CloudOps Engineer

Spectrum IT Recruitment; Chichester; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Spectrum IT Recruitment is seeking a CloudOps Engineer in Chichester, West Sussex. The role focuses on hands-on cloud operations, incident resolution, and ongoing improvements to Azure-based infrastructure.

Hybrid working pattern: three days per week in the office, with the remainder remote. You will troubleshoot production environments, implement automation, and support disaster recovery planning while maintaining robust security practices.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting cloud-based production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies, particularly Azure.
• Experience within a Windows environment.
• Good understanding of infrastructure, networking and cloud technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
• Understanding of cyber security and infrastructure security.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical issues.

Responsibilities

• Supporting and maintaining cloud-hosted production, development and test environments.
• Investigating and resolving infrastructure, application, database and networking issues.
• Managing and improving cloud infrastructure, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Monitoring platform performance, reliability and security.
• Identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities.
• Improving operational processes through automation and documentation.
• Supporting disaster recovery planning and testing.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Azure

Windows OS

Networking

Troubleshooting

Security concepts

Independence

Job description

CloudOps Engineer

Location: Chichester, West Sussex
Working Pattern: Hybrid - 3 days per week in the office

Salary: £55,000 - £65,000

We are recruiting for an experienced CloudOps Engineer to join a growing international software organisation. This is an excellent opportunity for a hands‑on engineer who enjoys troubleshooting technical challenges, improving cloud infrastructure and taking ownership of operational systems.

The business is going through an exciting period of change, bringing together multiple products and technologies, offering the opportunity to influence processes, introduce improvements and make a genuine impact.

The Role

• Supporting and maintaining cloud-hosted production, development and test environments.
• Investigating and resolving infrastructure, application, database and networking issues.
• Managing and improving cloud infrastructure, particularly Microsoft Azure.
• Monitoring platform performance, reliability and security.
• Identifying and remediating security vulnerabilities.
• Improving operational processes through automation and documentation.
• Supporting disaster recovery planning and testing.

Skills & Experience

• Experience supporting cloud‑based production environments.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft technologies, particularly Azure.
• Experience within a Windows environment.
• Good understanding of infrastructure, networking and cloud technologies.
• Strong troubleshooting and problem‑solving skills.
• Understanding of cyber security, vulnerability management and infrastructure security.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical issues.

We are looking for someone with strong technical fundamentals, a proactive mindset and a willingness to learn.