Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer Location: Hybrid Salary: £92,000 + Benefits Contract: Permanent 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. Key Responsibilities & Skills 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. Experience & Attributes 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. Interested? Apply directly or get in touch to find out more.