Senior Cloud Engineer

Totara; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading cloud technology provider in London seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to design and maintain innovative cloud infrastructure solutions. This role involves enhancing platform capabilities, providing technical support, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate should have proven experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and a strong understanding of DevOps principles. A collaborative environment awaits, along with attractive perks such as private healthcare and enhanced parental leave.

Benefits

Enhanced Parental Leave

Private Healthcare

Life Insurance 4x Salary

Professional Development Opportunities

Annual Wellbeing Allowance

New Joiner home working set-up allowance

Additional Paid Leave: Birthday off, Working days between Christmas and New Years Eve

Qualifications

• Experience with AWS services and cloud technologies.
• Proficient in Kubernetes and managing cloud infrastructure.
• Strong communication skills to collaborate with technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain cloud infrastructure for Totara Hosting.
• Support technical operations including on-call rota.
• Collaborate with teams to enhance platform functionality.
• Collaborate across departments with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Evolve a highly automated and secure hosting platform.
• Mentor and support team members.

Skills

AWS services: EC2, EKS, SES, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF

Kubernetes in production environments

Terraform and infrastructure-as-code

Linux distributions (Alpine, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux)

Managing PostgreSQL databases

Git workflows and version control

CI/CD pipelines

DevOps principles

Cloud security best practices

Problem-solving skills

Communication skills

Tools

Monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana)

Linux containers (containerd)

Scripting skills (Python, Bash)

Job description

Are you passionate about cloud technologies and eager to make a real impact? Join our dynamic Technical Services team at Totara, where you’ll help shape the future of our Totara Hosting platform—delivering robust, scalable, and high-quality solutions that support global learning and development.

Our Technical Services team powers Totara’s growing cloud platform, which underpins learning and talent development for hundreds of organisations worldwide.

Whether you're an experienced Cloud Engineer or ready to step into a Senior role, this is your opportunity to work on meaningful projects, solve complex challenges, and contribute to a product that empowers organisations worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure for our Totara Hosting solution.
• Extend platform functionality and implement new features to meet evolving client needs.
• Provide expert technical support, including participation in an on-call rota to ensure availability outside normal working hours.
• Collaborate across departments, communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Evolve a highly automated, secure, and resilient hosting platform serving thousands of learning sites across multiple regions
• As a Senior Cloud Engineer, mentor and support team members, fostering growth and continuous improvement.

What You’ll Bring

We’re looking for curious, capable engineers who thrive in a collaborative environment. You don’t need to tick every box—we’ll support your growth—but familiarity with the following will help you hit the ground running:

• Proven experience with AWS services: EC2, EKS, SES, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF
• Hands-on expertise with Kubernetes in production environments
• Knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure-as-code practices
• Proficiency with Linux distributions (Alpine, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux)
• Experience managing PostgreSQL databases
• Solid understanding of Git workflows and version control
• Experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines
• Familiarity with DevOps principles and cloud security best practices
• Strong problem-solving and communication skills

Bonus Skills

• Implementation experience with multi-tenanted SaaS or PaaS solutions
• Knowledge of monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
• Understanding of Linux containers, especially containerd.
• Scripting skills (e.g., Python, Bash)

Perks and Benefits

• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Private Healthcare
• Life Insurance 4x Salary
• Professional Development Opportunities
• Annual Wellbeing Allowance
• New Joiner home working set-up allowance
• Additional Paid Leave: Birthday off, Working days between Christmas and New Years Eve

Ready to Apply?

We’d love to hear from you! Apply today and become part of a team that’s transforming learning through technology