Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Contract, Outside IR35) At a Glance Up to £480 per day, Outside IR3512 month contract, hybrid working based in Greater ManchesterMulti cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS, built on Terraform and AnsibleGenuine ownership of architecture, security and automation, not just ticket execution About the Company Our client is an established organisation running business critical workloads across Google Cloud and AWS. Their technology function has invested heavily in Infrastructure as Code and automation, and they are bringing in experienced contract talent to support a period of sustained infrastructure growth. It is a collaborative environment where cloud engineers are trusted to make real architectural decisions. The Role This is a hands on Cloud Infrastructure Engineer contract covering both GCP and AWS environments. You will work closely with development teams to design and maintain the Terraform modules and Ansible playbooks that underpin deployments across development, staging and production. There is real autonomy here: you will be trusted to architect scalable, secure solutions rather than simply follow a backlog. It suits someone comfortable owning infrastructure end to end, from network design through to incident response. Key Responsibilities Design and maintain Terraform modules and configurations across GCP and AWS environmentsBuild and manage Ansible playbooks for configuration management, deployment and automationArchitect scalable, highly available cloud solutions that meet business and security requirementsCollaborate with development teams to align infrastructure with application and performance needsMonitor cloud resources and drive cost optimisation and governance best practiceImplement security controls, compliance frameworks and disaster recovery solutionsAutomate routine operational tasks to improve reliability and reduce manual effortLead incident response and troubleshooting across complex cloud infrastructureDesign network architecture, including VPCs, subnets, load balancers and connectivityMaintain clear documentation for infrastructure designs, procedures and troubleshooting What You'll Need Essential: 3+ years of experience in cloud infrastructure engineering, systems administration or a similar roleStrong hands on expertise with GCP (Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Storage, VPC, IAM, Cloud SQL, Cloud Functions) and AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda)Advanced Terraform experience for Infrastructure as Code development and managementExtensive Ansible experience for configuration management, automation and orchestrationStrong Linux/Unix administration and networking fundamentalsProficiency in Bash and Python for scripting and automationExperience with Docker and KubernetesUnderstanding of CI/CD pipelines and their integration with infrastructure automationSolid knowledge of cloud security best practice and compliance frameworks Desirable / Nice to Have: GCP Professional Cloud Architect or DevOps Engineer, or AWS Solutions Architect or DevOps Engineer Professional certificationExperience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux) and service mesh technologies (Istio, Anthos Service Mesh)Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Cloud Operations Suite) Why Apply? Up to £480 per day, Outside IR3512 month contract with hybrid working from Greater ManchesterGenuine multi cloud exposure across both GCP and AWS, not just one platformReal ownership of architecture and security decisions, not just executionAdvanced tooling environment built around Terraform and Ansible from day oneWork alongside a collaborative development team that values engineering autonomyA well governed, security conscious environment for serious infrastructure work Next Steps To find out more, contact Aaron Somers at aaron@ochopeople.com or connect on LinkedIn.