Cloud Engineer

Morson Edge; Ribble Valley; Presencial; GBP 60 000 - 90 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Morson Edge is recruiting a Cloud Engineer to join a growing cloud engineering team in the United Kingdom. You will design, automate, and support enterprise-scale cloud platforms with a strong emphasis on Microsoft Azure and IaC using Terraform.

You will collaborate with architecture, security, and delivery teams to drive cloud transformation, improve platform reliability, and promote modern engineering practices in a complex technology environment.

Qualificações

• Strong hands‑on experience with Microsoft Azure in enterprise environments.
• Extensive Terraform IaC experience for scalable infrastructure.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.
• Deep knowledge of Azure networking, security, identity, and governance.
• Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar.
• Experience operating and supporting production cloud platforms.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving abilities.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Understanding of high availability, resilience, DR, and platform reliability.

Responsabilidades

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure environments.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
• Implement and optimise cloud platform services for scalability, security, and resilience.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar tools.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, monitoring, and operations.
• Monitor cloud platforms, investigate alerts, and troubleshoot production issues.
• Support platform maintenance, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Collaborate with security teams on governance, compliance, and remediation initiatives.
• Contribute to cloud migration and transformation programmes.

Conhecimentos

Microsoft Azure environments

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps processes

Scripting (PowerShell/Python/Bash)

Troubleshooting

Monitoring/alerting

High availability & DR

Security/governance

Ferramentas

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes/AKS/OpenShift

Descrição da oferta de emprego

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Cloud Engineer with strong Microsoft Azure and Infrastructure as Code expertise to join a growing cloud engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing, automating, and supporting enterprise-scale cloud platforms that underpin critical business services.

Working alongside architecture, security, and delivery teams, you will help drive cloud transformation initiatives, improve platform reliability, and promote modern engineering practices across a complex technology environment.

This role is ideal for an engineer who enjoys hands‑on technical work, automation, continuous improvement, and solving complex cloud infrastructure challenges.

This contract will be inside IR35 and require you to work on site 50% on the time during the contract. The contract can be based in Scotland, Hampshire or Berkshire.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure within Microsoft Azure environments.
• Develop and manage Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform.
• Implement and optimise cloud platform services, ensuring scalability, security, and resilience.
• Build and support CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar technologies.
• Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployments, monitoring, and operational activities.
• Monitor cloud platforms, investigate alerts, and troubleshoot production issues.
• Support platform maintenance, upgrades, patching, and lifecycle management.
• Work closely with security teams to implement governance, compliance, and vulnerability remediation initiatives.
• Contribute to cloud migration, modernisation, and transformation programmes.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands‑on experience supporting and engineering Microsoft Azure environments.
• Extensive Infrastructure as Code experience using Terraform.
• Experience building and supporting CI/CD pipelines and DevOps processes.
• Strong knowledge of Azure networking, security, identity, and governance.
• Scripting and automation skills using PowerShell, Python, Bash, or similar.
• Experience operating and supporting enterprise cloud platforms within production environments.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
• Understanding of high availability, resilience, disaster recovery, and platform reliability principles.

Desirable Skills

• Experience with Kubernetes, AKS, OpenShift, or other container platforms.
• Exposure to AWS or multi‑cloud environments.
• Knowledge of FinOps and cloud cost optimisation practices