AI-Driven Cloud Automation Architect

Apache Associates; Hungerford; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Apache Associates is seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to design, develop, and deliver automation across Azure and OCI, focusing on IaC and AI-powered solutions. You will drive automation-first approaches, standardisation, and secure-by-design practices.

You will work with Cloud Operations and related teams to enhance provisioning, resilience, and recovery times, implement reusable frameworks, and apply FinOps to optimize cloud spend.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud engineering, automation, or DevOps.
• Hands-on automation scripting across Python, PowerShell, Bash.
• Extensive IaC experience with Terraform and Azure Bicep on Azure/OCI.
• Experience with CI/CD frameworks and AI/LLM tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver automation, IaC, and AI-powered solutions on Azure and OCI.
• Maintain reusable automation frameworks and patterns.
• Promote automation-first and AI-enabled operating models.
• Automate provisioning, reduce toil, and improve resilience.
• Build and optimise CI/CD pipelines for compliant deployments.
• Embed security and secrets management by design.

Skills

Cloud engineering

Automation

DevOps

CI/CD

AI/LLMs

Python

PowerShell

Bash

Security

Disaster recovery

Communication

Collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Azure Bicep

OCI IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Secrets management tools

CI/CD tooling

Job description

Apache Associates is seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to design, develop, and deliver automation across Azure and OCI, focusing on IaC and AI-powered solutions. You will drive automation-first approaches, standardisation, and secure-by-design practices.

You will work with Cloud Operations and related teams to enhance provisioning, resilience, and recovery times, implement reusable frameworks, and apply FinOps to optimize cloud spend.