Infrastructure and Connectivity & Cloud Engineer

Whitbread Plc; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading hospitality company in the UK is seeking a Cloud Engineer to design and manage cloud infrastructure using Azure. The role requires extensive hands-on experience with cloud services, Kubernetes management, and infrastructure as code methodologies like Terraform and Bicep. Responsibilities include ensuring best practices for security and reliability, while also hosting internal tools within cloud-native environments. A strong background in cloud development is essential for this position.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with Azure cloud services and networking.
• Extensive Cloud Development experience required.
• Proficiency in writing Terraform scripts from scratch.
• Expertise in managing Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and manage cloud infrastructure across Azure.
• Ensure infrastructure aligns with the Well-Architected Framework.
• Host and maintain internal developer tooling within Kubernetes.

Skills

Azure cloud services

Infrastructure as code

Kubernetes management

Tools

Terraform

Bicep

Job description

Overview

As a Cloud Engineer within our platform team, you will design, build, and manage cloud infrastructure across Azure using infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, Bicep). You will be responsible for ensuring infrastructure aligns with the Well-Architected Framework (Azure), incorporating best practices for reliability, security, cost-efficiency, and performance. You will operate and manage Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS), including upgrades, configuration, networking, and security, and host and maintain internal developer tooling and shared services within Kubernetes or cloud-native environments.

Responsibilities

• Must have strong hands-on experience with Azure cloud services, infrastructure, and networking.
• Extensive experience of Cloud Development.
• Proficiency with writing Terraform from scratch.
• Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), including deployment management, RBAC, networking, and autoscaling.
• Extensive experience coding Terraform and Kubernetes (not just maintaining).