Senior Cloud Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Contribute to the design, evolution, and management of cloud platforms and DevOps capabilities across the UK product portfolio, encompassing infrastructure, deployment pipelines, and operational tools.

• Assist in defining the technical direction for cloud architecture, which includes environment structure, network topology, identity and access models, and shared platform services, in alignment with global cloud teams.

• Aid in the development and promotion of standards and reference methodologies for infrastructure as code, configuration management, and environment provisioning, ensuring both repeatability and auditability.

• Design, implement, and enhance DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, release and deployment strategies, environment promotion, and change management.

• Ensure that cloud platforms and CI/CD pipelines are secure and resilient, collaborating with DevSecOps and InfoSec on access controls, secrets management, network security, and pipeline hardening.

• Maintain strong foundations for stability and recovery, which include disaster recovery strategies, RTO/RPO definitions, runbooks, and regular recovery testing.

• Manage cloud costs through informed architectural decisions, capacity planning, scaling strategies, and service selection, utilizing cost data to inform trade-offs rather than imposing blanket controls.

• Foster transparency and visibility of cloud costs back to the teams working on the products.

• Mentor and coach fellow team members to enhance their skills and advocate for best practices.

• Collaborate closely with engineering teams to ensure that deployment, monitoring, and operational methods align with application architecture and the maintenance of systems.

• Work in a cooperative manner, articulating technical decisions clearly and guiding teams through support, guidance, and shared ownership instead of enforcement.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in developing and maintaining Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, etc.) to a high standard.

• Experience in deploying and maintaining workloads on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure).

• Comfortable working directly with engineering teams in a collaborative manner.

• Familiarity with DevOps tools and processes (CI/CD pipelines, observability, and reliability).

• Understanding of networking concepts.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote and flexible working options.

• 25 days of holiday plus Bank Holidays.

• Support for growth through professional learning and development courses.

• Employee Assistance Programme.

• An inclusive approach to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Events – including networking and social opportunities.

• Personal Development Plan (PDP) – for progression and internal career opportunities.

• Death in Service benefit.

• Regular training workshops.