Senior Cloud Engineer

Skipton Building Society; South Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in South Yorkshire is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer to modernize IT services. The role includes coaching colleagues, managing Azure solutions, and ensuring optimal security and efficiency. Ideal candidates should have extensive knowledge in Infrastructure as Code, experience in Azure services, and a collaborative mindset. The position offers hybrid working, generous leave policies, and a commitment to employee development, making it a great opportunity for growth.

Benefits

Annual discretionary bonus scheme

25 days of annual leave, increasing with service

Matching employer pension contribution

Private medical insurance

Health and wellbeing benefits

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep or Terraform.
• Experience with core Azure services such as Azure Monitor and Azure Firewall.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Review and contribute to High-Level Designs for Cloud Infrastructure.
• Monitor metrics and adjust configurations for optimal performance.
• Support and coach Cloud Engineers.

Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Azure DevOps

Agile methodologies

Monitoring and incident resolution

Coaching and mentoring

Tools

Bicep

Terraform

Azure

Job description

Hours: 35hrs per week, permanent, hybrid working
Closing Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2025

Overview

As we continue to modernise and transform our IT services, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Cloud Engineer with a background of coaching and mentoring colleagues, alongside managing and deploying solutions as Infrastructure as code (IaC) in Azure. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will be part of a supportive and skilled team responsible for delivering change to our public cloud (Microsoft Azure). The role requires skills and experience across the Microsoft Azure stack to enable the successful automation, monitoring and management of our Azure environment.

Who Are We?

Skipton Building Society’s purpose is to help more people own their homes, understand finances and live sustainably. We support first‑time buyers with mortgage products, provide free financial advice, and educate on energy efficiency. Skipton is proud to be the fifth largest tech employer in North Yorkshire, with all cloud infrastructure, data and software managed in-house. Our tech teams build secure, scalable platforms that power products and improve decision‑making for members. Whether in cloud engineering, data science, software development, or cyber security, you’ll impact real lives. We’re building solutions that help people thrive.

Team

You will join the Cloud Infrastructure Engineering team, consisting of 6 engineers delivering change using SAFe and Agile. The team modernises systems and builds platform solutions in Azure, supporting product teams across the business. The IT Senior Cloud Engineer guides and supports the broader engineering team to enhance and evolve cloud‑based IT services on Microsoft Azure. Their primary responsibility is to oversee the Azure environment, ensuring optimal efficiency, security, and scalability.

What’s In It For You?

• Work/life balance with hybrid and flexible working.
• A newly refurbished head office offering a vibrant working space.
• Annual discretionary bonus scheme.
• 25 days standard annual leave + bank holidays + rising 1 day per year of service to a maximum of 30 days.
• Holiday trading scheme for buying and selling additional annual leave.
• Matching employer pension contribution (up to 10% per annum).
• Colleague mortgage (conditions apply).
• Salary sacrifice scheme for hybrid & electric car.
• Commitment to training and development.
• Private medical insurance for all colleagues.
• 3 paid volunteering days per annum.
• Diverse and inclusive colleague networks, including Carers and Pride Alliance groups.
• Health and wellbeing benefits, e.g., cycle to work and discounted gym membership.

What Will You Be Doing?

• Reviewing and contributing to High Level Designs for Cloud Infrastructure delivery that meet operational needs, security standards, service levels, resiliency and business change demand.
• Drafting, reviewing and approving Detailed Level Designs, ensuring they meet requirements.
• Supporting and coaching Cloud Engineers.
• Monitoring metrics and adjusting configurations for optimum availability and performance.
• Configuring the cloud platform for required functionality, performance and efficiency.
• Investigating and resolving problems.

What Do We Need From You?

• Relevant knowledge of the system development lifecycle and service management lifecycle.
• Hands‑on experience delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Bicep or Terraform, ideally through Azure DevOps and CI/CD pipelines.
• Comfortable working in Agile teams, with experience in Scrum, SAFe, or similar.
• Experience with core Azure services: Active Directory, Management Groups, Subscriptions, vNets, Route Tables, NSGs, Azure Firewall, Application Gateway, Front Door, Key Vault, Azure Monitor, Policy, Defender for Cloud.
• Desirable: Python scripting, containerisation technologies such as Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), App services, Azure SQL.
• Agile‑mindful, optimistic, passionate, pragmatic about delivering value to customers.
• Collaborative mindset, ownership of tasks and seeing them through to completion.
• Curiosity for technology and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with stakeholders.
• Experience mentoring, helping and coaching colleagues.