Senior Cloud Engineer, Gumtree & Motors
+ Discretionary Bonus
Online local marketplace
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Online local marketplace
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
+ Discretionary Bonus
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make good finds happen and to make buying and selling second hand safer, simpler and more enjoyable for everyone.
Role
Who you are
- A top contributor in cloud engineering with several years of experience in designing and building scalable solutions
- You have a proven record of successfully migrating business-critical applications from legacy infrastructure into a modern cloud environment
- Competent technical skills in DevOps and CI/CD, preferably using Azure DevOps
- Experienced with Identity Management & RBAC
- Strong knowledge and working experience with Terraform and the principles of best practice with IaC
- Good Understanding of Azure Security Principals, including Managed Identities & Key Vault
- Proficient in performance monitoring and observability best practices
- Comprehensive understanding of Azure Networking (Hub & Spoke network topology)
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Entra
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Performance monitoring (Azure Monitor, App Insights, Prometheus & Grafana)
- Network configuration (Application Gateway, Front Door)
- Terraform
- PagerDuty
- Windows Servers
Desirable
- Azure Data Lake
- GCP
- SonarCloud
- Palo Alto
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to become part of our Motors business and help support our high-performing Cloud and Security team in Motors
- We are embarking on significant business transformation projects, including modernising our legacy Azure-based technologies
- We need a top-notch Senior Engineer to join our team and help guide the technology teams through this journey
- Reports To: Head of Cloud & QA
- As Senior Cloud Engineer, you’ll be a hands-on contributor supporting our cross-functional development teams
- You’ll be relied on to independently develop and deliver strategies to propel our Cloud Migration
- You’ll focus on extending and improving our high-traffic platform while mentoring engineers around you and maintaining and advocating strong development standards
- As a Strong Contributor, you will play a key role in helping us migrate to a modern cloud-based automotive platform
- Assist in defining and executing cloud strategy, focusing on the migration from a VM-based Azure estate to a scalable, cloud-based solution
- Support refactoring complex systems and resolving issues by balancing technical debt with business priorities
- Maintain and improve VM-based systems in the short to medium-term
- Develop infrastructure on Azure using Terraform, Helm, and Azure services
- Manage Azure VMs and a small GCP footprint in a hybrid cloud environment
- Ensure high-quality code by improving coding standards, best practices, performance, reliability, availability, scalability, and security
- Troubleshoot performance and reliability issues, collaborating across teams
- Engage in design reviews, operational readiness, and service demand forecasting
- Contribute to the wider engineering department through knowledge sharing, fostering continuous improvement
- Support cloud cost management and FinOps
- Monitor cloud services, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs
- Join the cloud on-call team and support agile outcomes
Our take
Over one-third of the UK's population visit Gumtree per month, making it the UK's #1 classifieds website with over 1.8 million ads on the site at any one time. Gumtree includes ads to find a new car, job, second-hand items, and services.
In 2005, the platform was acquired by eBay and added to its portfolio of online classifieds sites. However, both Gumtree and its sister brand - used car marketplace Motors.co.uk - were sold in 2021 to Novum Capital & O3 Industries, and have operated in conjunction ever since.
With the rise of security and data protection concerns from customers, the company uses a sophisticated system for screening ads, finding inaccuracies, and encouraging best practices. It has also joined forces with government and enforcement agencies to improve cyber security and the buyer experience, showcasing a devotion to innovating with the times.
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Insights
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back within 2 weeks
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Autonomy
"The business provides clear direction on objectives which in turn allow you to find your own path to fulfilling them. I have always been trusted in..."
Company benefits
- 25 days holiday increasing with length of service (excl. bank holidays)
- Office / Hybrid / Remote working options
- Health insurance
- Life & Disability Insurance
- Cycle to work Scheme
- Welcome Branded Company Swag
- Company wide social days
- Health and wellbeing support through Help@Hand
Company values
- Deliver with Impact
- Customer Powered
- Be a Real Person
- Innovate with Purpose
Company HQ
Richmond, UK
Articles
Leadership
Hugh Hurley
(CEO of Gumtree)Previously served as Gumtree's Head of Onsite Trading and CCO before transitioning into their current role. Former Head of Business Operations at Spotahome and General Manager at De Beers Group.
Barry Judge
(CEO of Motors.co.uk )CEO of eBay Motors Group UK. Former CEO & current Board Member at houza. They are also the former CEO of OLX, dubizzle, and dealglobber.com (which they Co-Founded).
People progressing
Head Of Advertising at Gumtree/eBay Motors Group (eMG).
Head of Account Management.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Gumtree & Motors
Mathew Dutton (People Director (Gumtree & Motors))
- Here at Gumtree & Motors, we’re striving to foster a culture of belonging and empowerment, a place where everyone can be celebrated for who they are, with equal opportunities for growth and career development.
- We understand that having diverse and inclusive teams fuels creativity and stronger performance. That’s why we’re committed to discovering new talent so that when you join us, you can be you! We know we’re not perfect, and true inclusion and belonging is a journey. As part of our commitment to create inclusion for all in 2023, listed below are a few of the things we’re up to. And that’s really just the start!
- Improve equitable hiring processes by removing bias from job applications
- Delivering training on Unconscious Bias, Culture And Identity Awareness, & Inclusive Leadership
- Celebrating diversity through our company-wide inclusion calendar
- Fostering Community Groups (ERGs) with investment for each group
- Continuing our People Ambassador Programme to have more representative voices involved in decision making
- Accelerating diverse talent through a mentoring programme
- Sponsorship to attend an external coaching programme to elevate women’s voices
- Partnering with charitable organisations to drive inclusion and belonging within wider communities
- Reviewing the accessibility of our workplace, practices and policies
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