Cloud Engineer

RECRUITERS; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 59,000 - 72,000; Full time

Job summary

RECRUITERS is assisting Dublin City Centre client with a Cloud Engineer role on a blended-working, two-year agency contract, offering €65,000. The position focuses on Azure hands-on engineering, cloud interoperability, switching and regulatory compliance across data processing services.

You will work across cloud infrastructure, networking, databases, storage and automation, supporting technical investigations, testing and evidence handling for regulatory engagements.

Qualifications

• Third-level qualification in Cloud Services, Cloud Engineering or a directly relevant discipline.
• 3+ years of operational experience managing cloud workloads, ideally in Azure.
• Hands-on with AKS, Azure Virtual WAN, Cosmos DB and Entra ID.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical cloud expertise across investigations, complaints, disputes and policy work.
• Develop technical resources for assessing cloud interoperability and switching compliance.
• Support testing, technical analysis and evidence handling.
• Work across cloud infrastructure, networking, databases, storage and automation.
• Provide technical input to engagements with industry, government and other regulators.

Skills

Cloud engineering expertise

Azure hands-on experience

Communication skills

Technical drafting skills

Regulatory/compliance knowledge

Education

Cloud engineering degree

Tools

AKS

Azure Virtual WAN

Cosmos DB

Entra ID

GCP core services

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Terraform

CI/CD

Azure DevOps

Job description

Cloud Engineer – Dublin City Centre | Blended Working | 2 Year Agency Contract | €65,000

Application Deadline: 30 October 2026

Our client is seeking a Cloud Engineer with strong hands-on Azure experience. This role combines practical cloud engineering with technical investigations, helping assess cloud interoperability, switching and regulatory compliance across the data processing services industry.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Provide technical cloud expertise across investigations, complaints, disputes and policy work.
• Develop technical resources for assessing cloud interoperability and switching compliance.
• Support testing, technical analysis and evidence handling.
• Work across cloud infrastructure, networking, databases, storage and automation.
• Provide technical input to engagements with industry, government and other regulators.

MUST-HAVES

• Third-level qualification in Cloud Services, Cloud Engineering or a directly relevant discipline
• At least 3 years of operational experience managing cloud workloads and deployments, ideally within Azure.
• Working knowledge and experience managing AKS, Azure Virtual WAN, Cosmos DB and Entra ID.
• Familiarity or hands-on experience with GCP core services.
• Practical experience packaging applications with Docker and deploying to Kubernetes.
• Experience with scripted automation of cloud operations.
• Hands-on experience setting up and administering local/private cloud environments using open-source platforms such as OpenStack.
• Strong communication and technical drafting skills for internal and external audiences.

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience with cloud databases, object storage and cloud networking, including subnets, firewalls and cross-cloud environments.
• Knowledge of Terraform, CI/CD and Azure DevOps or similar.
• Understanding of Azure AD, Entra ID and GCP IAM.
• Experience with AI workloads, heterogeneous compute environments or custom platforms.
• Experience within a regulated industry or regulatory environment.