Senior Cloud Engineer - Azure, Kubernetes & IaC

CGG; Crawley; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid model

Visa sponsorship

Relocation packages

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Viridien seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead secure, scalable cloud platform implementations across Viridien and client environments. You will translate cloud architectures into production-ready solutions, enabling Data Hub’s data transformation and analytics platform in multiple clouds.

You will collaborate with software, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, secure, and repeatable deployments, while ensuring governance, security, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering production cloud environments, particularly within Microsoft Azure.
• Strong experience implementing and operating Kubernetes platforms.
• Experience deploying and supporting database platforms using both PaaS and VM-based solutions.
• Strong experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong understanding of cloud security principles, including IAM, networking, encryption, and secrets management.
• Experience troubleshooting networking, distributed systems, and cloud platform issues.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of technical delivery.

Responsibilities

• Implement cloud architectures within Viridien and client environments.
• Build and automate cloud foundations including networking, identity, governance, and security controls.
• Deliver and operate Kubernetes-based platforms, primarily using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep, or similar tools.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and release controls.
• Create reusable cloud modules and deployment patterns to improve consistency and scalability.
• Implement security controls including IAM/RBAC, network segmentation, encryption, secrets management, and policy enforcement.
• Ensure cloud platforms meet security, compliance, and governance requirements.
• Support vulnerability management and security monitoring practices.
• Implement monitoring, alerting, backup, and disaster recovery solutions.
• Troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across cloud, Kubernetes, and database platforms.
• Develop operational documentation, runbooks, and knowledge transfer materials.
• Work closely with software teams, client stakeholders, and operations teams to deliver cloud solutions.
• Support technical planning, risk management, and deployment activities.
• Contribute to engineering standards, best practices, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD pipelines

Cloud security

Networking

IAM & RBAC

Python scripting

Tools

Azure DevOps

Git

Job description

Viridien seeks a Senior Cloud Engineer to lead secure, scalable cloud platform implementations across Viridien and client environments. You will translate cloud architectures into production-ready solutions, enabling Data Hub’s data transformation and analytics platform in multiple clouds.

You will collaborate with software, data, and infrastructure teams to deliver reliable, secure, and repeatable deployments, while ensuring governance, security, and operational excellence.