Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer- AWS

The role is for a Senior DevOps Cloud Engineer who will be responsible for the development and operational aspects of our AWS infrastructure, work with developers to ensure that applications are deployed and operated in the cloud environment. The role will also consist of improving the integration of the project functions and resources across the life cycle. The Market Data platform

• is used in LCH to manage and maintain most of the instrument market data and reference data used within the organisation.
• The Market Data platform is part of the shared services area so gets exposure to many business areas and instruments, and as well as being a shared service, it is a critical service for the business lines to function.

The team

• has recently moved towards a more Agile way of working and is adapting more core Agile principles, so the team is mostly made up of squads.
• The squads are typically made up of QA testing skills, QA automation development skills, software development skills, Business analyst skills, and DevOps skills.

The base product

• is based off Alveotech (formally Asset Control), which is a third-party application.
• The core application is built using the core Alveotech functionality as well as Perl, Python, shell script and Java.
• A scheduler is also used to drive some of the core processes, using Control-m, which is a third-party application.
• The application uses MQ and REST API services to integrate with the business lines.

The application is nearing its end of the AWS migration journey so is using other more Cloud based technologies such as Terraform, Packer and AWS technologies.Key responsibilities:

• Implementing various development, testing, automation tools, and IT infrastructure
• Setting up tools and required infrastructure
• Defining and setting development, test, release, update, and support processes for DevOps operation
• Have the technical skill to review, verify, and validate the software code developed in the project.
• Troubleshooting techniques and fixing the code bugs
• Monitoring the processes during the entire lifecycle for its adherence and updating or creating new processes for improvement and minimizing the wastage
• Encouraging and building automated processes wherever possible
• Identifying and deploying cybersecurity measures by continuously performing vulnerability assessment and risk management
• Coordination and communication within the team
• Selecting and deploying appropriate CI/CD tools
• Strive for continuous improvement and build continuous integration, continuous development, and constant deployment pipeline (CI/CD Pipeline)
• Mentoring and guiding the team members
• Monitoring and measuring customer experience and KPIs
• Designing and implementing DevOps solutions on AWS
• Monitoring system performance and capacity utilization

Essential experience and skills:

• 3 + years experience working as a DevOps Cloud Engineer (or similar)
• Experience working with Scripting languages
• Experience working with AWS and Terraform
• Experience working in scrum methods (Agile)
• Experience working with Automation tools such as Jenkins and Ansible
• Working knowledge of various tools, open-source technologies, and cloud services
• Awareness of critical concepts in DevOps

Desired experience and skills:

• Experience working in scrum methods (Agile) and Agile principles
• Experience working with Packer, Docker

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios. If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career.

We maximize each employee's potential through personal development and through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe that remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

25 days' holiday per year
1 additional day off for your Birthday
Annual wellness allowance
Share Purchase Plan
Medical Health Insurance
Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
Dental Coverage
Life insurance
Pillar 3 Private Pension
Meal Vouchers
Flexible Benefits
Bookster
Volunteering Events
Team Buildings

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