Cloud Engineer
ministrybrands
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Job summary
Ministry Brands in Galway is seeking a skilled Cloud Engineer to design, build, and operate our cloud infrastructure powering SaaS products. You will work with engineering teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available platforms, driving automation and excellence.
You'll contribute to modernising the cloud environment, improving CI/CD pipelines, and applying best practices for security, monitoring, and cost efficiency in a fast-paced SaaS environment.
Qualifications
- Design, build, and operate scalable cloud infrastructure.
- Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Strong CI/CD experience with major tools and platforms.
- Proficient with Linux systems, networking, and security basics.
- Familiarity with monitoring/observability tools and dashboards.
- Collaborate with engineers to optimise deployment and resilience.
- Demonstrated problem-solving and automation mindset.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable cloud infra.
- Automate provisioning and configuration using IaC.
- Improve CI/CD pipelines for faster software delivery.
- Monitor health, performance, and security of platforms.
- Collaborate with software engineers on deployment and resilience.
- Implement cloud security practices and IAM controls.
- Support incident response and root-cause analysis.
- Drive standardisation and automation across teams.
- Contribute to long-term cloud strategy and architecture.
Skills
Tools
Job description
Location: Galway (Hybrid)
Ministry Brands is a leading provider of SaaS operational management systems, payments platforms, digital engagement tools and background screening solutions for purpose-driven organisations . We serve more than 95,000 customers as a trusted partner in digital transformation and enablement - adva ncing missions, driving efficiencies, and building engaged communities for more than four decades.
Our Galway R&D centre is Ministry Brands' global AI R&D hub and is in the middle of a major expansion as we deliver a multi-year AI-native transformation of our product portfolio.
We're looking for a talented Cloud Engineer to join our growing engineering team. You'll play a key role in designing, building, and operating the cloud infrastructure that powers our products and services. Working closely with engineering teams, you'll help create secure, scalable, and highly available platforms that enable developers to deliver software quickly and reliably.
You'll contribute to modernising our cloud environment, improving automation, and driving operational excellence across our platform. Whether you're an experienced Cloud Engineer or a strong Infrastructure or DevOps Engineer looking to take the next step, we'd love to hear from you.
- Design, build, and maintain secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure .
- Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Infrastructure as Code ( IaC ).
- Improve CI/CD pipelines to enable faster and more reliable software delivery.
- Monitor platform health, performance, and security, proactively identifying opportunities for improvement.
- Collaborate with software engineers to optimise application deployment, scalability, and resilience.
- Implement cloud security best practices, identity management, and compliance controls.
- Support incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Drive infrastructure standardisation, automation, and operational excellence across engineering teams.
- Participate in architecture discussions and contribute to the long-term cloud strategy.
- Mentor colleagues and promote cloud and DevOps best practices across the organisation.
- Strong experience working with public cloud platforms, preferably AWS and Azure. Experience with both AWS and Azure is preferred.
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or AWS CloudFormation.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI, or Jenkins.
- Strong knowledge of containerisation technologies such as Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes or Amazon ECS.
- Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
- Good understanding of networking, security, IAM, and cloud architecture principles.
- Experience administering Linux-based systems.
- Familiarity with scripting languages such as Bash, Python, or PowerShell.
- Experience supporting production SaaS environments with high availability and reliability requirements.
- Strong problem-solving skills and a passion for automation and continuous improvement.
- Clear communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams.
- AWS certifications (Solutions Architect, SysOps Administrator, DevOps Engineer, or similar).
- Experience with serverless technologies such as AWS Lambda.
- Experience implementing security and compliance frameworks.
- Knowledge of cost optimisation and FinOps practices.
- Experience working within Agile engineering teams.
- Hybrid working model based from our Galway office.
- 25 days annual leave plus public holidays.
- 100% employer-paid private health insurance, including cover for dependents.
- Dental coverage.
- Employer-matched pension scheme.
- Income protection and life assurance.
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) and wellbeing initiatives.
- Career development through mentorship, professional training, and certification opportunities.
- Galway gym membership.
- Annual volunteer day.
- Amazing company culture.
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