Opticore IT are currently searching for a Senior Cloud Network Engineer for a large Financial Services client, to build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure. This is a hybrid opportunity based 2 days on site in London or Manchester.
Opticore IT is a specialist Networks & Platform Engineering and Project Management consultancy offering a wide variety of opportunities to work within fast-paced, challenging environments across our client base spanning multiple sectors, including Finance, Broadcast Media, Telecommunications and more.
What you'll be doing:
- This role sits within the Cloud Platform Engineering function, which is responsible for building and operating secure, scalable and resilient cloud environments across AWS, Azure and GCP for business-critical applications. This role supports cloud adoption, contributes to platform engineering standards, and drives operational excellence across cloud services.
- Highly developed Python development capability, with practical experience in AWS as a primary cloud platform, including services such as IAM, CloudFormation and Service Catalog, alongside a well-established understanding of Agile methodologies, working with Git, relational databases and RESTful APIs.
- Ability to design, build and run cloud services at scale, including networking, identity and access, monitoring, resource optimisation and security, as well as developing Infrastructure as Code using tools such as CloudFormation or Terraform.
- Demonstrated experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitLab and Python, combined with the ability to support and guide team members, encourage collaboration, and promote engineering and delivery best practices.
What you'llbring:
- Strong Python development experience
- Hands on AWS experience including IAM, CloudFormation and Service Catalog
- Infrastructure as Code experience (Terraform and/or CloudFormation).
- CI/CD pipeline engineering experience using GitLab
- Experience operating secure cloud environments at scale.
Diversity:
At Opticore IT we embrace diversity and are committed to equal opportunities. We actively recruit for an inclusive and diverse workforce and as such, want to ensure we do everything we can to support your application.
We want you to feel empowered to let us know if you require any adjustments to be made with your application or interview process so please speak to our recruitment team.