Senior Cloud Engineer

Salary & Benefits: £49,275 - £61,593 per annum dependant on experience, annual bonus, attractive pension scheme (Up to 10% company contribution), life assurance cover of 4 times pensionable salary and 25 days annual leave, bank holidays, plus a wellness day and development opportunities in line with the progression plan. We also offer a fantastic flexible benefits package, where you can choose from benefits such as health cash plan scheme, critical illness insurance, dental insurance, life assurance flex and partner cover.

Colleagues also have access to a retail savings scheme, online GP service, cycle to work scheme, gym membership discounts and many more!

Location: Bradford / Hybrid Working (1-2 days office a week – Bradford)

Work type: Permanent. 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join the TEC team at Yorkshire Water and be a part of helping Yorkshire Water to provide the best service to our customers. Could this be you?

What we do:

Everyone has an idea of what a water company does. Here in Yorkshire, we make sure that over 5.4 million people living in the region and the millions of people who visit our region each year can rely on our services, and have clean and safe drinking water on tap and that their wastewater is taken away. But for us, it’s so much more than this.

We look after communities, protect the environment, and plan to look after Yorkshire’s water, today, tomorrow 24/7, 365 days a year. We provide essential water and wastewater services to every corner of the Yorkshire region and play a key role in the region’s health, wellbeing, and prosperity.

New environmental legislation, unprecedented levels of investment and changing expectations from customers means that this is an exciting time to discover opportunities within the water industry. TEC are a key part of how we plan to meet the changing expectations of customers and regulators.

Role Purpose: The purpose of the Senior Cloud Engineer is to design, develop and maintain effective & efficient cloud infrastructure services used for the delivery of IT solutions across all areas of the Kelda Group. This includes defining best practice use of cloud infrastructure services, managing detailed infrastructure risks and implementing associated mitigating controls, identifying opportunities to innovate through the existing infrastructure, and contributing to the overall infrastructure strategy enhancing or protecting value and meeting regulatory and operational requirements. They will provide 24/7 cover as part of a standby rota.

Where you fit in:

• Provision and manage PaaS, SaaS and IaaS resources using tools like Azure Resource Manager templates, Bicep and/or Terraform.
• Develop, implement and maintain cloud security guidelines, standards and best practices.
• Collaborate with development, architecture, and IT Teams on evaluation and implementation of new services based on the requirements.
• Monitor environments for security vulnerabilities and independently take action to remediate and/or mitigate risks.
• Able to work in both Linux and Windows based environments and associated code frameworks.
• Perform a senior cloud engineering role on technology projects.
• Creating high quality detailed technical designs to support overall technical solution in line with strategies and roadmaps, ensuring non-functional requirements are catered for.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to provide coverage during off business hours.

What skills & qualifications you will need:

• Experience of managing Microsoft Azure.
• Experience designing, implementing, and operating build & release automation and continuous integration and deployment, especially to Azure or to VMware VCF.
• Scripting and Programming languages in (Python, Bash, Powershell etc.)
• Familiarity with infrastructure automation using tools like Ansible, Terraform and Bison.
• Experience of DevOps Practices, and working with Agile methodologies including SAFe.
• Unix & Windows system administration skills preferably in a container focused environment.
• Excellent knowledge of integration with various infrastructures within an enterprise organisation.

You will also benefit from having:

• Microsoft Certified Security Engineer.
• Knowledge of CI/CD tools like Octopus.
• Knowledge/Experience of VMware Product Suite.
• Knowledge / Experience of Microsoft Active Directory.
• Knowledge/Experience of Microsoft SQL Server, IIS, SCCM.
• Scripting Technologies (PowerShell).
• Knowledge of Enterprise Networks and TCP/IP.

We embrace a flexible working model, where our hybrid setup typically requires an average of 1-2 days in the office per week. This could be slightly more when collaborative efforts, training or meeting deadlines demand it. For those who prefer to work on-site, our office is open Monday-Friday during working hours.

If you’re an experienced Cloud Engineer and want to help us deliver exceptional service for our customers whilst protecting the environment, then apply today to find out what a career with Yorkshire Water can offer for you.

We are proud to serve the Yorkshire region and are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment that is reflective of the communities we serve. We strongly encourage candidates of all different backgrounds to apply.

If successful for the role, you will be required to undergo pre-employment checks that will include a Basic Disclosure Check, carried out through a Third Party Company, prior to commencing employment. Depending on the role, you may also be required to go through the security vetting process for either a Counter Terrorist Check or Security Check clearance.

Kelda Group reserve the right to close this position before the published closing date, should the need occur. We therefore advise that you complete and submit your application as soon as possible.