Cloud Engineer

ECS Resource Group Ltd; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major IT service provider in the UK is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer specialising in Observability, APM, and CMM. This is a 6-month contract role based in Leeds with a hybrid work model. You will design and implement cloud observability solutions, optimise service health, and collaborate with cross-functional teams. Required skills include a strong cloud engineering background and hands-on experience with monitoring tools. Competitive rate of £400-£500 per day offered based on experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud observability solutions
• Build and operate APM and monitoring platforms
• Implement logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting standards
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and service improvement
• Optimise performance, availability, and reliability across cloud environments
• Work closely with Cloud, DevOps, and Service teams

Skills

Cloud engineering background (Azure and/or AWS)

Observability, APM, and CMM experience

Hands-on with monitoring tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, App Insights, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus)

Experience designing alerting, dashboards, and SLOs

Understanding of ITIL, service operations, and MSP environments

Infrastructure as Code and automation experience

Job description

Overview

Cloud Engineer Observability/APM/CMM (Inside IR35)

6-month contract | Location: Leeds (Hybrid, 1-2 days per week on-site) | Rate: £400-£500 per day (Inside IR35)

We are supporting a major IT service provider who are looking for a skilled Cloud Engineer specialising in Observability, APM, and Cloud Monitoring & Management (CMM).

You'll focus on monitoring, performance, reliability, and visibility across cloud platforms, helping improve service health and customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud observability solutions
• Build and operate APM and monitoring platforms
• Implement logging, metrics, tracing, and alerting standards
• Support incident management, root cause analysis, and service improvement
• Optimise performance, availability, and reliability across cloud environments
• Work closely with Cloud, DevOps, and Service teams

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong cloud engineering background (Azure and/or AWS)
• Observability, APM, and CMM experience
• Hands-on with monitoring tools (e.g. Azure Monitor, App Insights, Datadog, Dynatrace, New Relic, Grafana, Prometheus)
• Experience designing alerting, dashboards, and SLOs
• Understanding of ITIL, service operations, and MSP environments
• Infrastructure as Code and automation experience beneficial

Additional information

Further information available upon application. Please contact (url removed) or call (phone number removed) for more information.

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