Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

CAUSEWAY CONSTRUCTION LIMITED; Tees Valley; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days annual leave

4% pension match

Income protection & life assurance

Benefits platform access

EAP for mental health

Fitness club allowance

Dell discounts

Private Medical Insurance

Paid study leave

Car Scheme

Job summary

Causeway Construction Limited is seeking a Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer to lead the transformation of the infrastructure function into a modern SRE team.

You will work with the SRE Lead and VP of Information Security to shape cloud infrastructure across products, driving secure, resilient systems aligned with recognised frameworks.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in a senior cloud/DevOps/SRE/infrastructure engineering role with technical ownership.
• Proficiency across cloud platforms (AWS, Azure or GCP) and IaC tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent.
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (Kubernetes) at scale.
• Strong scripting/automation (Terraform, Ansible, Python, YAML, PowerShell).
• Ability to mentor engineers and engage with key customers.
• Experience in medium to large enterprises with stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation of the Infrastructure team into a modern SRE function with ISO27001, NIST, CIS and Cyber Essentials Plus standards.
• Define and embed CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code standards across the estate.
• Own monitoring, logging, and alerting to identify and resolve issues before they impact customers.
• Act as senior technical point of contact for key customers, end-to-end ownership of issues.
• Drive cost, reliability, performance, and security improvements aligned to standards.
• Bridge skills gaps by mentoring engineers and expanding IaC adoption.
• Escalation point for complex cloud/infrastructure incidents and incident response.
• Create auditable documentation of systems, architecture, and procedures.
• Manage cloud estate costs and optimise spend.

Skills

Senior cloud/DevOps/SRE ownership

AWS/Azure/GCP

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Python

YAML

PowerShell

Mentoring engineers

Customer engagement

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Kubernetes

Ansible

Python

Job description

Middlesbrough - Hybrid

Senior Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer

Do you want to help shape software that affects thousands of lives?

Who are we?

We are ranked as the UK’s #1 construction specific software player and our mission is simple; to provide market leading end-to-end software solutions to the construction and construction like industries across the entire build life cycle.

If you are looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. Our teams are based in the UK, Europe, and India, working on products that are used on a global scale. We have a clear and defined road map to deliver over the next 3 years, which is centred around a large-scale digital transformation as well as continuing our growth and expansion.

We embrace diversity and equality and want our employees to be comfortable bringing their whole selves to work. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, skills and views. Creating a culture of Equality isn’t just the right thing to do, it improves every aspect of our business.

Purpose

The Senior Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer are responsible for leading the transformation of the infrastructure function into a modern Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. Working with the SRE Lead and VP of Information Security, this role plays a central part in shaping how the organisation builds, runs, and secures the cloud infrastructure that underpins every Causeway product.

As a senior member of the team, the role holder owns the organisation's most complex infrastructure challenges and acts as a technical leader — setting standards, mentoring engineers, and ensuring every Causeway product runs on infrastructure that is secure, resilient, and aligned to recognised frameworks including ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and Cyber Essentials Plus. The role works in close partnership with DevOps and Engineering to identify and bridge skills gaps across the function, with a particular focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the transformation of the Infrastructure team into a modern SRE function, working with the SRE Lead and VP of Information Security, ensuring every Causeway product runs on infrastructure built and operated to ISO 27001, NIST, CIS, and Cyber Essentials Plus standards
• Define and embed best-practice CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code standards across the estate, enabling smooth, rapid, and secure delivery of code to production
• Own the design and operation of monitoring, logging, and alerting across the platform to proactively identify and resolve performance, reliability, and security issues before they impact customers
• Act as senior technical point of contact for key customers, owning complex and high-impact issues end to end and ensuring their service meets agreed standards and supports overall product stability
• Drive continuous improvement across infrastructure cost, reliability, performance, and security posture, ensuring the estate remains aligned to ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and Cyber Essentials Plus
• Identify skills gaps across the SRE function and work with DevOps and Engineering to bridge them, including mentoring engineers, raising the capability bar on Infrastructure as Code, and embedding emerging tools and practices
• Act as senior escalation point for complex cloud and infrastructure issues, supporting the IT and engineering teams in resolving incidents that fall outside business-as-usual
• Create and maintain high-quality, auditable technical documentation of systems, architecture, and procedures, ensuring knowledge is shared and standards are sustained across the team
• Manage and optimise cloud estate costs, identifying opportunities to reduce spend and supporting the teams in maintaining financial performance

Key Skills, Experience And Qualifications

Essential Skills and Experience

• Extensive experience in a senior cloud, DevOps, SRE, or infrastructure engineering role, with a track record of taking technical ownership of complex environments
• Deep proficiency across one or more cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and strong hands‑on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or equivalent
• Experience with container orchestration platforms (e.g. Kubernetes) for deploying and managing service-based applications at scale
• Strong scripting and automation skills across tools such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, YAML, and PowerShell
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to own complex, high-impact issues end to end, including direct engagement with key customers
• Experience working in a medium to large enterprise across multiple stakeholders, with the ability to mentor engineers and help identify and bridge skills gaps

Desirable Skills

• Solid understanding of CI/CD concepts and experience with CI/CD tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps) for automating and securing software delivery pipelines
• Working knowledge of security and compliance frameworks — ISO 27001, NIST, CIS Benchmarks, and Cyber Essentials Plus — and how they apply to cloud infrastructure
• Able to focus on detail, act as a strong completer/finisher, and produce high-quality, auditable deliverables

What You Get From Us

If you're looking to build an exceptional career with an award-winning company you’ve come to the right place. We believe everyone at Causeway has a vital role to play in our success. Causeway is fuelled by curiosity and is a place for people who beam with positivity and burn with ambition.

Our team is everything, so we’ll take good care of you. In fact, we give well‑being the same priority as our other business goals. We’re strong advocates of work‑life balance, offering hybrid working alongside the opportunity to work from modern, collaborative offices.

Our Values

We are United. As part of a team, we’re better together.

We are Agile. Be the change, we’re on a journey.

We are Trusted. Do the right thing, we own this.

We are Driven. Get stuck in, we make it happen.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave + public holidays, increasing with length of service.
• 4% matched pension.
• Income protection and life assurance.
• Access to our award‑winning benefits platform.
• We take mental health seriously and have a dedicated EAP available 24/7.
• £100 allowance towards a fitness club.
• Dell discounts.
• Private Medical Insurance.
• Paid study leave + volunteering days.
• Car Scheme.

Like all responsible companies Causeway is aware of the need to recognise the importance of protecting our environment and addressing the climate emergency. Causeway is a carbon neutral company and we offset our calculated carbon footprint. However, we recognise that offsetting is not a permanent solution, so we set environmental objectives to reduce our footprint year‑on‑year.