Senior Cloud Engineer

Choreograph; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the tech industry is seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer to join their Global Technical Operations team in London. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of hands-on experience in cloud environments and a passion for automation. You will work collaboratively to develop solutions, enhance efficiency, and implement best practices in IT security. This role requires strong technical skills and the ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of hands-on experience in cloud environments (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience with infrastructure as code tools and automation.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Responsibilities

• Work in cross-functional teams to enhance operational efficiency.
• Automate tasks to improve deployment speed and consistency.
• Provide technical guidance to team members.

Skills

Cloud Engineering

Automation

Troubleshooting

Collaboration

Networking

Security Concepts

Programming

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Datadog

Snowflake

Job description

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

As a member of the Global Technical Operations (TechOps), you will be part of a team focused on operational reliability within a cloud-based infrastructure. You should have hands-on cloud experience in architecting, building, deploying, and managing databases, compute instances, and storage buckets. A passion for automation and collaboration is essential.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Work in cross-functional teams to develop solutions and enhance efficiency.
• Research, evaluate, and incorporate new technologies into existing frameworks.
• Identify areas for improvement, and recommend and implement solutions.
• Develop operational practices, procedures, and documentation.
• Implement and adhere to IT security best practices.
• Automate tasks to improve deployment speed and consistency.
• Identify, analyze, and troubleshoot issues for resolution.
• Explain technical solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Provide technical guidance to team members.
• Participate in on-call rotations.
• Handle a limited set of requirements and switch between projects and daily tasks.
• Act as a liaison between TechOps and other groups.
• Take on new responsibilities as needed.

WHAT YOU’LL NEED

• 7+ years of recent hands-on experience as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps, or SRE (GCP, AWS, Azure).
• Experience automating tasks in cloud environments using infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Terragrunt).
• Knowledge of configuration management tools (preferably Ansible).
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Helm).
• Strong understanding of networking and security concepts.
• Experience with monitoring tools (Datadog, Stackdriver).
• Proficiency in programming/scripting languages (Go, Python, Bash).
• Effective presentation and documentation skills.
• Strong troubleshooting and analytical skills.
• Good time and project management skills.

BONUS POINTS

• Experience with databases (Snowflake, MariaDB, Galera, MySQL).
• Knowledge of infrastructure and application security.
• Experience with disaster recovery planning.
• Experience working in Agile environments.
• Familiarity with AI/ML platforms (Datarobot, Vertex AI).

This role is UK-based and requires candidates to have the right to work in the UK.