Cloud Engineer

Location: London, Potters Bar, Bristol or Isle of Man (Hybrid working options available)

We are looking for an engineer with strong cloud and devops skills to join our team. The successful candidate will be a part of the team responsible for ensuring Canada Life UKs Cloud Platform is best in class!

You will be working at every stage of a product lifecycle deployment, from conception, design, implementation, testing and through to operational support.

CLUK Are currently embarking on a Migration to Cloud so much of the work will be supporting our product teams with these migrations. We have a Cloud First mentality, so where possible re-design is our first choice.

With Automation at the heart of everything the CLUK cloud team are doing, you should have strong understanding of CI/CD tools, and IaC like Bicep.

We currently use Azure, so are looking for mainly Azure experience, though strong experience in any cloud is welcome. CLUK are hoping to move to multi-Cloud in the not-too-distant future.

We have several roles available, ranging in experience from Junior all the way to Lead.

Canada Life operations a Hybrid and Work from Home model - with the expectation of being in the office for meets and events. Office locations include Bristol (preferred), London, Isle of Man.

Responsibilities:
• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on Azure using BiCep and CI/CD Pipelines
• Develop automation scripts for deployment and maintenance of cloud infrastructure.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to cloud infrastructure and applications.
• Monitor system performance and identify opportunities for optimization.
• Ensure compliance with security policies and standards.
• Participate in technical discussions and provide recommendations for improvements.
• Document system configurations and processes
• Provide support to other teams as needed.
• Providing training and guidance for Junior and less experience team members in CLUK

Requirements:
• Experience in cloud infrastructure engineering at larger enterprises
• Strong understanding of Azure and related services
• Experience with BiCep or other IaC deployments, with experience providing IaC as a service to developer teams.
• Strong understand of Ci/CD Pipeline tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions (or similar)
• Strong scripting skills in PowerShell and/or Python
• Knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Microsoft Azure certifications are a plus.