Cloud Engineer

Cloud Engineer - Consultant / Senior Consultant

Digital Excellence | Hybrid | UK Wide

Locations: London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow Type: Permanent (Hybrid Working)Salary: Consultant: £45,000 - £55,000 / Senior Consultant: £60,000 - £70,000

We're looking for skilled Cloud Engineers to join a growing Digital Excellence practice delivering impactful transformation programmes across multiple industries.

This role has a strong focus on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), helping organisations modernise and scale their cloud environments using cutting-edge DevOps practices.

As a Cloud Engineer, you'll work in collaborative, cross-functional teams to design, build, and optimise cloud-native platforms.

Key responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily Azure and GCP)
• Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and automation
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and performance optimisation
• Ensure security, compliance, and system reliability
• Troubleshoot production issues and provide operational support
• Collaborate with architects, developers, and stakeholders
• Champion DevOps culture and best practices
• Mentor team members and support capability development

Core technologies: Azure * GCP * Kubernetes * Docker * Terraform * Git * Jenkins * GitHub/GitLab Monitoring: Grafana * Dynatrace * Cloud-native tools

• Supporting client engagements, proposals, and bids
• Contributing to internal innovation and thought leadership
• Developing new propositions and services
• Gaining certifications and expanding your cloud expertise

Essential:

• Active SC Clearance (or eligible to obtain it)
• Strong experience with Azure and/or GCP (AWS experience is beneficial but not essential)
• Solid understanding of DevOps principles and practices
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
• Hands-on experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g. Grafana, Dynatrace)
• Scripting experience (e.g. Bash/Shell)
• Experience using version control tools (Git, GitHub, GitLab)
• Experience working in Agile environments
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Desirable:

• Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Packer)
• Exposure to testing tools (Selenium, Cucumber)
• Experience supporting modern application stacks (Java, Node.js, SQL/NoSQL)