Senior Cloud Engineer

Investigo; Egham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Investigo is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud & Hosting function, driving secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across a complex international environment. You will own IaC, automation, and cloud security while collaborating with global teams and managed providers.

The role requires strong expertise in Azure and/or AWS, cloud networking and security, and a track record of reliability improvements in large-scale environments. A strategic, proactive mindset is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in enterprise cloud engineering with Azure and/or AWS.
• Deep knowledge of cloud networking and security, including hybrid connectivity.
• IaC/automation experience using Terraform; familiarity with CI/CD pipelines.
• Scripting skills across Python, PowerShell or Bash are essential.
• Experience managing incidents, changes and service continuity at scale.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and continuously improve secure, scalable cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
• Provide expertise across Azure, AWS, networking, security, identity and connectivity.
• Develop cloud standards, reference architectures and reusable platform patterns.
• Lead IaC and automation using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and scripting.
• Design and manage cloud networking, including firewalls, VPNs and load balancers.
• Support cloud security, governance, compliance and risk management.
• Lead investigations of complex incidents and drive reliability improvements.
• Collaborate with internal teams and managed providers to operate enterprise cloud services.
• Contribute to cloud transformation, migration and FinOps across programmes.
• Act as a senior SME guiding cloud platform strategy and engineering standards.

Skills

Azure & AWS

Cloud networking

Security & IAM

Terraform/IaC

CI/CD

Scripting (Python/PowerShell/Bash)

Incident/Change/Service continuity

FinOps/cost optimisation

Stakeholder management

Tools

Terraform

CI/CD tooling

Job description

A leading organisation is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join its Cloud & Hosting function, supporting the design, delivery and continuous improvement of secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure across a complex international environment.

This is a senior technical role responsible for cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, security, networking, and operational resilience across Microsoft Azure and AWS, with exposure to wider hybrid and hosting technologies.

Key Responsibilities & Skills

• Design, implement and continuously improve secure, scalable and highly available cloud and hybrid infrastructure.
• Provide technical expertise across Azure, AWS, cloud networking, security, identity, connectivity, compute, storage, backup and disaster recovery.
• Develop and maintain cloud engineering standards, reference architectures and reusable platform patterns.
• Lead Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation using Terraform, CI/CD pipelines and scripting.
• Design and manage cloud networking, including routing, firewalls, VPN, private connectivity, load balancing and network security.
• Support cloud security, governance, compliance, platform hardening and technical risk management.
• Lead the investigation and resolution of complex infrastructure incidents and drive continuous improvements in reliability and performance.
• Work with internal technology teams and managed service providers to deliver and operate enterprise cloud services.
• Contribute to cloud transformation, migration and modernisation programmes, including FinOps and cloud cost optimisation.
• Act as a senior technical SME, providing guidance on emerging technologies, engineering standards and cloud platform strategy.

Experience & Attributes

• Strong experience in enterprise cloud engineering, particularly Azure and/or AWS.
• Deep understanding of cloud networking and security, including firewalls and hybrid connectivity.
• Proven experience with Terraform/IaC, CI/CD and infrastructure automation.
• Strong scripting skills in Python, PowerShell, Bash or equivalent.
• Experience operating cloud environments at scale, including incident, change and service continuity management.
• Strong understanding of cloud security, IAM, encryption and governance.
• Confident working with technical stakeholders, suppliers and managed service providers.
• Highly self-motivated, analytical and comfortable working in complex, fast-moving environments.
• Relevant cloud or infrastructure certifications such as AWS, Azure, Terraform or Cisco would be good to have.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Cloud Engineer to take a senior technical role within a growing cloud capability, helping shape engineering standards, improve platform resilience and support ongoing cloud transformation.