Cloud Engineer, AWS

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Enhance and uphold highly available, secure, and scalable AWS cloud environments and services.

• Manage and prioritize tasks within the cloud infrastructure backlog to meet immediate needs and plan for long-term enhancements.

• Establish infrastructure monitoring and observability solutions, proactively addressing issues related to availability, performance, or security.

• Familiarize yourself with the current infrastructure and take charge of daily cloud operational tasks and activities.

• Evaluate new technologies, systems, and services for production readiness, ensuring smooth and stable integration.

• Create and maintain documentation on cloud processes, procedures, and architectures to promote clear understanding and team-wide awareness.

• Implement AWS Well-Architected Framework principles to assess and optimize our existing infrastructure.

• Participate in out-of-office hour cloud deployments once or twice a month.

• Conduct POCs (proof of concepts) on new AWS services, third-party tools, and technologies to facilitate continuous improvement in our infrastructure.

⛳️ Requirements

• A demonstrated entrepreneurial and collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

• A university degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field.

• 3-5 years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services in a professional environment.

• Proficiency with core AWS services, including IAM, S3, KMS, RDS, VPC, ECS, EC2, and more.

• Experience managing multi-account and multi-region AWS production environments and utilizing IaaC for management.

• Strong hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools, preferably Terraform.

• Proficiency in one or more scripting languages, such as Python, Bash, or Node.js.

• Good understanding of cloud security principles and services, such as AWS WAF, GuardDuty, Config, and CloudTrail.

• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools, preferably GitLab.

• Experience with software version control and Git.

• Strong grasp of cloud networking concepts, including VPC, VPC Peering, Subnets, and Load Balancing.

• Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools for cloud environments, such as Grafana, Prometheus, OpenSearch, and the ELK stack.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive approach to challenges.

• A genuine interest in keeping abreast of new AWS services and features, integrating advancements into the cloud environment.

• Ability to thrive in a flexible, startup environment, taking the initiative to establish new processes as needed.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.

• Good listening skills.

• Familiarity with industry best practices in cloud architecture principles.

• Ability to work independently as well as collaboratively within a team.

• Availability to work during Central European Time (CET) business hours.

🏝️ Benefits

• An opportunity to be part of an outstanding team driving innovation in healthcare.

• A competitive salary within a supportive work environment that promotes work-life balance.

• Opportunities for professional growth and development in an international context.

• A collaborative and inclusive culture, which is fundamental to our values.

• Occasional travel to our headquarters in Switzerland, allowing immersion in our core operations and company culture.