lead aws developer for a publishing company

Engineer a best in class AWS Cloud platform

Engineer and integrate cloud solutions & services to industry best practice with scalability, fault tolerance, highly resilient, highly secure, observability, and simplicity in mind

Run proof of concepts for new cloud services or cloud third party tooling

Work with InfoSec colleagues to review and enhance the AWS security posture

Devise innovative ideas for solving hard technical problems involving distributed systems, scale and security and translate these ideas into designs and implementation

Work with peers across the virtual cloud team to understand cloud service or enhancement priorities

Work closely with development teams to help them through the cloud journey, evaluate and identify new cloud service requirements, and engineer and implement globally

Identify, triage, and constantly automate and evolve the platform by pushing for change that improves reliability, operability and developer experience

Employ exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they affect business productivity

Engineer solutions that are fully automated using infrastructure-as-code and integrated in the CI/CD toolchain

5+ years of experience as an AWS Developer

Experience of working with development/delivery stakeholders on cloud application migrations or large scale/complex infrastructure initiatives

Strong Infra knowledge - Virtualisation, Database, Networks, Windows, Linux, Storage

Experience with modern DevOps tooling (e.g., GIT, Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure ARM, Jenkins, Ansible, Puppet, Docker, Kubernetes)

Understanding of PaaS, Infra-as-Code, Compliance-as-Code, and when/how to use & enable

Experience with modern engineering and agile practices as well as shift left CI/CD

Passionate about building and delivering services via APIs

Experienced with scripting and/or ideally one language, (e.g., Python, .NET, PowerShell, Nodejs, Ruby, Java)

Proven ability to collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams of business analysts, developers, infrastructure engineers, data scientists, and subject matter experts

Deep understanding of broader cloud ecosystem including Cloud Computing Technologies, business drivers and leading-edge cloud emerging technologies and trends.

Solid interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to self-manage