Senior Cloud Engineer
Provoke Solutions, New Zealand
Job Description
Provoke are an end-to-end software delivery consultancy, that delivers innovative solutions, crafted by exceptional people to a global customer base ranging from start-ups to multinational corporations.
Our vision is simple; deliver a service that places as much emphasis on user experience and software adoption as it does on technical brilliance to drive value for our customers.
Who are we looking for?
At Provoke we combine the exceptional talent of our people with the latest technologies to drive business change for our customers. We are looking for a Cloud Engineer to join us as we grow our customer-facing Cloud Engineering team.
This role is a great opportunity to showcase and share your current skills, learn new ones, as well as embed yourself amongst our wider Engineering team, their practices and ethos.
What will you be working on?
You’ll be mostly working on public cloud customer projects, be it new builds or modernisation efforts, and usually more than one at a time. With an automation-first approach and support from your wider Cloud Engineering team, you’ll be responsible for cloud platform, infrastructure, and engineering during the project phase, as well as providing an escalation point for our Customer Success team.
Here is a look at some of the things you will be involved in:
- Building and iterating public cloud apps and infrastructure.
- Migrating, refactoring and rearchitecting existing workloads for the cloud.
- Crafting app and infrastructure continuous integration and delivery workflows.
- Optimising day-2 operations and management.
- Supporting and enabling our wider teams and internal improvement initiatives.
- Keeping up to date with cloud and DevOps technologies and patterns.
Requirements
We are really looking for someone with most of the following:
- Experience working with public cloud platforms, e.g. Azure, AWS.
- Working knowledge of modern web app patterns and implementations.
- Infrastructure-as-Code experience, e.g. ARM Templates, Terraform, CloudFormation.
- Scripting and automation skills, e.g. PowerShell, Bash.
- Networking fundamentals, e.g. TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, TLS.
- Experience with source control and CI/CD tooling, e.g. Git, GitHub, VS Code, Azure DevOps.
- Experience designing and implementing monitoring telemetry and alerting.
- Fundamental knowledge of public cloud security patterns and practices, e.g. IAM.
- Working knowledge of hybrid cloud connectivity, e.g. ExpressRoute, Site-to-Site.
- Working knowledge of database technologies, e.g. MSSQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cosmos.
- Implementation, operational management and support of Windows and Linux systems.
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills, a knack for problem solving, and a passion for ensuring clients receive exceptional quality of service.
It would be awesome if you could also bring any of the following:
- Hands on experience of containers and orchestration, e.g. Docker, Kubernetes.
- Experience with deploying and operating open-source technologies.
- Experience with Application Performance Management (APM), e.g. request tracing, synthetics.
- Hands on coding skills, e.g. JavaScript, Python, .NET.
- Exposure to enterprise cloud adoption initiatives and frameworks, e.g. CAF, Center of Excellence.
Benefits
We know that there is a lot of demand for your skills in the market so why would Provoke interest you?
We're small enough that you can have a voice and influence change internally and with our clients. Not so small that there is limited career progression. We're a growing consultancy and the world is your oyster. We have offices in the US as well which means there's a real range of clients you could be working with.
This role can be based in Auckland, Wellington or remote. We offer a flexible work environment and for people normally based in the office can have dedicated work from home days. You'll also get to work with a bunch of smart passionate people who care as much about tech and a great work place.
Our website showcases excellent examples of what we do and who we are, so be sure to visit us at www.provokesolutions.com. For more information contact
For more information contact or 04 550 2339