Cloud Engineer in City

Vivo Talent; City; Hybrid; GBP 52,000 - 76,000; Full time

Job summary

Vivo Talent is recruiting a Cloud Engineer to design, build and support our Azure-based platform during a period of modernisation and replatforming. You will work hands-on across platform automation, reliability, security and CI/CD while learning from experienced engineers.

Joining a Cardiff-based team in a hybrid role, you will contribute to platform evolution and take increasing ownership of engineering initiatives as you deepen your Azure expertise and scale your responsibilities.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure and cloud-native platform engineering.
• Strong understanding of Azure services, cloud architecture, networking, identity and security.
• Knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• Ability to break down and solve well-defined technical problems independently.
• Collaborative approach with good communication to discuss technical work and ideas with colleagues.
• Willingness to learn and take on increasing responsibility.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and evolution of Azure cloud-native platform.
• Apply best practices across cloud architecture, networking, security, reliability and platform engineering.
• Build scalable, secure automated cloud solutions using Azure, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps tooling.
• Work with senior engineers on complex designs and platform initiatives.
• Take ownership of platform tasks from development through to delivery.
• Support incident response, troubleshooting and root-cause analysis.
• Participate in design discussions and propose practical solutions.
• Document solutions and operational processes for reliability and maintainability.
• Follow engineering standards in automation, observability, testing, security and documentation.
• Improve developer experience, CI/CD pipelines and deployment tooling.
• Identify opportunities to automate repetitive processes.
• Contribute to a culture of reliability, ownership, collaboration and proactive problem-solving.

Skills

Azure

Cloud architecture

Networking

Security

Containerisation

Orchestration

Problem solving

Communication

Team collaboration

Willingness to learn

Job description

Cloud Engineer / Azure / Infrastructure / Support / Cardiff / Hybrid / Permanent

Vivo are looking to recruit a Cloud Engineer into our clients business which will help to design, build and support their platform as they go through a period of modernisation and replatforming.

Working alongside experience engineers, you'll contribute hands‑on to platform automation, reliability, security and continuous improvement. It is an excellent opportunity for someone joining them to develop their skills across modern cloud and DevOps practices while taking increasing ownership of engineering.

It is a well suited role to someone who has a good understanding of cloud engineering and wants to deepen their technical expertise and build towards greater technical responsibility over time.

What You'll Do

Cloud Platform Engineering

• Contribute to the development and ongoing evolution of our Azure cloud-native platform.
• Apply best practices across cloud architecture, networking, security, reliability and platform engineering.
• Build scalable, secure and automated cloud solutions using Azure services, Infrastructure as Code and DevOps tooling.
• Work with senior engineers and architects on more complex technical designs and platform initiatives.

Delivery & Problem-Solving

• Take ownership of well-scoped platform tasks, upgrades and new capabilities from development through to delivery.
• Support incident response, troubleshooting, and root-cause analysis, escalating more complex issues when appropriate.
• Participate in technical and design discussions, contributing ideas and practical solutions.
• Help ensure platform changes remain aligned with team priorities, operational requirements and engineering standards.
• Document solutions, decisions and operational processes to support a reliable and maintainable platform.

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Follow and contribute to high engineering standards across automation, observability, testing, security and documentation.
• Help improve developer experience, CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes and operational tooling.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate repetitive processes.
• Contribute to a culture of reliability, ownership, collaboration and proactive problem-solving.

What We're Looking For

• Hands‑on experience working with Azure and cloud‑native platform engineering.
• A good understanding of Azure services, cloud architecture, networking, identity and security.
• Working knowledge of containerisation and orchestration technologies.
• The ability to break down and solve well‑defined technical problems independently.
• A collaborative approach and good communication skills, with the confidence to discuss technical work and ideas with colleagues.
• A willingness to learn, develop your technical skills and take on increasing responsibility.

Cloud Engineer / Azure / Infrastructure / Support / Cardiff / Hybrid / Permanent

Cloud Engineer / Azure / Infrastructure / Support / Cardiff / Hybrid / Permanent

Cloud Engineer / Azure / Infrastructure / Support / Cardiff / Hybrid / Permanent