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Vix Technology, a global leader in automatic fare collection, transit information, and transit analytics solutions, is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Cloud Engineer. With a presence in over 200 city and regional transport authorities worldwide, Vix has been at the forefront of transforming fare collection for more than 35 years. At Vix, we are committed to solving problems and delivering innovative solutions that are revolutionising the world of public transit.
We are a global organisation at Vix – embracing the strength that individual diversity brings to the collective. Bring your individual orientation, cultural heritage and distinctive thinking and experience – we want to hear from you!
The Role
We are on the hunt for a motivated and technically minded Cloud Engineer to assist in optimising, supporting and maintaining Vix products across production and non-production environments. It will suit someone with Windows and Linux expertise looking to apply their knowledge, with the opportunities to broaden their skillset. This role is based in our Manchester office, where we prioritise in-person collaboration and teamwork.
We regret that this position is only available for UK citizens/Residents with indefinite leave to remain in the UK, with current full time work rights for the United Kingdom, currently residing in the UK. This position will be located in the United Kingdom.
What will you be responsible for?
- Technical support around the daily operation, maintenance and security of production and non-production environments according to ITSM policies
- Deploying solutions on the AWS platform and solving problems
- Advising and supporting the Engineering team as part of a DevSecOps culture to ensure operational excellence
- Creating and supporting CI/CD pipelines
- Curating the internal knowledge base to deliver operational accuracy and repeatability
What does our ideal candidate look like?
- Demonstrated experience in AWS cloud-native configuration and support
- Familiarity with Active Directory, DNS, and networking concepts
- Practical experience with a scripting language such as powershell or python. Any understanding of development languages such as C#, Java is a bonus
- Able to apply creative thinking skills, thrives in an agile environment, with practical knowledge of DevSecOps principles.
- Experience with cloudformation, cdk or terraform
- Experience with system monitoring and remediation, use of observability tools such as Splunk/Cloudwatch
- Understands best security practices, ITSM Frameworks and has a customer service mentality
Benefits
What’s in it for you?
Besides the opportunity to work for a global company that is customer and people focused, we offer:
- A focus on learning and development
- A great team of like-minded professionals
- Private Healthcare
- Income Protection Scheme
- Pension
- Group Life Assurance
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Electric Car Benefit Scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Eyecare and Spectacle Vouchers
Sounds good? Then apply now. Get on board today!
Add your resume and anything else to showcase why you would be a great addition to our team. We regret that this position is only available for UK&I citizens/Residents with indefinite leave to remain in the UK&I, with current full time work rights for the United Kingdom, currently residing in the UK.
No recruitment agencies, please! We won’t accept any introductions.
Vix Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all people and want to build a workforce as diverse as the community we serve. We aim to have a work environment where everyone feels included and everyone can realise their full potential.
Skills Required
- Experience in AWS cloud-native configuration and support
- Familiarity with Active Directory, DNS, and networking concepts
- Practical experience with a scripting language such as Powershell or Python
- Understanding of development languages such as C# or Java
- Experience with CloudFormation, CDK or Terraform
- Knowledge of observability tools like Splunk/Cloudwatch
- Understanding of best security practices and ITSM frameworks
What We Do
Vix Technology has been designing, delivering, operating and maintaining some of the world's leading transit ticketing systems for the past 35 years. With customers in 200 cities across the globe, we are passionate about providing a better customer journey for passengers. Our innovative smart booking, ticketing and secure payment systems have helped make public transport more accessible and more cost effective to operate, and we continue to look ahead and shape the way transport moves for the future. Our teams launched the first smart card ticketing system in Hong Kong in 1997, and continued the pace with the first U.S. account-based fare collection system in Salt Lake City, Utah. We work with global transit operators to help improve their passenger journey, and we’re always looking for people who share our values to help deliver our next innovative solution. With more than 500 employees in offices across 10 countries, we’re diverse, global and excited to talk to you about our commitment to improve the customer journey.
