Cloud Engineer

Orion Innovation; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Orion Innovation seeks a Senior Migration Delivery Lead to own technical delivery quality of complex migrations across the region. You will mentor engineers, translate client requirements into detailed runbooks, and manage discovery, sizing, and readiness activities.

You will execute high-risk migrations hands-on, collaborate with the Senior Project Manager on scope and risk, and act as the primary technical escalation point during events. Strong multi-region coordination is essential.

Qualifications

• 7+ years in infrastructure, cloud, or migration delivery at senior/lead level.
• Deep hands-on experience migrating workloads across AWS, Azure, GCP or private cloud.
• Strong Linux and Windows Server fundamentals, virtualization (VMware/Hyper-V), networking, storage, OS internals.
• Experience with migration tooling and cutover orchestration at enterprise scale; ability to lead a delivery team end-to-end.
• Clear communicator with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating independently across regional time zones.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical delivery quality of managed migration engagements across your region.
• Lead and mentor MMS Delivery Engineers; review approach, execution, and cutover readiness.
• Translate customer and partner requirements into executable migration plans and runbooks.
• Run discovery and assessment, size migration waves, and validate source/target readiness.
• Own hands-on execution of complex or high-risk migrations and cutovers.
• Partner with the assigned Senior Project Manager on scope, timeline, and risk.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point during active migration events.
• Drive repeatable delivery patterns and feed improvements back into tooling and playbooks.

Skills

Infrastructure experience

Cloud migration

Linux

Windows Server

Virtualization

Networking

Cutover orchestration

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Multi-region / time zones

Job description

The senior technical owner of migration execution in your region. You set the delivery standard, lead engineers on the ground, and are the technical counterpart to the PMO on every engagement.

What You’ll Do

• Own the technical delivery quality of managed migration engagements across your region.
• Lead and mentor MMS Delivery Engineers; review approach, execution, and cutover readiness.
• Translate customer and partner requirements into executable migration plans and runbooks.
• Run discovery and assessment, size migration waves, and validate source/target readiness.
• Own hands-on execution of complex or high-risk migrations and cutovers.
• Partner with the assigned Senior Project Manager on scope, timeline, and risk.
• Serve as the senior technical escalation point during active migration events.
• Drive repeatable delivery patterns and feed improvements back into tooling and playbooks.

What You Bring

• 7+ years in infrastructure, cloud, or migration delivery, including a Senior/lead capacity.
• Deep hands-on experience migrating workloads to and between AWS, Azure, GCP, and/or private cloud.
• Strong Linux and Windows Server fundamentals, plus virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V); networking (VPNs, routing, firewalls, hybrid connectivity), storage, and OS internals.
• Experience with migration tooling and cutover orchestration at enterprise scale.Ability to lead a small delivery team and own outcomes end to end.
• Clear communicator with customers, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Comfortable operating independently across regional time zones.

Bonus Points

• Experience in partner-led or funded migration programs.
• Relevant cloud certifications (AWS/Azure/GCP).