Cloud Engineer

Totara Learning Solutions; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud technology company in Greater London seeks an experienced Cloud Engineer to join their Technical Services team. In this role, you will design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure for the Totara Hosting platform. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS services, Kubernetes, and strong problem-solving skills. The position offers a collaborative environment, flexibility, and excellent benefits, including private healthcare and professional development opportunities.

Benefits

Enhanced Parental Leave

Private Healthcare

Life Insurance 4x Salary

Professional Development Opportunities

Annual Wellbeing Allowance

New Joiner home working set-up allowance

Additional Paid Leave: Birthday off, Working days between Christmas and New Years Eve

Qualifications

• Experience managing AWS services such as EC2, EKS, SES, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments.
• Knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices.
• Proficiency with Linux distributions like Alpine, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux.
• Experience managing PostgreSQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure for the Totara Hosting solution.
• Extend platform functionality and implement new features.
• Provide expert technical support and ensure availability.
• Collaborate across departments, communicating effectively.
• Evolve a highly automated, secure, and resilient hosting platform.

Skills

AWS services

Kubernetes

Terraform

Linux distributions

PostgreSQL databases

Git workflows

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps principles

Cloud security best practices

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Tools

Prometheus

Grafana

Python

Bash

Job description

Are you passionate about cloud technologies and eager to make a real impact? Join our dynamic Technical Services team at Totara, where you'll help shape the future of our Totara Hosting platform—delivering robust, scalable, and high‑quality solutions that support global learning and development.

Our Technical Services team powers Totara's growing cloud platform, which underpins learning and talent development for hundreds of organisations worldwide.

If you're an experienced Cloud Engineer, this is your opportunity to work on meaningful projects, solve complex challenges, and contribute to a product that empowers organisations worldwide.

What You'll Do

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure for our Totara Hosting solution.
• Extend platform functionality and implement new features to meet evolving client needs.
• Provide expert technical support, including participation in an on‑call rota to ensure availability outside normal working hours.
• Collaborate across departments, communicating effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Evolve a highly automated, secure, and resilient hosting platform serving thousands of learning sites across multiple regions

What You'll Bring

We're looking for curious, capable engineers who thrive in a collaborative environment. You don't need to tick every box—we'll support your growth—but familiarity with the following will help you hit the ground running :

• Proven experience with AWS services : EC2, EKS, SES, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF
• Hands‑on expertise with Kubernetes in production environments
• Knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure‑as‑code practices
• Proficiency with Linux distributions (Alpine, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux)
• Experience managing PostgreSQL databases
• Solid understanding of Git workflows and version control
• Experience designing and building CI / CD pipelines
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and cloud security best practices
• Strong problem‑solving and communication skills

Bonus Skills

• Implementation experience with multi‑tenanted SaaS or PaaS solutions
• Knowledge of monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Understanding of Linux containers, especially containerd.
• Scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash)

Perks and Benefits

• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Life Insurance 4x Salary
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Annual Wellbeing Allowance
• New Joiner home working set‑up allowance
• Additional Paid Leave : Birthday off, Working days between Christmas and New Years Eve

We’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, and we’re happy to make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process- please just let us know.