Senior Cloud Engineer

Ocho People; Belfast; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology-led organization in Belfast is seeking a Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer to expand its high-performing Cloud Engineering team. The role involves leading significant infrastructure initiatives, managing multi-region AWS architecture, and utilizing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience, strong AWS and Terraform expertise, and a development mindset. This position allows for ownership and autonomy in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years' experience in Cloud / DevOps Engineering.
• Strong AWS and Terraform experience.
• Hands-on Kubernetes knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead significant infrastructure initiatives including multi-region AWS architecture.
• Manage Kubernetes platform and perform upgrades.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.

Skills

AWS

Terraform

Kubernetes

Networking

Infrastructure Design

JavaScript

Python

Communication

Job description

Our client, a Global technology-led organisation with a major engineering presence in Belfast, is now expanding its high-performing Cloud Engineering team. Operating as a centre of excellence within a global technology function, the Belfast team delivers critical infrastructure supporting a large-scale, high-traffic, multi-regional platform.

This is a senior-level role suited to an experienced Cloud/DevOps Engineer who thrives on ownership, autonomy, and solving complex infrastructure challenges.

The Role:

You’ll join a small, senior Cloud Engineering team supporting ~90 engineers globally. This is not a ticket-driven SRE role, instead, you’ll take ownership of significant infrastructure initiatives including:

• Multi-region AWS architecture (US East & US West)
• Kubernetes platform management and upgrades
• Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
• Networking, VPC design and platform architecture
• CDN and performance optimisation projects
• Cloud tooling evaluation and proof-of-concepts

You’ll be trusted to lead projects, influence architectural decisions and operate with a high degree of autonomy.

Experience:

• 5+ years' experience in Cloud / DevOps Engineering
• Strong AWS and Terraform experience
• Hands-on Kubernetes knowledge
• Solid understanding of networking, VPCs and infrastructure design
• Development mindset (JavaScript preferred, Python beneficial)
• Comfortable owning and leading infrastructure projects
• Strong communicator who can explain the "why" behind technical decisions
• Based in Northern Ireland (no sponsorship available)

Working Model:

• Hybrid / remote-first environment
• Belfast office available (no mandated days)
• On-call rota approx. once every 10 weeks (incidents rare)

This is an opportunity to join a highly skilled, senior team operating at scale within a globally recognised digital organisation, while retaining the agility and ownership of a startup-style engineering culture.

Please apply now if you are meeting the above criteria or contact Andrew Harrison directly.