Cloud Reliability Engineer

Prudential’s purpose is to be partners for every life and protectors for every future. Our purpose encourages everything we do by creating a culture in which diversity is celebrated and inclusion assured, for our people, customers, and partners. We provide a platform for our people to do their best work and make an impact to the business, and we support our people’s career ambitions. We pledge to make Prudential a place where you can Connect, Grow, and Succeed.

We are looking for a skilled Cloud Reliability Engineer to join our Cloud Reliability team, under Cloud Foundation. The ideal candidate should possess a robust background in cloud platforms, with a particular emphasis on GCP and Azure, and a preference for GCP expertise.

The role demands proficiency in cloud operations, especially in system administration and site reliability engineering, coupled with a comprehensive understanding of various scripting languages and tools. This role operates within the cross-functional discipline of reliability engineering and centralized cloud operations. The candidate must have the ability to investigate, troubleshoot, and apply a consistent engineering approach in the reliability space.

Key Responsibilities:
• Manage and maintain cloud infrastructure on GCP and Azure.
• Oversee IT operations, ensuring system stability and performance.
• Read and understand scripting languages such as Bash and PowerShell.
• Utilize infrastructure as code tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and investigate issues in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with development teams to implement GitOps and IaC practices.
• Perform advanced Linux system administration tasks.
• Handle basic networking tools and concepts (e.g., dig, netstat, nc, iptables).

Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in IT operations as a system administrator
• Strong understanding of system and network administration
• Experience with both GCP and Azure cloud platforms, with a preference for GCP
• Advanced user of Linux operating systems and proficient with databases
• Experience with automation tools like Terraform, Ansible, and Puppet.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, knowledge of cloud-native tools and practices
• Strong understanding of Git, GitOps and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles
• Knowledge of basic networking tools and concepts.
• Ability to write and understand scripts in Bash and PowerShell, experience with Python scripting is a plus

Additional Information:
• This is a full-time position.
• The role may require occasional On-Call support.

Prudential is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equality of opportunity of benefits for all who apply and who perform work for our organisation irrespective of sex, race, age, ethnic origin, educational, social and cultural background, marital status, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, disability or part-time / fixed-term work, or any other status protected by applicable law. We encourage the same standards from our recruitment and third-party suppliers taking into account the context of grade, job and location. We also allow for reasonable adjustments to support people with individual physical or mental health requirements.