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AWS Cloud Engineer
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Job description
We’re looking for a talented, self-driven AWS Cloud Engineer to join our engineering team and help deliver current and upcoming work. You’ll be responsible for the smooth operation, maintenance and security of our cloud infrastructure, optimising performance and protecting critical data. You’ll work with an experienced, friendly team that takes pride in its work. If you’d like to help build and run systems that businesses depend on, we’d love to hear from you. This is a remote role for applicants based in the UK or Europe.
Roles and responsibilities
The right person will achieve the following in this role:
- Configure and maintain AWS workloads ensuring reliability and performance
- Develop and implement automation to streamline and improve processes
- Implement cloud security best practices ensuring data protection compliance
- Monitor infrastructure and services, proactively addressing performance issues
- Work with teams to ensure seamless service integration and delivery
- Conduct root cause analysis and work with developers
- Attend daily stand-ups and maintain project tickets
Experience
The right person will have the following experience:
- 3+ years of AWS services experience including VPC, SSM, EC2 and EFS
- 3+ years of cloud infrastructure deployment, administration and automation experience
- Excellent understanding of network operations and cloud security protocols
- Hands-on experience with CloudWatch or other monitoring tools
- Excellent cloud security knowledge including IAM, encryption and groups
- AWS Cloud Practitioner or SysOps Administrator certification is desirable
Knowledge, skills and abilities
The right person will be able to:
- Explain technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Respond positively to changing priorities
- Work under pressure in fast-paced environments
- Use strong verbal and written communication skills
Additional requirements
The right person will:
- Be available for occasional after-hours support when needed
- Travel for industry events, client and team meetings
- Have flexibility to adapt to changing business priorities
Benefits
We are offering the following benefits for this position:
- A friendly, supportive and family-friendly working environment
- 27 days’ holiday plus bank holidays
- Remote-first working
- Health and medical support
- High-standard equipment
- Stakeholder pension
Full job role specification
The downloadable job role specification has additional detail on each of the points above. Please make sure you have read it before applying for the role.
Culture
We’re a family-orientated business and value a working environment that gives us time away from work. We typically work standard hours and don’t expect you to work weekends. We meet virtually every Monday at 9am to check in on how everyone is doing and what we’re working on.
We reward our team as often as we can and are friendly, fun and non-judgemental. There are no office politics, and our hierarchy is as flat as we can make it.
About Filter
Filter builds, connects and runs the software and systems behind our clients’ day-to-day operations, and stays accountable for them long after launch. Our clients include J D Wetherspoon, Medivet and Homeprotect, and our work ranges from apps used by millions of people to the integrations and cloud platforms behind them.
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