Lead Cloud Engineer

JR United Kingdom; Preston; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer in Preston for a new greenfield Azure cloud project. This role requires significant experience in Azure technologies and offers opportunities for personal growth, work-life balance, and a collaborative team environment. The organization values real-world experience and supports further training and accreditation.

Benefits

Generous holiday

Bonus scheme

Private healthcare

Qualifications

• Significant Azure cloud experience.
• Lead experience in engineering teams.
• Hands-on capability in SaaS platform development.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, build, and deployment of a new Azure cloud platform.
• Oversee a team of engineers focused on cutting-edge solutions.
• Enhance and integrate with clients' existing systems.

Skills

Azure cloud infrastructure

Design and deployment

Pipeline creation

Github Actions

Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Container orchestration

Job description

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Lead Cloud Engineer, preston, lancashire

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Client:

WestBrook Recruitment Ltd

Location:

preston, lancashire, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Job Views:

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Posted:

10.06.2025

Expiry Date:

25.07.2025

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Job Description:

Westbrook Recruitment is looking for an Azure Cloud Engineer Lead to join a talented and growing engineering team to build a new Azure cloud platform.

This role would suit an Azure Cloud Engineer with some previous lead experience looking for a greenfield opportunity that requires cutting-edge solutions designed to enhance and integrate with clients existing data and management systems.

Tech Skills include:

• Significant Azure cloud infrastructure experience. Design, build, deploy, continuous integration.
• Pipeline creation (ideally with ADO)
• Github Actions and IaC with Terraform
• Container orchestration with Azure Kubernetes

The role is largely design, build and deployment focused and remains hands-on with a lead element for a team of engineers tasked with building a new SaaS platform.

The organisation encourages and supports personal growth through training and accreditation all the while valuing real-world commercial experience over theoretical qualifications.

They are a remote-first business, but would appreciate the ability to visit the Bucks based office once a month.

The client offers generous holiday, a bonus scheme, private healthcare and much more.

If you’d like to know more, please apply for a qualifying conversation.