Senior Cloud Platform Engineer (AWS/GCP)

Ensono; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Highly competitive base salary

Company equity incentive plan

27 days annual leave + bank holidays

Private healthcare for you and family

Enhanced pension

Job summary

Ensono is seeking a senior cloud engineer to lead Product Engineering epics and shepherd new public cloud services from concept to deployment. You will shape standards, onboard AWS and GCP offerings, and drive automation using Terraform, Ansible, and scripting across Linux environments.

You will collaborate with Product Management to align cloud solutions with the roadmap while remaining pragmatic, scalable, and secure.

Qualifications

• 8+ years’ experience in supporting highly customer-focused mission critical environments.
• 5+ years’ experience architecting, engineering, or supporting public cloud solutions on AWS or GCP.
• Current AWS or Google Cloud Certifications (or equivalent knowledge).
• Experience building solutions using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Experience with config management systems (Ansible).
• Excellent Linux OS knowledge (RHCE or equivalent).
• Scripting ability in Python, Perl, or Bash.
• Experience using Git for version control and CI/CD tooling (Jenkins).
• Experience with AWS/GCP CLI and scripting against it.
• Experience working with containerized environments (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker).
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and networking fundamentals.
• Prefer ITIL/Agile experience and a computing discipline degree.

Responsibilities

• Act as the lead engineer on Product Engineering epics and stories.
• Develop and operationalize new repeatable Ensono public cloud services and solutions.
• Define and evolve public cloud standards for repeatability, performance, security, and scalability.
• Make recommendations on technical stack including research, bake-offs, and PoCs.
• Onboard new AWS and GCP services aligned with the Product roadmap.
• Drive automated infrastructure deployment using IaC, config management, and scripting.
• Provide SME guidance to pre-sales architects on technical standards.
• Serve as escalation contact for cloud operations on major incidents.
• Stay current on public cloud services and related technologies.

Skills

Public cloud engineering

AWS

GCP

IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation)

Config management (Ansible)

Linux (RHCE)

Scripting (Python/Perl/Bash)

Git

CI/CD (Jenkins)

Containerization (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/D

Education

Degree in computing-related discipline

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Git

Jenkins

AWS CLI

GCP CLI

ECS/EKS/Kubernetes

Docker

Job description

At Ensono, our purpose is to be a relentless ally, disrupting the status quo and unleashing our clients to Do Great Things! We enable our clients to achieve key business outcomes that reshape how our world runs. As an expert technology adviser and managed service provider with cross-platform certifications, Ensono empowers our clients to keep up with continuous change and embrace innovation.

Developing impactful solutions is something we do together at Ensono because Ideas Start Here. Great things happen when many voices are heard, and people are supported to run with their ideas. On our teams, you will be backed by leaders with a passion for our business. This is a place where your ideas can Do Great Things.

We can Do Great Things because we have great Associates. The Ensono Core Values unify our diverse talents and are woven into how we do business.

Adventure starts here. Here you will be a part of a team that encourages you to master your craft, ask tomorrow’s questions today, and chart your path. Our Associates focus on client impact with curiosity and a feeling of relentless commitment.

About the role and what you will be doing:

This is an exciting opportunity to joinasmall, friendly, Agile-based,teamworking on some of the hottestpubliccloudtechnologies.

ThePublicCloudProductEngineering teamworks closely with our Product Management team to bring to life standard services and solutionsthat can be repeatedly sold tomultiple managed servicecustomers.

Using your strong background in automation,engineering,and best practiceyou willalsoplaya major roleindefiningand evolvingour public cloud standards, implementing new tools,onboarding new AWS and GCP services, andact as an SME supporting other teams.

The successful candidate will be someone who candemonstratea genuine desire and passion forpublic cloud;automation;keeping it simple,supportable,and scalable;with proven ability todeliverpragmatic workablesolutionson time.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the lead engineer on Product Engineeringepics and stories.
• Develop (“operationalize”) new repeatableEnsono public cloudservices and solutions.
• Define andevolvepublic cloudtechnicalstandardsto ensurerepeatability,supportability,scalability, andsecurity.
• Make recommendations on technical stack includingresearch,assessments, bake-offs, andproof of concepts.
• Assess and onboard new AWS and GCP services in line with the Product roadmap.
• Drive the deployment of automated infrastructure and systemsusing IAC,configmanagementand scripting.
• Provide subject matter expertiseand adviceto pre-sales architectsonour technical standards.
• Act as a final line of escalation and assistancefor the cloud operations team for major problems.
• Proactively keep up to date on public cloudservicesand related technology.

DesiredSkills and Experience

• 8+ years’ experience insupporting highlycustomer-focused mission critical environments (e.g.,high profile weborenterprise infrastructure) essential.
• 5+ years’ experience ofarchitecting,engineering, or supportingpublic cloudsolutionson AWS or GCP.
• Sound knowledge of AWS or GCP best practice, security considerations, and architectural design patterns.
• Experience of implementing and supporting public-cloudbasedworkloadsand services.
• Hold multiplecurrent AWSor GoogleCloudCertifications(or be able todemonstrateequivalent level of knowledge).
• Experience ofbuilding solutions usingInfrastructure as Code(e.g.,Terraform,Cloud formation)
• Experience of config management systems (e.g.,Ansible).
• Excellent Linux O/Sknowledge and experience(RHCE or equivalent level of knowledge).
• Scripting ability in Python, Perl, orBash.
• Experience of using Git for version control.
• Experience of the AWSor GCPCLIand scripting against it.
• Experience ofworking with, designing, deploying,or supporting containerizedenvironments (ECS/EKS/Kubernetes/Docker)isuseful, but not essential.
• Experience of Jenkinsor other CI/CD pipeline technologyuseful.
• Able to leverageAI tools to improve productivity and quality (e.g. Copilot/Claude/Kiro)
• Good knowledge of TCP/IP.
• A degree in a computing-related discipline preferred or equivalent ability and knowledge.
• Experience working in ITIL and Agileenvironmentsbeneficial.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to share knowledge via clear and concise documentation, and demos/presentations.
• Able to implement supportable solutionsand make the complex simple.
• Able to work in an organized and efficient manner without close supervision
• Must be self-motivated, a self-starter and possessa good working attitude.
• Desire to continually grow, develop and improve.
• Able to perform as a role model within the team.

Benefits:

We believe that great work deserves great rewards. In return for your ideas, commitment and ambition, we’ll give you a very competitive base salary and a range of benefits as soon as you join. On top of your highly competitive base salary, we offer:

• Highly competitive salary
• Prestigious sales and broader team recognition with Annual Presidents Club
• Company equity incentive plan
• 27 days annual leave + plus bank holidays (increasing to 30 with length of service)
• ½ day leave for your birthday
• Sabbatical options at 5-years & 10-years’ service
• 5 days study leave
• 1 day charity leave to work for a charity of your choice
• Competitive pension
• Private healthcare for you and your family
• Enhanced parental leaves
• Life and income protection
• Payroll giving to your favorite charity
• Coaching & mentoring opportunities
• Additional perks such as discounted gym membership, cycle scheme, EAP and more!

If this all sounds great, we’d love to hear from you!