Lead Cloud Engineer

• Act in a leadership capacity in cross-functional teams, particularly those where cloud engineering functionality forms an integral part of the team’s output
• Act as a final decision maker on difficult technical issues, working in consultation with team members, and the client
• Collaborate within cross-functional teams to design cloud architectures that meet the client’s requirements around scalability, performance, and security
• Deploy and manage cloud resources, containers, and related services using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Configure and maintain networking, security, and access control in the cloud environment
• Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect data and resources in the cloud environment
• Develop and maintain automated processes for provisioning, monitoring, and scaling cloud resources, including the use of CI/CD pipelines to streamline application deployments
• Monitor cloud infrastructure for performance bottlenecks and proactively optimise resource usage
• Implement load balancing, caching, and content delivery solutions to ensure high availability and performance
• Design and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures or data loss
• Provide high tier support for client applications and infrastructure, including occasional on call cover
• Ensure any necessary compliance standards are met and certifications are maintained
  
  

• Act as a trusted specialist within Made Tech, consulting with clients and working to enhance the profile and reputation of the company
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and share knowledge with the team
• Collaborate with other teams within Made Tech to ensure alignment with cloud best practices
• Line manage and mentor more junior colleagues to support their development, pursuit of career goals and management of their overall performance
• Act as a key member of our Cloud Practice, working as a thought leader and driving growth of our internal community

Essential

• Significant prior experience in a cloud engineering leadership role, with a strong foundation in successfully building and deploying services in the cloud
• A deep knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP
• Hands on experience delivering software using multiple programming languages, and a thorough understanding of modern software engineering best practices
• Deep experience with containerisation and orchestration tools (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience architecting cloud infrastructure, and taking it through to deployment and support
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams with product, design, and technical disciplines all successfully collaborating
• An understanding of DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering, and their places within a modern digital organisation
  
  

Desirable

• Experience working in a technology consultancy environment
• Relevant cloud certifications such as AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Security, Advanced Networking or Azure Developer, Security, DevOps, Network Engineer
• Knowledge of cloud vendor partner programs, such as AWS APN and Azure Partners
• Experience with well-architected frameworks
• Knowledge of UK public sector technology guidance and frameworks, such as NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and the Technology Code of Practice (TCoP)
• Familiarity with Python, Bash and JavaScript
• Agile practices such as Scrum, XP, and/or Kanban
• Experience using Test Driven Development (TDD)