Cloud Engineer

GMSL is the market-leading provider of 24/7 energy portfolio management services and software in Europe and plays a vital role in the energy business. We have unparalleled expertise in the industry, built up over 25 years of operating in energy markets throughout Europe.

Our software and services are used by some of the largest energy companies in the world operating 24 hours a day 365 days a year. For more background on GMSL see https://www.gmsl.co.uk

As a Fluxys group company it is our mission to contribute to a sustainable energy future and our passionate teams secure reliable and affordable energy flows into the European market.

Cloud Engineers at GMSL are responsible for creating secure and highly available AWS infrastructure for our cloud-based products.

Cloud Engineers are key to the design, provisioning, maintenance and support of the cloud infrastructure, which requires a deep understanding of cloud services.

Once your knowledge of our current architecture and AWS services has been established, your key responsibilities will be:

• Pro-actively maintaining & improving existing architectural patterns whilst introducing new patterns to benefit from changes to technology/services.
• Ensuring the availability, reliability, and security of our cloud systems and services.
• Collaborating alongside product owners, developers and testers to help develop and implement new services and features.
• Using infrastructure as code and automation to provide cloud services in multiple environments, from testing through to production.
• Ensuring we have effective logging, monitoring and alerting.
• Facilitating the sharing of knowledge within the team through discussions and clear documentation.
• Coaching other members of the team.
• Supporting & improving the CI/CD infrastructure.

We are looking for someone who:

• Has 5+ years’ experience as a Cloud Engineer or in a similar role.
• Enjoys working within a small team but is also able to work independently when required.
• Is able to communicate effectively, with both technical and non-technical people.
• Is curious about how technology works and can adapt to new challenges.
• Enjoys troubleshooting and thinking logically to diagnose issues and identify root causes.
• Is comfortable providing on-call support.

About Technologies:
Experience with AWS would be a bonus but is not required – experience with any cloud provider will suffice, ideally in at most of the following areas.  

• Networking and DNS (VPC, subnets, security groups)
• Cloud services/APIs (S3, SQS, Cognito etc. etc.)
• Serverless compute and containerization (Lambda, ECR, docker, docker-compose)
• Database management and administration (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB)
• Logging, monitoring and alarms (Cloudwatch, AWS Health Dashboard)
• User identity and access management (IAM, STS)
• Scripting and automation (Bash, JavaScript, Python)
• Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CodePipeline, CodeBuild, Github Actions)

Salary will be reflective of your level of experience – please outline your salary expectations in your application. Additionally, we offer a very attractive package of benefits including 25 days’ holidays, annual discretionary bonus scheme, Company pension scheme (6% employer contribution), private health insurance, flexible working hours and remote working, employee assistance program, casual dress and a relaxed environment, loyal service award, cycle to work scheme, fresh fruit and great coffee, free access to Cambridge University Botanic Gardens, monthly team pub lunches.

But above all:

• Contribute and innovate towards a carbon-neutral world
• Develop and shape a brilliant career in a fast-growing international group
• Showcase your strong appetite to contribute towards an array of dynamic projects that challenge your intellect