IT & Software

Senior Cloud Engineer

Oscar

Birmingham · West Midlands · United Kingdom

Overview

Senior Cloud Engineer to support the build, maintenance, and optimization of reliable, scalable, and secure cloud platforms for business-critical services. You will work with senior engineers to implement automation, infrastructure as code, and best practices, helping to deliver high-quality cloud solutions. The role focuses on enhancing automation, monitoring, and deployment patterns across multi-cloud environments. This is an opportunity to shape scalable cloud infrastructure in a collaborative, DevOps-oriented team.

Responsibilities
  • Assist with deploying and managing cloud infrastructure across public, private, and hybrid environments
  • Contribute to infrastructure builds using IaC tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation
  • Track system health, security, performance, and spend with monitoring and alerting solutions
  • Help investigate and resolve incidents affecting cloud platforms and services
  • Work with senior colleagues to create and maintain reusable infrastructure templates and deployment patterns
  • Develop scripts and automation to minimise manual work and speed up delivery processes
  • Maintain accurate documentation for infrastructure, support processes, and runbooks
Key requirements
  • 1-3 years of hands-on experience with AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
  • Exposure to Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates)
  • Experience with Linux/Unix or Windows server administration in cloud or virtualised environments
  • Basic understanding of networking concepts such as VPCs, subnets, routing, firewalls, and VPNs
  • Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines
  • Exposure to scripting languages (Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation tasks
  • Understanding of monitoring and logging tools (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Stackdriver, or similar)
  • Experience working collaboratively in Agile or DevOps environments (advantageous)
  • Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Azure Fundamentals) are beneficial but not mandatory
  • Collaborative mindset
  • Problem-solving and proactive learning
  • Adaptability in a fast-paced DevOps environment
  • AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform
  • Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or ARM templates)
  • Linux/Unix or Windows server administration in cloud/virtualised environments

Reference: WJ-747_30148331

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