Job Summary
Purpose:
SC Ventures ideates, experiments and creates Ventures to operate their unique business models in stand-alone subsidiary entities. The process heavily relies on developing software platforms and integrated systems to deliver these new services – in B2B, B2B2C and B2C models.
The SCV Cloud Engineer is crucial in providing support to Ventures' infrastructure on AWS, ensuring secure by design and adherence to SCV standards. This role also acts as a technical liaison for AWS cloud management, bridging the gap between AWS, SCV teams, and Venture Tech teams. Hands-on operational experience is key to provide sound guidance on building and running cloud environments that align with business objectives.
Key Responsibilities
Technical:
• Cloud Infrastructure: Design, administer, and engineer cloud solutions on AWS, focusing on security and SCV standards.
• AWS Services: Configure and manage core AWS services like SCPs, Config, AWS Security Hub, IAM, CloudFormation Stack Sets, Inspector, Trusted Advisor, Control Tower, CloudWatch Audit Manager etc.
• Cross-Account Management: Implement and manage Control Tower for effective cross-account governance.
• Work with Azure services (when needed): Defender for Cloud/Endpoints, MCAS, Azure AD, Purview Compliance Manager
• Scripting and Automation: Utilize Python, Bash, and YAML for scripting and automation tasks.
• IaC: Employ Hashicorp Terraform and CloudFormation to manage infrastructure as code.
• Troubleshooting: Proactively identify, troubleshoot, and resolve technical issues in cloud environments.
• Documentation: Create and maintain clear technical documentation and playbooks.
• Venture Support: Assist ventures in operationalization, including account hardening and transition tasks.
Automation & Scripting
• Use scripting skills (Python, Bash) for automation and configuration management
• Work with YAML, JSON for infrastructure and configuration definitions
Operations & Troubleshooting
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for Ventures' cloud environments
• Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance and costs
• Assist in hardening Venture accounts and transitioning them to production
Qualifications
Our Ideal Candidate
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent (or equivalent)
- 3+ years hands-on cloud engineering and tech operations experience
- Deep understanding of core AWS services, Cross-account, and Control Tower
- Strong scripting (Python, Bash) and Infrastructure as Code (HashiCorp, CloudFormation) skills
- Proven ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex technical issues within fast-paced startup/fintech environments
- Holds relevant certifications (AWS, Terraform Associate, Azure, or equivalent), demonstrating commitment to continuous learning
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Advance knowledge in Cloud Operations & Engineering
- Proficient in DevSecOps
- Good knowledge in Information Security Operations
- Proficient in AWS Platform Administration & Technical Support
- Proficient in Identity Management platform resolution
- Advanced knowledge in Coding / Scripting skills in Python, YAML, JSON and API Management
- Proven experience through past projects and/or work involving AWS and Azure is essential
- Problem-solving and collaborative skills across various Venture stakeholders (Tech, Architecture, ICS)
- Strong knowledge in multiple cloud providers AWS and Azure service offerings
- Familiarity with code management and pipeline secure deployment concepts is beneficial
About SC Ventures
SC Ventures is Standard Chartered’s innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm. We were established to reinvent banking, as the significant technological disruptions to the industry were impacting its ability to serve clients and customers, in the ways they needed to be served.
We are a unique ecosystem of innovators, banking experts, business builders and partners who are focused on rewiring the DNA in banking and bringing breakthrough ideas to scale, together.
We are building ecosystems around four high conviction themes: Online Economy & Lifestyle, SMEs & World Trade, Digital Assets, and Sustainability & Inclusion.
We are a global team of "Members" (excluding individual ventures), including dedicated colleagues from the Group's support functions, based in Singapore, Hong Kong, London and the United Arab Emirates.
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
Recruitment Assessments
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