Senior Cloud Engineer
5 days ago
Egham
A leading organisation is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud & Hosting function, supporting the design, delivery and continuous improvement of secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure across a complex international environment. This is a senior technical role responsible for cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, security, networking, and operational resilience across Microsoft Azure and AWS, with exposure to wider hybrid and hosting technologies. • Design, implement and continuously improve secure, scalable and highly available cloud and hybrid infrastructure., • Provide technical expertise across Azure, AWS, cloud networking, security, identity, connectivity, compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery., • Develop and maintain cloud engineering standards, reference architectures and reusable platform patterns., • Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and scripting., • Design and manage cloud networking, including routing, firewalls, VPN, private connectivity, load balancing and network security., • Support cloud security, governance, compliance, platform hardening and technical risk management., • Lead the investigation and resolution of complex infrastructure incidents and drive continuous improvements in reliability and performance., • Work with internal technology teams and managed service providers to deliver and operate enterprise cloud services., • Contribute to cloud transformation, migration and modernisation programmes, including FinOps and cloud cost optimisation., • Act as a senior technical SME, providing guidance on emerging technologies, engineering standards and cloud platform strategy., • Strong experience in enterprise cloud engineering, particularly Azure and/or AWS., • Deep understanding of cloud networking and security, including firewalls and hybrid connectivity., • Proven experience with Terraform/IaC, CI/CD and infrastructure automation., • Strong scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, Bash or equivalent., • Experience operating cloud environments at scale, including incident, change and service continuity management., • Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, encryption and governance., • Confident working with technical stakeholders, suppliers and managed service providers., • Highly self-motivated, analytical and comfortable working in complex, fast-moving environments., • Relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications such as AWS, Azure, Terraform or Cisco would be good to have. This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Cloud Engineer to take a senior technical role within a growing cloud capability, helping shape engineering standards, improve platform resilience and support ongoing cloud transformation. #J-18808-Ljbffr