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Job Tile: Cloud Engineer

Function: Digital Technology, (DT)

Location: Manchester, Gloucester or Harlow (Hybrid with a minimum of two days a week on site)

Clearance: SC Current/Eligible

Raytheon UK

At Raytheon UK, we take immense pride in being a leader in defence and aerospace technology. As an employer, we are dedicated to fuelling innovation, nurturing talent, and fostering a culture of excellence.

Joining our team means being part of an organisation that shapes the future of national security whilst investing in your growth and personal development. We provide a collaborative environment, abundant opportunities for professional development, and a profound sense of purpose in what we do. Together, we are not just advancing technology; were building a community committed to safeguarding a safer and more connected world.

About the role:

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join the cloud team within the Digital Technology function.  Reporting to the Lead Cloud Engineer, you will be responsible for the deployment, management, maintenance and upkeep of the Core Cloud environment(s) while providing support and architectural advice to mission areas across the business.  

This role is critical to the cloud team, requiring a highly effective individual with strong technical skills who is excited by working in a fast passed, hybrid environment and who can drive operational excellence.  You will have the ability to work within and create solutions for highly regulated environments is a key aspect of this role. 

Skills and Experience:

• Relevant experience hands on experience deploying AWS solutions in an enterprise environment. 

• Working towards or achieved a relevant AWS certification at associate level. 

• Experience across a broad range of AWS services, technologies and practices, including but not limited to:  

• AWS VPCs 

• AWS IAM 

• AWS Organizations 

• Infrastructure as Code 

• GitOps 

• DevOps 

Desirable Skills:

• Understanding and experience of the Scrum framework 

• Familiarity with Microsoft Azure 

• Experience controlling and using Linux systems via a terminal 

• Experience of using containerisation (Docker) 

Responsibilities:

• Ensure monitoring and reporting of all resources within the organization’s AWS platform(s).  

• Identifies, plans, and drives maintenance tasks and upgrades in line with change management procedures and technical vendor guidelines to ensure quality, integrity and availability of IT services.  

• Reviews company and corporate policy and procedure documentation and ensures all IT systems and services remain in compliance with enterprise standards.  

• Adheres to incident, problem and change management processes, minimising impact, or disruption to services. 

• Ensures daily/weekly/monthly system checks as outlined in documented checklists and KPIs are performed. 

• Plans, oversees, or implements new approved AWS services in line with project commitments. 

• Ensures standards of system documentation and support procedures for the DT function are maintained. 

• Develops approaches to improve, streamline and automate the capability, security and health status of the environment.  

• Proactively identify and manage risk via the IT Risk Management process. 

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