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We're Synechron, a global consultancy Laser-focused on accelerating digital initiatives in financial services with over 14,500 members of staff across 19 countries and a unique mix of end-to-end digital, business and technology services, we help clients solve complex challenges with modern and innovative solutions.

Our clients come to us with problems that need genuine thought, intelligence and knowledge; we're not just putting bodies on seats.

Why Work for Synechron!?

We have stunning 7th floor offices in London's city, close to Liverpool Street and Moorgate train stations. We're a stone's throw from the Bank of England and a number of bars and restaurants, 5-minute walk from St Pauls Cathedral and shopping Centre. The office features a roof terrace with comfortable chairs and tables and you can enjoy our rather popular coffee machine, teas, biscuits, cans of drinks etc.

One of our longest standing and largest clients are seeking a highly skilled and motivated DevOps Engineer with AWS experience to join their dynamic team. As a DevOps Engineer, you will play a crucial role in designing, implementing, and maintaining their cloud infrastructure and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery.
• Collaborate with development teams to automate and streamline development and deployment processes.
• Monitor and optimize system performance, reliability, and availability.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure and deployment issues.
• Implement and enforce security best practices to protect data and systems.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of infrastructure and applications.
• Stay up-to-date with the latest industry trends and technologies to continuously improve our infrastructure and processes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructure on AWS.
• Strong knowledge of AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, and IAM.
• Proficiency in Scripting languages such as Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
• Experience with containerization technologies such as Docker and container orchestration tools like Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with configuration management tools like Ansible, Chef, or Puppet.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD principles and experience with tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or AWS CodePipeline.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• AWS certifications such as AWS Certified DevOps Engineer or AWS Certified Solutions Architect.
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools like Terraform.
• Knowledge of networking concepts and experience with VPC, Route 53, and ELB.
• Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as CloudWatch, ELK Stack, or Prometheus.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience working in agile development teams.

You will be expected to work from the Clients or Synechron's office 3 days a week.

Synechron's Diversity Statement

Synechron are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiative Same Difference' is committed to fostering an inclusive culture - promoting equality, diversity and an environment that is respectful to all. We encourage applicants from across diverse backgrounds, race, ethnicities, religion, age, marital status, gender, sexual orientations, or disabilities to apply. We offer flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, learning and development programmes to support our global workforce. Empowerment and collaboration are at the core of how we operate.

All employment decisions at Synechron are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to the applicant's gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.