Cloud Automation & AI Engineer (Azure & OCI)

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

Job summary

Apache Associates is seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to drive design, development, and delivery of cloud automation, IaC, and AI-powered solutions across Microsoft Azure and OCI. You will champion an automation-first approach, build reusable frameworks, and collaborate with Cloud Operations and security teams to ensure scalable, compliant deployments.

You will lead automation modernization across provisioning, CI/CD, and AI-assisted workflows, while guiding secure-by-design practices and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in cloud engineering, automation, DevOps or related field.
• Extensive hands-on automation and scripting experience (Python, PowerShell, Bash).
• Deep IaC experience in Azure and OCI with Terraform and Azure Bicep.
• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines and AI/LLM-assisted tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deliver complex automation across Azure and OCI.
• Develop reusable automation frameworks and technical patterns.
• Promote automation-first and AI-enabled ways of working.
• Identify opportunities to automate provisioning and improve resilience.
• Design and maintain IaC solutions for secure, repeatable deployments.
• Build, maintain, and optimise CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments.
• Integrate AI/LLM-assisted tooling into workflows.
• Embed security, identity management, and secrets management by design.
• Improve recovery, disaster recovery, and operational resilience.
• Apply FinOps principles to cloud provisioning and optimisation.
• Provide guidance across cloud engineering and automation initiatives.
• mentor and share knowledge across teams and evolve capabilities.

Skills

Cloud engineering

DevOps mindset

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Azure Bicep

Python

PowerShell

Bash

OCI IAM

Microsoft Entra ID

Azure

OCI

Job description

Apache Associates is seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to drive design, development, and delivery of cloud automation, IaC, and AI-powered solutions across Microsoft Azure and OCI. You will champion an automation-first approach, build reusable frameworks, and collaborate with Cloud Operations and security teams to ensure scalable, compliant deployments.

You will lead automation modernization across provisioning, CI/CD, and AI-assisted workflows, while guiding secure-by-design practices and