Cloud Engineering Specialist - Cheltenham

BT Group; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 47,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

10% on-target bonus

BT pension scheme

25 days annual leave plus bank holiday

BT Shares saving schemes

Discounted broadband/mobile/TV

Retail discounts

Private virtual GP appointments

Job summary

BT Group in the United Kingdom seeks a senior cloud security architect to lead design and delivery of secure cloud solutions within an agile team. You will work with customers to capture requirements, ensure scalable, compliant architectures, and provide third-line support for deployed platforms.

The role is based in London, Cheltenham, or Ipswich and is onsite five days a week; a 10% on-target bonus applies, along with BT’s pension, generous leave, flexible benefits, and ongoing training and

Qualifications

• DV level Security Clearance is required.
• Must have lived in the UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance.
• Cloud Architecture/Design experience.
• Cloud Migration experience.
• Cloud Deployment experience.
• Software Development for Cloud experience.
• Agile Methodologies experience.
• Experience utilising AWS cloud services, including compute and appropriate managed services.
• Expertise in developing for cloud, with experience in iterative full-stack development in languages such as node.js or Python.
• Experience delivering Kubernetes or AWS EKS solutions.
• Experience managing infrastructure-as-code, for example using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience managing or mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Some experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins is desirable.
• Experience automating management and maintenance activities to support BAU tasks in complex systems environments is desirable.
• Familiarity with micro-service and container-based deployment strategies, and a zero trust authorization model is desirable.
• Some experience migrating on-prem solutions to AWS is desirable.
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Be hands-on in the build and development of world-class secure cloud-based solutions as part of an agile delivery team.
• Lead the design of cloud solutions.
• Work directly with our customers to understand their requirements.
• Work with support teams to enable management and monitoring of cloud-based systems, and their ongoing support.
• Provide third-line support to deployed cloud-based solutions.
• Line manage several more junior members of the team and assist in their professional development.

Skills

Cloud architecture design

Agile methodologies

Software development for cloud

CI/CD pipelines

Mentoring juniors

Zero trust security

Tools

AWS

Azure

GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

AWS CloudFormation

Jenkins

NodeJS

Python

Job description

Salary: £25,000 - 47,000 per year

Requirements:

• DV (Developed Vetting) level Security Clearance is required.
• Must have lived in the UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance.
• Cloud Architecture/Design experience.
• Cloud Migration experience.
• Cloud Deployment experience.
• Software Development for Cloud experience.
• Agile Methodologies experience.
• Experience utilising AWS cloud services, including compute and appropriate managed services.
• Expertise in developing for cloud, with experience in iterative full-stack development in languages such as node.js or Python.
• Experience delivering Kubernetes or AWS EKS solutions.
• Experience managing infrastructure-as-code, for example using Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
• Experience managing or mentoring more junior colleagues.
• Some experience with CI/CD pipelines and tools such as Jenkins is desirable.
• Experience automating management and maintenance activities to support BAU tasks in complex systems environments is desirable.
• Familiarity with micro-service and container-based deployment strategies, and a zero trust authorization model is desirable.
• Some experience migrating on-prem solutions to AWS is desirable.
• Experience with other cloud platforms such as Azure and GCP is desirable.

Responsibilities:

• Be hands-on in the build and development of world-class secure cloud-based solutions as part of an agile delivery team.
• Lead the design of cloud solutions.
• Work directly with our customers to understand their requirements.
• Work with support teams to enable management and monitoring of cloud-based systems, and their ongoing support.
• Provide third-line support to deployed cloud-based solutions.
• Line manage several more junior members of the team and assist in their professional development.

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• GCP
• Support
• Jenkins
• Kubernetes
• Mobile
• Python
• Security
• Terraform
• NodeJS
• DevOps
• LESS
• Web

More:

We are BT, a global company operating at the forefront of the information age, protecting our networks from thousands of cyber-attacks every day and delivering vital work at scale with real breadth and impact. You will be joining a specialist security team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities. This mission-focused work is innovative, inspiring, and technologically challenging, with rare projects, exciting tools, and brilliant people. The role can be based in London, Cheltenham, or Ipswich and is onsite five days a week, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm. We offer a competitive salary, a 10% on-target bonus depending on country, BT pension scheme, 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, flexible benefits, world-class training and development, equal family leave, enhanced womens health support, private virtual GP appointments, carers leave, BT Shares saving schemes, discounted broadband/mobile/TV packages, and retail discounts. We also create an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.

last updated 36 week of 2026