Cloud Engineer

Vivo Talent Solutions; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivo Talent Solutions is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join a Cardiff-based hybrid team. You will design, build and support a modern Azure platform as part of a wider modernisation and replatforming initiative.

Working alongside experienced engineers, you will contribute hands-on to platform automation, reliability and security, while growing technical ownership and practicing DevOps through continuous improvement and observability.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure and cloud-native platform engineering.
• A good understanding of Azure services, cloud architecture, networking, identity and security.
• Working knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• The ability to break down and solve well-defined technical problems independently.
• A collaborative approach and good communication skills, with the confidence to discuss technical work and ideas with colleagues.
• A willingness to learn, develop your technical skills and take on increasing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and ongoing evolution of our Azure cloud-native platform.
• Apply best practices across cloud architecture, networking, security, reliability and platform engineering.
• Build scalable, secure and automated cloud solutions using Azure services, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps tooling.
• Work with senior engineers and architects on more complex technical designs and platform initiatives.
• Take ownership of well-scoped platform tasks, upgrades and new capabilities from development through to delivery.
• Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis, escalating more complex issues when appropriate.
• Participate in technical and design discussions, contributing ideas and practical solutions.
• Help ensure platform changes remain aligned with team priorities, operational requirements and engineering standards.
• Document solutions, decisions and operational processes to support a reliable and maintainable platform.

Skills

Azure

Cloud-native platform engineering

Cloud architecture

Networking

Identity & security

Containerisation

Orchestration

Problem solving

Collaborative communication

Willingness to learn

Job description

Cloud Engineer / Azure / Infrastructure / Support / Cardiff / Hybrid / Permanent

Vivo are looking to recruit a Cloud Engineer into our clients business which will help to design, build and support their platform as they go through a period of modernisation and replatforming.

Working alongside experience engineers, you'll contribute hands-on to platform automation, reliability, security and continuous improvement. It is an excellent opportunity for someone joining them to develop their skills across modern cloud and DevOps practices while taking increasing ownership of engineering.

It is a well suited role to someone who has a good understanding of cloud engineering and wants to deepen their technical expertise and build towards greater technical responsibility over time.

What You'll Do

Cloud Platform Engineering

• Contribute to the development and ongoing evolution of our Azure cloud-native platform.
• Apply best practices across cloud architecture, networking, security, reliability and platform engineering.
• Build scalable, secure and automated cloud solutions using Azure services, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps tooling.
• Work with senior engineers and architects on more complex technical designs and platform initiatives.

Delivery & Problem-Solving

• Take ownership of well-scoped platform tasks, upgrades and new capabilities from development through to delivery.
• Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis, escalating more complex issues when appropriate.
• Participate in technical and design discussions, contributing ideas and practical solutions.
• Help ensure platform changes remain aligned with team priorities, operational requirements and engineering standards.
• Document solutions, decisions and operational processes to support a reliable and maintainable platform.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Follow and contribute to high engineering standards across automation, observability, testing, security and documentation.
• Help improve developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes and operational tooling.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate repetitive processes.
• Contribute to a culture of reliability, ownership, collaboration and proactive problem-solving.

What We're Looking For

• Hands-on experience working with Azure and cloud-native platform engineering.
• A good understanding of Azure services, cloud architecture, networking, identity and security.
• Working knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• The ability to break down and solve well-defined technical problems independently.
• A collaborative approach and good communication skills, with the confidence to discuss technical work and ideas with colleagues.
• A willingness to learn, develop your technical skills and take on increasing responsibility.