Cloud Engineer - AWS, Unix (Remote)

JOB OVERVIEW; Cloud  Engineer (AWS / Unix) sought by exciting technology company start-up (established 2014) and provider of digital marketing optimisation SaaS solutions, integration services and professional services within Big Data, adtech and marketing solutions. My client is offering equity / stock as part of their package!

CONTRACT TYPE; Remote-working and either permanent candidates or contractors will be considered.

SALARY / RATE; Totally negotiable £90K-£100K+ plus generous pre-IPO stock / equity allocation plus bonus plus benefits package OR market rates for contractors.

LOCATION; Remote-working anywhere in Europe. (My client has offices in London, UK, and Cologne, Germany however you may work remotely for 99% of the time.)

LANGUAGE SKILLS: Only business level English is required.

THE COMPANY;

My client was founded in 2014 and is an independent privately-held tech consultancy company with headquarters in London and development offices in Cologne. They are subject matter experts in digital marketing strategy, product solutions, ad operations and data science. Most of the team have been working together for many years and the services provided are the result of this close collaboration. They have a European focus with a global reach. The team have worked across all continental markets throughout the marketing value chain, with specialist knowledge in the mobile sector. Their mission is to help organisations develop strong digital marketing capabilities, and unlocking value of existing systems and tools.

THE ROLE;

We are looking for an additional professional Cloud Engineer , reporting directly to the company Head of Technology, whose role will be to further develop a leading edge real-time platform for identity resolution, compliance and customer engagement. We are interested in experienced and talented engineers who are passionate about Cloud computing to help us develop our technology. We value people that can combine thought leadership with a practical can-do attitude and enjoy working in a diverse international environment.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING;

• Design, build and operate our cloud platform, ensuring all development is scalable, testable, maintainable, highly available and secure
• Drive the automation of all development and operations processes.
• Deployment and configuration of systems
• Backup and restore of systems.
• Security scans and patching of systems.
• System monitoring and Incident management.

CANDIDATE PROFILE:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
• Minimum of 3 years of relevant professional experience
• Good command of English
• Excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical skills
• Entrepreneurial spirit and can-do attitude

ESSENTIAL TECH SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience with AWS
• Unix experience with strong networking knowledge (TCP/IP, DNS, VPN)
• Experience in database administration like PostgreSQL or Elasticsearch.
• Proven scripting skills in languages such as bash.
• Experience in patching and configuration of services.
• Experience in backup/restore and disaster recovery.
• Knowledge of Incident and problem management processes.
• Ideally experience with Continuous Integration (e.g. jenkins).
• Ideally experience with “infrastructure as code” (e.g. chef, terraform).
• Understanding of data security approaches and standards.

WHAT'S ON OFFER?

• Truly excellent performance-oriented salary and benefits package including SHARES / EQUITY and generous quarterly bonuses!
• Opportunity to grow with an innovative company right from the start.
• A responsible and creative job in a young, dynamic company.
• Secure job and long-term prospects for a successful career
• Secure job with a long-term perspective
• Flexible working hours with the possibility of remote working in the EU/UK
• Performance-oriented and attractive salary package

If you wish to be considered for this excellent opportunity which please send a CV asap!