Logging & Inventory Cloud Engineer - GCP & AWS
Summary: The Logging & Inventory Cloud Engineer role focuses on enhancing cloud visibility and inventory management within a leading global financial services organization. The position requires expertise in GCP and AWS, with responsibilities including the design and implementation of logging and monitoring solutions, automation, and infrastructure management. The role is hybrid and initially set for a 6-month contract with potential for extension. The engineer will collaborate with various teams to improve cloud governance and operational controls.
Key Responsibilities:
- Design, implement and maintain logging, monitoring and inventory management solutions across cloud platforms.
- Develop automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual processes.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Develop scripts and tooling using Python and Shell scripting.
- Support cloud engineering activities across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Drive improvements in cloud observability, monitoring and operational reporting.
- Manage and optimise containerised workloads where required.
- Work closely with engineering and platform teams to improve cloud governance and operational controls.
- Support cloud asset discovery, inventory management and configuration management initiatives.
Key Skills:
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Proven experience delivering logging, monitoring and inventory management solutions within cloud environments.
- Strong Python development and automation skills.
- Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Strong Shell scripting capabilities.
- Demonstrated experience driving automation initiatives.
- Experience working with Kubernetes and/or containerisation technologies.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Glasgow
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Contract Role: Logging & Inventory Cloud Engineer - GCP & AWS
Contract Location: Glasgow.
Hybrid
Contract Duration: 6 months initially (with potential extension)
Contract Start Date: Immediate
Contract Classification: Inside IR35
** Must have GCP and AWS Cloud experience **
Overview
We are supporting a leading global financial services organisation on a significant cloud engineering and automation programme and are seeking an experienced Logging & Inventory Cloud Engineer. This role will focus on enhancing cloud visibility, inventory management, monitoring capabilities and automation across complex multi-cloud environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, implement and maintain logging, monitoring and inventory management solutions across cloud platforms.
- Develop automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual processes.
- Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Develop scripts and tooling using Python and Shell scripting.
- Support cloud engineering activities across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Drive improvements in cloud observability, monitoring and operational reporting.
- Manage and optimise containerised workloads where required.
- Work closely with engineering and platform teams to improve cloud governance and operational controls.
- Support cloud asset discovery, inventory management and configuration management initiatives.
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
- Proven experience delivering logging, monitoring and inventory management solutions within cloud environments.
- Strong Python development and automation skills.
- Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
- Strong Shell scripting capabilities.
- Demonstrated experience driving automation initiatives.
- Experience working with Kubernetes and/or containerisation technologies.
- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
Desirable
- Experience within large-scale enterprise or financial services environments.
- Knowledge of cloud governance, compliance and operational controls.
- Experience with observability and monitoring tooling in cloud-native environments.
- Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD practices.
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