AWS Cloud Engineer

Salary on offer: £53,000 - £63,000 plus benefits

We are looking for an AWS Cloud Engineer to join the Platform team here at Reach Plc to deliver and support engaging new functionality for the UK’s number one digital news provider. With a large portfolio of over 100+ products we deliver news & information on a national & regional level. We have over 150 staff in our Product & Engineering department which is one of the most exciting digital teams to join in the UK (if you have ever read the Mirror, Star, Express or one of our local Live brands online you’ll have experienced the work of this team). 

Reporting to the Head of Development, the AWS Cloud Engineer will work closely with the development teams, QA, product, operations & other infrastructure engineers within the team. 

This is a remote role within the UK. The infrastructure team works entirely remotely with occasional meetings in the office.

So, who are we? 

We are Reach Plc, you might not have heard of us but we have probably met without you even realising it. We are home to the UK and Ireland’s most iconic digital platforms, magazines and newspapers. From the Mirror, Daily Express and OK!, to our regional titles such as the Liverpool Echo, BirminghamLive and the Manchester Evening News (plus lots more), our brands and the stories we cover are as varied as our people. We help all kinds of people share experiences through our stories because we believe this is what makes us human. 

Oh, and we should probably also mention that with a monthly readership of 47 million people, Reach is the largest commercial publisher in the UK. At Reach, not only will you feel better understood, you will also feel you understand other people better too. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Plan & document work before commencing 
• Attend to AWS Request for actions 
• Perform regular system refreshes 
• Maintain pre existing systems 
• Manage & create AWS Accounts, Users, Groups & permissions in SSO
• Decommission infrastructure safely 
• Mitigate security non-compliances (across accounts) 
• Responding to ad hoc requests from other teams / stakeholders 

The Ideal candidate

• Principles & practices of CI/CD with everyday working knowledge
• Creation, maintenance & optimisation of deployment pipelines 
• Common GIT workflows & their appropriate usage 
• JIRA/Confluence & G Suite 
• Solid knowledge of Varnish, Nginx, Tomcat & Apache 
• Faulting finding & tracing using terminal access & other tools 
• Infrastructure as code, specifically CloudFormation 
• AWS Security, from the use of policies, roles & SSO to security groups & network access controls lists. Preferably with understanding of OUs & SCPs
• Cost control & cost awareness across the AWS estate 
• Strong skills around logging, monitoring & alerting 
   

The below would be an advantage too:

• Demonstrated professional experience working with AWS 
• Strong hands on with AWS infrastructure experience 
• AWS Certifications preferable

We are offering a competitive salary and benefits including;

• Help saving for your retirement - join our pension scheme and we’ll match contributions up to 6%
• 25 days’ holiday per year when you join. After three, five and ten years’ service with Reach, you’ll accrue one additional day of annual leave. We also have a Holiday Purchase Scheme
• Giving back day - an additional day’s leave each year to support a cause close to your heart
• Enhanced family leave - including maternity, paternity and adoption - and you’ll be eligible after just six months’ employment
• Private Healthcare Cash Plan - free health cash plan so you can claim back cash for a range of medical expenses
• As one of the UK’s top 50 Inclusive Employers everyone’s invited to join our events, programmes and networks to celebrate diversity and build an environment where all our people can thrive
• Wellbeing support - including a 24/7 employee assistance programme (EAP) for you and your nearest and dearest
• Awesome career opportunities - you’ll have support from your line manager and a range of learning & development programmes
• We are also a member of the 30% Club, a global campaign aimed at increasing gender diversity at board and senior management levels