Senior Java Cloud Engineer

The Senior Java Cloud Engineer role sits within the Technology function and reports to the Development Manager

You will have line management responsibility to 2 Java/Cloud engineers.

Tasks

1. Maintain a thorough technical understanding of current and future business systems needs

2. Solution design

• To identify potential systems solutions to business needs analysing the solution feasibility in conjunction with senior developers and the Technical Architect.
• To be an AWS/Cloud evangelist and encourage the use of AWS services & technologies
• To document proposed solutions to allow signoff by technical and nontechnical management
• To lead on low level design working in combination with Solution Engineers & other Engineers
• To document detailed technical specifications in a clear concise and structured way that allows other developers to operate and maintain the systems being developed

3. Systems development and deployment

• To research and suggest new open source tools and techniques that can be utilised in the solutions
• To use cloud solutions where appropriate but to also look at consistency for solutions
• To write detailed technical specifications based on identified solutions
• To develop specified solutions in accordance with approved specifications
• To develop and improve established standards and procedures including coding testing and documentation standards
• To ensure quality of the code by unittesting the developed solution to include test script preparation test data preparation and test execution. Using appropriate tools to increase efficiency & quality
• To contribute to the continuous maintenance of technical documentation

4. Maintain strong relationships

• To build and maintain strong working relationships with stakeholders including key business users and external suppliers
• To liaise closely with business users to ensure a close fit exists between business needs and technical solutions
• To work closely with other Leads in the Engineering team to ensure smooth and efficient delivery process

5. Lead a team of Engineers

• To lead a team of Engineers and recruit train develop and motivate an effective team to help deliver its agreed set of priorities
• To provide technical leadership to the team and lead by example as a handson Engineer
• To manage proactively the professional development of team members in order to maintain high performance levels and provide opportunities for career development.

6. Other responsibilities

• To represent the interests of business users by helping keep projects focussed on meeting business needs and realising business benefits
• To assist the Technical Architect in determining project scope costs and timescales
• To develop and maintain expertise in best practice development methodologies and techniques
• To maintain knowledge of new and emerging technologies that may be relevant

Requirements

• 5 years experience in computer infrastructure or development background
• AWS experience
• Coding experience
• Knowledge of traditional infrastructure layers such as network compute and storage systems and virtualisation.
• AWS knowledge of EC2 ECS VPC S3 Lambda Cloudformation Route 53
• Administration skills in Linux