Senior Cloud Engineer

Specsavers; Fareham; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Specsavers is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to join their Global Cloud Services team in Fareham. This role involves designing and optimising cloud solutions in Azure and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure robust, secure infrastructures. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in cloud platforms, automation, and DevOps tools, making a significant impact on innovation and service delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience with Azure and other public cloud platforms is essential.
• Strong in environment management and automation.
• Experience with DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and optimise cloud infrastructure primarily in Azure.
• Collaborate with engineering, QA, operations, and delivery teams.
• Involve automation, environment management, and performance tuning.

Skills

Technical expertise

Public cloud platforms

Automation

Environment management

DevOps tooling

Scripting languages

Mentoring

Tools

GitHub

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

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Are you ready to help shape the future of cloud at Specsavers? We're on a global cloud journey and we're looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to help us on that journey. If you're passionate about building scalable, secure, and automated cloud environments, and want to work at the heart of a business that's changing lives through better sight and hearing, this could be your next big move.

This is your chance to work on a truly global scale. You'll be part of our newly established Global Cloud Services team, helping to design, build, and optimise our cloud estate, primarily in Azure, but with exposure to AWS and GCP too. You'll collaborate with engineering, QA, operations, and delivery teams to ensure our platforms are robust, secure, and future-ready. From automation and environment management to performance tuning and partner collaboration, you'll be involved in every layer of our cloud infrastructure.

We're looking for someone who brings deep technical expertise and a passion for innovation. You'll need strong experience with public cloud platforms, especially Azure and have a solid grasp of environment management, automation, and DevOps tooling like GitHub, Jenkins, and Azure DevOps. You'll be comfortable working with containers, databases, networks, and security frameworks, and you'll know how to apply governance and compliance in a global business setting. Proficiency in scripting languages like Python, YAML, or Shell is essential, and if you've got a knack for mentoring others and leading cross-functional collaboration, even better.

So, are you ready to work in cloud engineering at Specsavers? If you're looking for a role where you can innovate, influence, and make a real impact, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and help build a world-class cloud platform that powers better outcomes for millions of people.

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