SC Cleared Cloud Engineer

Norton Blake; Poole; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology company in Poole is seeking a Cloud Engineer to join their team. This role involves designing and deploying secure cloud infrastructure using AWS, Terraform, and Ansible. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise and be excited to contribute to impactful, complex projects within a supportive team environment. Competitive salary and benefits including a professional development budget and wellness programme are offered.

Benefits

£5,000 annual professional development budget

Wellness programme including private healthcare & £100/month wellness fund

25 days annual leave

Company pension scheme

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code - particularly Terraform.
• Skilled in Ansible for configuration automation.

Responsibilities

• Designing and maintaining secure infrastructure, applications, and devices.
• Ensuring deployment, performance, and availability of cloud services.
• Building resilient and highly available cloud environments using Terraform.

Skills

AWS cloud engineering experience

Terraform

Ansible

Networking knowledge

Secure-by-design principles

Open-source tools deployment

Containers and application deployment workflows

Job description

Cloud Engineer

Location: Poole
Working Model: 4 days per week on-site
Clearance: Minimum SC cleared, DV eligible and willing
Salary: £60,000 - £70,000

About the Role

We're looking for a talented Cloud Engineer with strong AWS expertise to join a highly collaborative and autonomous engineering team. You'll play a key role in designing, developing, and deploying secure cloud infrastructure using IaC and modern automation tooling. This is a chance to contribute to impactful and technically complex projects while influencing future technology direction.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing and maintaining secure infrastructure, applications, and devices using industry best practices
• Ensuring deployment, performance, and availability of cloud services
• Building resilient and highly available cloud environments using Terraform
• Deploying applications with Ansible
• Collaborating with internal teams and customers to propose innovative solutions
• Evaluating new technologies and tooling to drive continuous improvement

What We're Looking For

• Strong hands-on AWS cloud engineering experience
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code - particularly Terraform
• Skilled in Ansible for configuration automation
• Strong networking knowledge
• Understanding of secure-by-design principles
• Experience deploying open-source tools
• Experience with containers and application deployment workflows

Benefits

• £5,000 annual professional development budget
• Wellness programme including private healthcare & £100/month wellness fund
• 25 days annual leave
• Company pension scheme