Senior Cloud Platform Engineer

Changeworknow is part of the Access Group; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

SIS is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer in Milton Keynes to design, build and evolve cloud platforms powering 24/7 products. You will drive automation, resilience, security and operational excellence across a large-scale cloud estate.

You will lead cloud infrastructure implementations, automation and IaC, enhance CI/CD pipelines, and mentor engineers while promoting engineering best practices in a collaborative team environment.

Qualifications

• Designing secure, scalable cloud platform solutions.
• Lead implementation of cloud infrastructure, automation and IaC.
• Enhancing CI/CD pipelines and deployment capabilities.
• Mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practice.

Responsibilities

• Design secure, scalable cloud platform solutions.
• Lead cloud infrastructure automation and IaC.
• Enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment capabilities.
• Drive observability, monitoring and platform security best practices.
• Support cloud transformation and platform modernisation initiatives.
• Provide technical leadership during major incidents and service restoration.

Skills

Azure expertise

Cloud design

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Container orchestration

Platform engineering

Cloud security

Operational excellence

Collaborative mindset

Job description

• Competitive salary of £70,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience, plus excellent benefits.

At SIS, we're looking for a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to play a leading role in designing, building and evolving the cloud platforms that power our 24/7 products and services.

This is an opportunity to work on large-scale, business-critical infrastructure, driving automation, resilience, security and operational excellence across our cloud environment.

What you'll be doing

• Designing and delivering secure, scalable and highly available cloud platform solutions


• Leading the implementation of cloud infrastructure, automation and Infrastructure as Code


• Enhancing CI/CD pipelines and deployment capabilities


• Driving observability, monitoring and platform security best practices


• Supporting cloud transformation and platform modernisation initiatives


• Providing technical leadership during major incidents and service restoration activities


• Mentoring engineers and promoting engineering best practice across the team

What we're looking for

You'll bring:

• Strong experience designing and operating cloud platforms, ideally within Azure


• Expertise in Infrastructure as Code, automation and CI/CD


• Experience with containerised environments and platform engineering practices


• Strong understanding of cloud security, resilience and operational excellence


• Experience working in high-availability, business-critical environments


• A collaborative approach and passion for continuous improvement

At SIS, you'll join a team that values:

You'll have the opportunity to work on challenging technical projects, influence platform strategy and help shape the future of our cloud estate while working alongside talented engineers in a collaborative environment.