Senior Consultant, Cloud DevOps Engineer | Digital Engineering | Technology Consulting | Belfast & Manchester
The opportunity
At EY, we are at the forefront of digital transformation, focusing on shaping, conceptualizing and building innovative cloud solutions that enables clients to tap into the opportunities offered by the cutting-edge technology solutions. We help our clients re-think business processes and operating models, through cloud-enabled platforms, emerging technologies, and generation-skipping transformation. Our consultants work in agile, cross-functional teams addressing some of the most significant issues facing society today, such as transition to sustainable energy, digitisation of government, scaling high-growth businesses, cloud optimisation using FinOps, exploiting the potential of AI, moving to a digitalized world, and improving wellness with digital healthcare. As a Senior DevOps Engineer, you will play a critical role in delivering high-impact solutions that enhance the agility, scalability, and efficiency of our clients' technology operations. You will be part of a dynamic team where you will have an opportunity to work with leading clients across industries, driving innovation and operational excellence through automation, shaping the future of cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to work on diverse and challenging projects, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and contribute to the development of our DevOps capabilities. Your expertise will enable our clients to achieve faster time-to-market, improved software quality, and robust, scalable infrastructure.
Your key responsibilities
- Client collaboration to understand business objectives and technical requirements to provide strategic insights on cloud infrastructure and DevOps initiatives
- Lead engagements to assess client’s DevOps practices, identify gaps and recommend improvements
- Support in the design, implementation, and optimisation of cloud infrastructure solutions using industry leading platforms (Azure, AWS or GCP). The solutions are expected to be optimised for scalability, reusability, and ease of use
- Development and maintenance of automated CI/CD pipelines for efficient delivery and deployment
- Support in the implementation of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with usage of tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates for automated provisioning and configuration
- Supports in preparing design for software components or micro services dynamically, using appropriate agile techniques, following DevSecOps patterns and methodologies and using automation tools
- Facilitate scalable and resilient application deployment using Docker and Kubernetes
- Ensure availability, reliability and good performance of cloud services via monitoring, logging and alerting mechanisms
- Drive continuous improvement by knowledge sharing and staying up to date with the industry trends
To qualify for the role, you must have:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s Degree in design, business or technology subject areas or relevant experience
- Experience of at least 4 years across SDLC, balancing needs via process, tool or methodology introduction from coding to deployment, to maintenance and updates
- Proficiency in either one or more cloud platforms such as Azure/AWS/GCP and ability to articulate what each cloud provider offers
- Experience of developing and supporting cloud-based applications (AWS and/or Azure)
- Hands-on experience in implementing CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or Azure DevOps
- Experience in implementing and maintaining Infrastructure and Configuration as a Code (preferably Terraform and Ansible), and serverless technologies
- Knowledge of Monitoring and Alerting using tools such as Prometheus and Grafana and Cloud tools such as CloudWatch, CloudTrails and PagerDuty
- Knowledge of DevSecOps practices & tools, and experience with balancing quality, security and service management of the software
- Proven experience in high-level programming and scripting languages such as SQL, Java, Python, Ruby, Golang, PHP, .NET, Bash/Shell, JavaScript, Groovy, JSON
- Certification at associate or higher level for one or more of Azure/AWS/GCP
- Experience in working with bids and in pre-sales, including creating and delivering proposals, understanding client asks/requirements and client presentations
Ideally, you will also have:
- SC clearance
- Certifications preferred: Terraform Associate Certification, Azure AI and Microsoft Copilot
- Good knowledge of containerization technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes
- Knowledge of monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions such as Prometheus, ELK stack, or Splunk
- Knowledge of cybersecurity in context of cloud
- Monitoring and troubleshooting complex distributed systems and experience designing resilient, fault-tolerant systems
- Cloud Database management skills
- Knowledge of Linux operating system, including architecture, maintenance and administration of Linux servers
- Experience of using Unix/Linux in a support and/or development environment including scripting languages
- Full stack development knowledge
- Knowledge of open standards, e.g., XML, SOAP, WSDL and UDDI and an understanding of how APIs are engineered
- Good knowledge of virtual networks and general network management functions
What we look for
We’re interested in candidates with a genuine creative vision and the confidence to make it happen. You can expect plenty of autonomy in this role, so you’ll also need the ability to take initiative and seek out opportunities to improve our current relationships and processes. If you’re serious about auditing and ready to take on some of our clients’ most complex issues, this role is for you.
What we offer
- Continuous learning: You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
- Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
- Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
- Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.
If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.
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