in line with the agreed working practices. 

  • To liaise with internal, external and third-party component suppliers. 

  • To support all teams (internal and external) in understanding the design, build and operational impacts of cloud automation and CICD 

  • To support internal teams in the use of all custom tooling developed for service development and CICD implementation 

  • To lead on cloud service and automation specific issues or incidents, proactively working to identify the root cause and propose solution(s) and providing appropriate design documentation to ensure lessons learned are taken up to minimise impact in any future incident. 

  • Ensuring engineering practices and quality standards are maintained for internally developed services. 

  • Mentors and coaches experienced professionals to develop current and future team capabilities and ensure performance 

  • Leads the implementation of continuous improvement opportunities to improve the cloud engineering team processes 

 

  • In-depth technical knowledge of and extensive experience in developing distributed application services. 

  • Experienced practitioner of software engineering, application and systems engineering. 

  • API design and implementation using OpenAPI specification language 

  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) design, implementation and maintenance. 

  • Big picture/Platform thinking and ability to see how parts interact with the whole. 

  • Knowledge of IT governance and operations. 

  • Ability to explain complex technical issues in a way that non-technical people may need to understand. 

  • Ability to influence technology strategies to meet unit and business ambitions. 

  • Agile Methodologies 

  • Container based platform design, implementation and support 

 

 

  • Qualifications 

  • Degree level education 

  • Relevant industry body memberships 

 

Leadership accountabilities 

Experience you’d be expected to have 

Looking in: 

Leading inclusively and Safely 

I inspire and build trust through self-awareness, honesty and integrity. 

Owning outcomes 

I take the right decisions that benefit the broader organisation. 

 

Looking out: 

Delivering for the customer 

I execute brilliantly on clear priorities that add value to our customers and the wider business. 

Commercially savvy 

demonstrate strong commercial focus, bringing an external perspective to decision-making. 

 

Looking to the future: 

Growth mindset 

I experiment and identify opportunities for growth for both myself and the organisation. 

Building for the future 

I build diverse future-ready teams where all individuals can be at their best. 

(ref: BT Leadership Standards) 

Experience 

  • Extensive/proven experience in software engineering and CI/CD automation. 

  • Extensive/proven experience of agile, Devops working environment 

  • Extensive/proven experience in using IaC tooling such as Terraform and Cloud Formation 

  • Extensive/proven experience in design and implementation using AWS services and networking. 

Experience (desirable) 

System integration experience 

 

 

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