Senior Cloud Engineer (DevEx)

<h3>Company Description</h3><p>Technology is our how. And people are our why. For over two decades, we have been harnessing technology to drive meaningful change.<br/>  <br/> By combining world-class engineering, industry expertise and a people-centric mindset, we consult and partner with leading brands from various industries to create dynamic platforms and intelligent digital experiences that drive innovation and transform businesses.<br/>  <br/> From prototype to real-world impact - be part of a global shift by doing work that matters.</p><h3>Job Description</h3><p>Applications management involves overseeing the lifecycle of software applications, including deployment, monitoring, maintenance, and optimization to ensure they meet business requirements and deliver value effectively. </p><p>Our client is Kingfisher, a British multinational home improvement company, headquartered in London. The organization is currently expanding the Cloud Engineering team and, as part of this initiative, we are currently seeking a skilled Senior Cloud Engineer for the Developer Experience team to join our ranks.</p><p><strong>As a Senior Cloud Engineer at Endava, you will play an integral part in our innovative tech hub, engaging with various aspects of technology. The position is a hybrid one, based in Cluj, requiring office presence two days per week.</strong></p><p><strong>You will be responsible for:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Collaboration:</strong> focus on continuous improvement, striving to work closely with engineers and ensure our capabilities are engineer friendly.</li><li><strong>Engineering Capabilities:</strong> contribute to the development and maintenance of engineering capabilities, ensuring they are well-documented, easy to use, and meet the needs of our engineers.</li><li><strong>Documentation: </strong>create and maintain high-quality documentation that is clear, concise, and up to date. This includes API documentation, tutorials, how-to guides, and FAQs.</li><li><strong>Community Engagement:</strong> actively engage with our developer community through forums, online communities, and social media. Respond to questions, gather feedback, and advocate for developer needs.</li><li><strong>Testing and Feedback:</strong> conduct thorough testing of our engineer tooling and platform, and gather feedback from engineers to identify areas for improvement.</li><li><strong>Performance Analysis:</strong> monitor key metrics related to developer experience, such as time to first hello world, API usage, etc.</li><li><strong>Best Practices:</strong> stay up-to-date on industry best practices for developer experience and advocate for their adoption within the company.</li></ul><h3>Qualifications</h3><ul><li>A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle to effectively troubleshoot and advocate for best practice.</li><li>Strong experience using an enterprise CI/CD platform such as GitLab (preferred), GitHub Actions, Circle CI, etc.</li><li>Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation.</li><li>Proficient with one or more programming languages (JavaScript, Typescript, Java, Python) and familiar with various development tools and frameworks.</li><li>Experience with AWS, and ideally with additional cloud providers.</li><li>Experience with agile ways of working (Scrum, Kanban, etc.)</li><li>Considerable experience within the experience/appreciation/understanding of developing software with quality.</li><li>A genuine enthusiasm and passion for developer experience and a desire to make a difference in the engineering community.</li><li>Broad understanding of the tech industry, markets, trends, emerging technologies, and their implications for retail organisations.</li><li>Effective and creative analytical and problem-solving  skills with the ability to navigate complexity and ambiguity to quickly identify simple/effective solutions</li></ul><h3>Additional Information</h3><p>Discover some of the global benefits that empower our people to become the best version of themselves:</p><ul><li><strong>Finance:</strong> Competitive salary package, share plan, company performance bonuses, value-based recognition awards, referral bonus;   </li><li><strong>Career Development</strong>: Career coaching, global career opportunities, non-linear career paths, internal development programmes for management and technical leadership;</li><li><strong>Learning Opportunities: </strong>Complex projects, rotations, internal tech communities, training, certifications, coaching, online learning platforms subscriptions, pass-it-on sessions, workshops, conferences;</li><li><strong>Work-Life Balance:</strong> Hybrid work and flexible working hours, employee assistance programme;</li><li><strong>Health:</strong> Global internal wellbeing programme, access to wellbeing apps;</li><li><strong>Community:</strong> Global internal tech communities, hobby clubs and interest groups, inclusion and diversity programmes, ev