Cloud Engineer

Causeway; Middlesbrough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in Middlesbrough is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join its IT team. You will design and implement cloud solutions to enhance operational capabilities while supporting future growth. Ideal candidates should have experience with AWS, Azure, or GCP, and possess excellent problem-solving skills. The role offers a hybrid working model, emphasizing work-life balance and professional development in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Matched pension

Private Medical Insurance

Fitness club allowance

Paid study leave

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven experience in Microsoft Server.
• Experience working with Firewalls and TCP/IP Networking.
• Flexible and open to learning.

Responsibilities

• Design and manage cloud solutions on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Implement automated deployment pipelines and infrastructure management.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure performance.

Skills

Cloud solution deployment

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Cloud security best practices

AWS/Azure/GCP experience

Firewalls and TCP/IP Networking

Linux technologies

Agile methodologies

Good communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

DataDog

Azure Monitor

Job description

Cloud Engineer

Middlesbrough (Hybrid)

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

The Role

We are looking for an experienced cloud engineer to join Causeway’s IT team. You will be part of the IT Team, responsible for delivering IT solutions within Causeway to meet current and future organisational needs.

The successful candidate will be responsible for using their knowledge of technology to design, develop and implement cloud and infrastructure solutions and services to improve Causeway’s operational capabilities. The role will involve both support, with escalation of tickets / cases and projects.

The role will report to the Head of IT.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud solutions on platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to support the product and engineering delivery teams.
• Implement and maintain automated deployment pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and configuration management tools (e.g., Terraform, Ansible) to streamline provisioning and management of cloud resources.
• Monitor, optimize, and troubleshoot cloud infrastructure performance, security, and costs, utilising monitoring tools and logging frameworks (e.g. DataDog, Azure Monitor).
• Implement and enforce cloud security best practices, including identity and access management (IAM), data encryption, network security, and compliance with industry regulations and best practices (e.g. GDPR, CSA).
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers and IT staff, fostering a culture of continuous learning and innovation.
• Review existing systems and processes and make recommendations for improvements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to document technical architectures, standards, and best practices for cloud computing, and ensure alignment with enterprise IT strategies and objectives.
• Communicate regularly with stakeholders, including IT management team and Engineering teams, providing updates on performance, upcoming changes, and other relevant information.
• Proven experience in Microsoft Server, Endpoint Manager and Policies (Intune)
• Experience working with Firewalls and TCP/IP Networking
• Use of common backup and disaster recovery software
• Flexible and willing to learn new skills and share knowledge and mentor other technicians.
• Great communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience of working with at least one of AWS, Azure, GCP and VMware
• Experience of working in Agile teams being aware of Agile methodologies (using Scrum or Kanban)
• Demonstrable experience of working with Linux technologies
• Sonicwall network infrastructure, ideally SDWAN
• Endpoint Security including Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
• AWS/Aure/GCP/VMware qualifications relevant to the role

Essential Experience

• Proven experience in Microsoft Server
• Experience working with Firewalls and TCP/IP Networking
• Use of common backup and disaster recovery software
• Flexible and willing to learn new skills and share knowledge and mentor other technicians.
• Great communication, and interpersonal skills
• Experience of working with at least one of AWS, Azure, GCP and VMware

Desirable

• Experience of working in Agile teams being aware of Agile methodologies (using Scrum or Kanban)
• Demonstrable experience of working with Linux technologies
• Sonicwall network infrastructure, ideally SDWAN
• AWS/Aure/GCP/VMware qualifications relevant to the role

What you get from us:

If you're looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.

Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well-being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work-life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.

Our Values

We are United. As part of a team, we’re better together.

We are Agile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.

We are Trusted. Do the right thing, we own this.

We are Driven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.

Benefits

As a leader in employee engagement and people management, there are fantastic benefits and rewards at Causeway. We strive, year on year, to achieve recognition as an award-winning workplace that our employees love. We’ve selected just a few of the many benefits available below to show you how we take care of our Causeway stars.

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
• 4% matched pension.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• Access to our award-winning benefits platform.
• We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
• Dell discounts.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Paid study leave + volunteering days.
• Car Scheme.

Like all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. However, we recognise that offsetting is not a permanent solution, so we set environmental objectives to reduce our footprint year-on-year.