Cloud Engineer (Azure and GCP)

Akkodis; Coventry; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the Midlands seeks a skilled Cloud Engineer proficient in Azure and GCP. In this full-time role, you will manage cloud infrastructure, ensure compliance, and support product teams with insights while collaborating with DevOps for CI/CD development. The position allows for primary remote work with occasional travel to the head office.

Qualifications

• Hands-on Azure and GCP experience and/or certifications are required.
• Proven experience in a similar Cloud Engineering role in an enterprise organization is needed.
• Eligible to obtain SC clearance.

Responsibilities

• Manage cloud infrastructure platforms in Azure and GCP.
• Ensure security and compliance across systems through deployment of patches.
• Monitor and optimise cloud resources for performance and cost-efficiency.

Skills

Cloud Computing

Infrastructure Management

Azure

GCP

Terraform

Ansible

CI/CD Pipelines

Job description

Cloud Engineer (Azure and GCP)

£60,000 - £70,000 + bonus + extensive benefits

Full Time / Permanent

Remote / very occasional travel to Midlands head office

The Role and Company:

I am looking for a driven and experienced Cloud Engineer to join a large nationally recognised brand head quartered in the Midlands.

Working as part of a highly skilled team, as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer you will be responsible for overseeing the company's cloud platforms (Azure and GCP) and providing infrastructure management and monitoring. I am looking for deep experience and understanding of cloud computing technology coupled with a strong background in IT infrastructure.

The successful candidate must have hands-on Azure and GCP experience and / or certifications.

You must also be eligible for SC clearance as part of the onboarding process.

The role can be primarily remote with occasional travel the Midlands head office for team meetings etc.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage cloud infrastructure platforms in both Azure and GCP.
• Ensure security and compliance across systems, through deployment of patches and updates.
• Monitor and optimise cloud resources for performance, availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Support product teams by providing Infrastructure insights.
• Collaborate within the DevOps team to develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines.
• Implement and maintain infrastructure as code using tools like Terraform, CloudFormation, or Ansible.
• Analyse system logs, identify potential issues, and troubleshoot application and infrastructure anomalies.
• Install, configure, and troubleshoot cloud services and applications.
• Work with cross-functional teams to understand project requirements and deliver cloud-based solutions that meet business needs.

Experience required:

• Proven experience in a similar Cloud Engineering role preferably within an enterprise sized organisation.
• Must have extensive multi-cloud environment experience with both Azure and GCP and ideally possess formal certifications for both.
• Experience of Monitoring, Performance Tuning and Disaster Recovery operations.
• Proficiency in automation tooling (Terraform, Ansible or Cloud Formation) is nice to have
• Knowledge of authentication and authorisation processes such as SAML & OAuth is nice to have.
• Must be eligible to obtain SC clearance (don't need to have it already).

Please apply via the link or contact [e-mail] for more information

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