Senior Cloud Engineer - DevOps / DevSecOps (AWS & AZURE)

London, England, United Kingdom - Remote

UBDS

UBDS is the go-to digital transformation company to the public and private sector in the UK. Organisations turn to us for deep knowledge

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About the Role

We are currently looking for those with a passion for all things Cloud, innovation and DevOps / DevSecOps to join our thriving Cloud platforms practice here at UBDS.

In this brand new role, you will provide consulting and delivery capability to our customers as a trusted authority, you will work on a multitude of projects involving architecting and delivering secure CI/CD pipelines for promotion of applications and infrastructure into hybrid cloud environments, while embedding security tooling.

Responsibilities

This role will offer a large degree of variety and the responsibilities are an example of what you can expect to be involved in:

  • DevSecOps assurance activities (such as reviewing and validating CI/CD pipelines, application code quality and test code quality).
  • Helping our clients to architect secure CI/CD pipelines.
  • Engineer, implement, and support cloud technology solutions, primarily focused on the AWS cloud platforms.
  • Obtain and maintain an in-depth understanding of AWS public cloud technologies to ensure all appropriate options are considered to support business initiatives.
  • Assessing the maturity of security within our clients DevOps processes.
  • Embedding static, dynamic, interactive and mobile application security testing tools within application CI/CD pipelines.
  • Embedding Software Composition Analysis tools within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Embedding container vulnerability scanning tools within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Automating the delivery of secure cloud configurations within AWS, Azure or GCP using Infrastructure as Code.
  • Embedding tools to scan Infrastructure as Code and test compliance with organizational cloud security policies within infrastructure CI/CD pipelines.
  • Definition of guardrails using cloud native technologies such as Azure Management Groups and Azure Policy or AWS Organizations and Service Control Policies.
  • Automating secure configurations using tools such as Chef, Puppet and Ansible.
  • Delivery of DevSecOps pipelines with security tooling Embedded within them using automation Servers.
  • Definition of security requirements for container management services based on Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Definition of security requirements for source code repositories, binary repositories and secrets managers used within CI/CD pipelines.
  • Working closely with software engineers and/or platform engineers to embed security thinking into DevOps teams.
  • Delivery of security training to software engineers and/or platform engineers.
  • Development of secure coding standards.
  • Act as a consultant and subject matter expert for Project Managers, Developers, and Engineering teams, to resolve technical obstacles and improve the product's vision.
  • Work closely with multiple Project Management and Software Engineering teams on understanding ways to improve IaaS and PaaS service offerings.
  • Be an advocate for our customers in representing their issues to Leadership and develop innovative solutions.
  • Use DevOps practises such as CI,CD, Agile, Scrum, XP and Domain Driven Design

About You

  • AWS public cloud experience in development and architecture.
  • AWS Certification required, however strong experience with a desire to complete certification will be considered.
  • DevOps/coding skills in Python 3.x, CloudFormation, Terraform, GitHub, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions.
  • Hands-on experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS), including but not limited to core IaaS (IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, EBS, ELB) and native AWS Services (Lambda, AWS Config, EMR, Athena)
  • You will be relationship builder who thrives on creating innovative, best in class solutions for stakeholders and clients

Benefits


Why people choose to grow their careers at UBDS

People are the most important aspect of our business, so adding the right people to the team and helping them grow is critical. This is why we’ve invested in a people-focused team to look after the entire employee experience.

With an impressive portfolio of customers in both the public and private sectors, we have a variety of exciting projects to be involved in. As a technology agnostic organisation, you’ll gain exposure to the world’s leading and latest technology.

Employee Benefits

  • Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more
  • Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality
  • Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance
  • Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays
  • Employee perks and discounts through the third-party provider Perkbox
  • Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice
  • Contributed Pension Scheme
  • Death in service cover
  • Flexible / Hybrid Working - UBDS offers a flexible working environment to help enable you to operate at your maximum regardless of your location. With offices in London & Manchester we offer a culture that is focussed on outcomes and giving you a work life balance
  • About UBDS

    UBDS was born out of a vision to build lasting relationships by delivering digital transformation solutions with unrivalled speed and efficiency. We have taken complex organisations to the frontier of innovation, transforming enterprise and public sector to be faster, leaner and more competitive.

    Organisations turn to us for deep knowledge, specialist skills, years of on-the-job experience and our can-do and get-it done culture.

    Projects are personal. Our work is an extension of the values we embody, and we are always looking for ways to fill the gap for our clients. For us, it’s about top- and bottom-line growth, and equipping our clients with cutting-edge technology that empowers innovation.

    We exist to deliver significant, measurable and sustainable digital transformation, and we achieve this by delivering value to our customers in the following ways:

    1. Accelerating change

    2. Ensuring frictionless high performance

    3. Mitigating risk and ensuring security

    From advisory, to design and execution, we implement the technology that aligns with our clients’ goals – to help them innovate and thrive. We have four key values that guide the way we work together, engage with our customers, make decisions, and ultimately succeed:

  • Our reputation is everything
  • We are passionate about technology and innovation
  • We deliver value and make an impact
  • We keep it simple and make it happen

  • Interested in joining our innovative team?

    Get in touch. To find out more about this role, one of our other vacancies or to just talk about UBDS and where you might fit into one of our free thinking and ever-advancing teams, please head to https://apply.workable.com/ubds/ or send your CV to Recruitment@UBDS.com

    Equal Opportunities

    We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.


    * Salary range is an estimate based on our InfoSec / Cybersecurity Salary Index 💰

    Tags: Agile Ansible Application security Automation AWS Azure CI/CD Cloud Compliance DevOps DevSecOps Docker EC2 GCP GitHub IaaS IAM Kubernetes Lambda PaaS Puppet Python S3 Scrum Terraform

    Perks/benefits: Career development Competitive pay Flex hours Salary bonus Startup environment

    Regions: Remote/Anywhere Europe
    Country: United Kingdom
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