Senior Cloud Engineer | Azure & GCP | IaC & Automation

NEXT plc; Leicester; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Next plc in Leicester is seeking a Cloud Engineer or Senior Cloud Engineer to design and deploy scalable, reliable platforms on Microsoft Azure and GCP, focusing on automation and modern engineering standards.

You will drive IaC with Terraform, automate provisioning of PaaS resources, enforce governance via Azure Policy, and implement proactive monitoring. At senior level, you’ll mentor juniors, run technical workshops, and translate complex business needs into high-level architecture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Azure governance and scaffolding.
• Strong networking architecture and identity management knowledge.
• Hands-on with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, Ansible, and PowerShell.
• Familiar with Azure SQL, AKS, and observability tools Log Analytics and App Insights.
• Ability to scope and translate complex requirements into architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop IaC solutions using Terraform.
• Automate provisioning of PaaS tools and resources.
• Uphold infrastructure governance with Azure Policy.
• Implement monitoring and reliability measures; participate in incident response.
• Collaborate across technology teams for seamless IT integration.
• Senior level: mentor juniors, lead workshops, translate needs into architecture.

Skills

Azure Foundations

GCP knowledge

Networking architecture

Identity management

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Ansible

PowerShell

Azure SQL

AKS

Observability (Log Analytics)

Observability (App Insights)

Tools

Terraform

Azure Policy

Log Analytics

App Insights

AKS

Job description

Next plc in Leicester is seeking a Cloud Engineer or Senior Cloud Engineer to design and deploy scalable, reliable platforms on Microsoft Azure and GCP, focusing on automation and modern engineering standards.

You will drive IaC with Terraform, automate provisioning of PaaS resources, enforce governance via Azure Policy, and implement proactive monitoring. At senior level, you’ll mentor juniors, run technical workshops, and translate complex business needs into high-level architecture.