Cloud Engineer

Shaping Cloud; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

Private medical care

Monthly socials

Flexible office spaces

Access to learning platforms

5 days paid study leave

Charity days

Perks at work discounts

Job summary

Shaping Cloud, a leading digital transformation partner in Manchester, is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join their delivery squads. In this role, you will work alongside Azure Architects and Technical PMs to implement DevOps processes and manage cloud workloads in Azure. A strong background in Azure DevOps and Infrastructure as Code is essential for success.

The position offers fully remote working with flexible hours, alongside a comprehensive benefits package including private medical care, 25 days annual leave, and 5 days paid study leave.

Qualifications

• Experience working within Azure DevOps or equivalent CI/CD tooling.
• Delivered cloud migrations, specifically Data Centre to Azure.
• Built and configured Azure services using Infrastructure as Code.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of DevOps processes and tooling.
• Automate the configuration and management of cloud workloads in Azure.
• Utilize IaC for configuration and deployment of Azure environments.

Skills

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Azure IaaS

Networking

Security capabilities

Tools

Azure

Terraform

Job description

Born in the Cloud and raised in Manchester, UK since 2010, we’re a Cloud first, digital transformation partner for Public Sector and Enterprise clients across the UK. We started with a dev squad cutting code, providing web apps, transforming apps for cloud and other leading-edge stuff. Partnering with Microsoft early on in their Azure development, we were one of the first Microsoft Gold Cloud Partners – and we still are today.

Job Description

Within our Delivery Squads, you will be paired with seasoned Cloud Engineers like yourself, Azure Architects, Technical PMs, and a lead Technical Consultant. We operate in an Agile environment, using Azure DevOps, Terraform, Azure Migrate, and align to the Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework (CAF) and Well Architected Framework.

• Support the implementation of DevOps processes and tooling
• Automate the configuration and management of cloud workloads in Azure
• Support automated build, configuration, test and deployments of applications to cloud agnostic platforms.
• Utilize IaC to achieve the configuration and deployment of Azure environment and workloads

Qualifications

• Previous experience of working within Azure DevOps (or equivalent CI/CD tooling)
• Experience delivering cloud migrations (e.g. Data Centre to Azure migrations)
• Experience in deploying CI/ CD pipelines
• Experiencing building and configuring cloud services using Infrastructure as Code
• Knowledge of Terraform
• Setting up landing zones
• Previous experience building and configuring Azure IaaS and PaaS service
• Strong knowledge of core Azure infrastructure components such as Networking and Storage, Security capabilities such as KeyVault, and App hosting options such as VMs, App Services and AKS.

Additional Information

• 25 days annual leave (accrue more with length of service)
• Private medical (includes physio & mental health)
• Monthly socials
• Regular care packages delivered to your home
• Fully remote home‑based working
• We ask that travel to Manchester isn’t too laborious (you need to be able to get Manchester couple times a year)
• Flexible office spaces available in Manchester Central, Reading & Farringdon
• Fully flexible working hours.
• Access to learning platforms and we will fund exams
• 5 days paid study leave to further your technical understanding and certify
• 2 charity days per annum
• Perks at work discounts