Senior Cloud Engineer, Cloud COE

Janus Henderson Investors; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Generous holiday policies

Excellent health and wellbeing benefits

Professional development and certifications

Paid volunteer time

Job summary

Janus Henderson Global Investors is looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to manage Azure infrastructure and drive cloud initiatives. You will work with Azure services, develop Terraform modules, and support various environments in a collaborative setting.

This role requires 5+ years of experience in cloud engineering, strong Azure and Terraform skills, and a commitment to operational excellence. The company offers a hybrid work model and excellent benefits including generous holidays and health perks.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on cloud engineering experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Experience supporting BAU operations and incident management.
• Understanding of cloud security and governance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and manage Azure infrastructure services.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules.
• Monitor cloud services and troubleshoot incidents.
• Collaborate with teams for cloud initiatives.

Skills

Cloud engineering experience with Microsoft Azure

Terraform experience

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) experience

Scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, Python)

CI/CD pipelines experience

Job description

Senior Cloud Engineer – Cloud COE

Responsibilities

• Build, configure, and manage Azure infrastructure services including compute, storage, networking, backup, and platform services.
• Support deployment of enterprise landing zones, shared services, and workload environments.
• Implement cloud solutions aligned with architecture patterns and enterprise standards.
• Work closely with Tech Lead and Architecture teams to deliver strategic cloud initiatives.
• Develop and maintain Terraform modules and reusable infrastructure components.
• Deliver infrastructure provisioning via CI/CD pipelines (GitHub / Azure DevOps).
• Ensure infrastructure deployments are consistent, version‑controlled, and policy‑compliant.
• Manage drift detection, environment consistency, and release governance.

Azure Core Platform Skills

• Hands‑on engineering across Subscriptions, Management Groups, RBAC, Policy, Virtual Machines, Storage, Backup, DR, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Private Endpoints and secure service exposure.
• Implement secure‑by‑design configurations aligned to enterprise cloud controls.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

• Deploy, configure, and support AKS clusters.
• Manage cluster scaling, patching, upgrades, and networking integration.
• Support container platform operations including monitoring and reliability.
• Collaborate with application teams for containerised workload deployments.

Azure VMware Solution (AVS)

• Support AVS environments including connectivity, operations, and monitoring.
• Assist with workload migrations and integration with Azure‑native services.
• Work with infrastructure teams to ensure stable hybrid VMware‑cloud operations.

Azure Arc & Hybrid Cloud

• Implement and manage Azure Arc‑enabled servers and services.
• Apply governance, policy, and monitoring across hybrid estates.
• Support consistency of operations across on‑prem, AVS, and Azure‑native environments.

Cloud Networking & Connectivity

• Configure and manage VNets, NSGs, UDRs, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, Private Endpoints, DNS.
• Troubleshoot hybrid connectivity and latency issues.
• Support secure network design and segmentation.

Identity, Access & Security

• Support Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) configurations and integrations.
• Implement RBAC, SSO, and least privilege access models.
• Assist with security controls, compliance policies, and remediation activities.

Monitoring, BAU & Incident Management

• Support business‑as‑usual (BAU) cloud operations across environments.
• Monitor cloud services using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and alerting tools.
• Investigate incidents, perform root‑cause analysis, and implement fixes.
• Maintain platform stability, uptime, and service performance.

Collaboration & Engineering Excellence

• Work closely with Cloud COE team, Platform Engineering, Security and Architecture teams to contribute to internal Tech Architecture Board.
• Contribute to reusable templates, standards, and best‑practice.
• Drive automation‑first mindset and continuous improvement.

Must Have Skills

• 5+ years of hands‑on cloud engineering experience with Microsoft Azure.
• Strong Terraform (IaC) experience – module design, pipelines, governance.
• Deep knowledge of core Azure services (compute, storage, networking, identity).
• Hands‑on experience with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure networking, Microsoft Entra ID / RBAC.
• Experience supporting BAU operations, incident management, and troubleshooting.
• Strong scripting skills (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub / Azure DevOps).
• Understanding of cloud security and governance best practices.
• Experience working in enterprise‑scale environments.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with Azure VMware Solution (AVS).
• Experience with Azure Arc (hybrid governance and management).
• Exposure to FinOps / cost optimization practices.
• Certifications: AZ‑104, AZ‑305, AZ‑700, Terraform certification.
• Experience in financial services or regulated environments.

Benefits & Expectations

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations.
• Generous holiday policies.
• Excellent health and wellbeing benefits.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Professional development and certifications.
• Parental leave benefits.
• Access to Headspace.
• Employee events and networking opportunities.
• Subsidised lunch allowance.
• Annual discretionary bonus opportunity.

Regulatory and Ethical Requirements

• You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.
• You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements, including past political contributions and political activities.

Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.

Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employee’s job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).