Senior Cloud Engineer (DevOps) 3-Month Contract (Outside IR35)Hybrid Canary Wharf (1 day per week onsite)Are you an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer looking for a high-impact contract role? A fintech company is seeking a skilled DevOps contractor to lead a focused cloud migration project, transitioning a prototype Dockerized React/TypeScript frontend and Python/Flask REST API from on-prem Linux servers to a secure, FCA-compliant Azure Cloud deployment.This is a 3-month contract where youll take ownership of the full migration process, ensuring a scalable, fault-tolerant, and production-ready infrastructure.What Youll Be Doing:Cloud Infrastructure: Design and implement a secure and scalable Azure environment for a production fintech platform.Migration: Lead the transition from on-prem Debian servers to Azure while ensuring security, compliance, and performance.Scaling & Resilience: Set up load balancing, failover, database replication, backups, and monitoring to ensure 24/7 reliability.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Utilize Terraform, Ansible, and Docker to streamline infrastructure deployment and management.CI/CD & Automation: Build robust CI/CD pipelines with automated recovery, rollback, and monitoring.Azure AD: Migrate the on-prem Domain Controller to Azure Active Directory.Documentation & Handover: Clearly document all architecture decisions and provide knowledge transfer to the development team.What Were Looking For:Azure Cloud Expertise Strong background in cloud infrastructure design within regulated environments.Docker & IaC Hands-on experience with Docker, Terraform, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps.Linux Mastery Strong Debian administration skills with excellent scripting abilities.Security & Compliance Experience securing REST APIs, managing network security, IAM, and Azure monitoring.Autonomous Execution Ability to take ownership of projects with minimal oversight, making practical, efficient decisions.Strong Communicator Comfortable documenting and explaining architecture to developers and stakeholders.Bonus Skills (Nice to Have):Knowledge of Python, React, and TypeScriptExperience in FinTech, trading technology, or startupsFamiliarity with OpenAI LLM deployments in the cloudRelevant cloud, Microsoft, or Linux certificationsIf youre a self-sufficient DevOps expert ready to deliver a mission-critical cloud migration, wed love to hear from you! Apply now and be part of this exciting project!
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Senior Cloud Engineer (DevOps)