Senior Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer

• Hybrid - offices in London or Birmingham
• £80-100k basic + bonus + benefits

We're looking for an experienced engineer to join a fast-growing payments technology company shaping the future of secure, instant, and innovative payment solutions. This is a hands-on role where you'll have the opportunity to design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure, implement secure DevOps practices, and ensure the reliability and integrity of systems and data across the business.

• Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure.
• Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate resource provisioning with security best practices.
• Optimize cloud resources for performance, cost efficiency, and compliance.
• Build and maintain automated, secure deployment and testing workflows.
• Integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
• Implement containerization and orchestration with secure configurations.
• Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance through proactive monitoring.
• Develop observability tools to detect anomalies and security threats.
• Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues.
• Manage and optimize relational and non-relational databases with strong security controls.
• Perform backups, recovery, and replication to ensure business continuity.
• Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong expertise in cloud, DevOps, SRE, DBA, network, and systems operations with a security-first mindset, with a healthy blend of 5+ years experience in Azure and the MS Stack
• Experience managing secure cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments within a financial services, online or technical organisation
• Proficiency in automating workflows and infrastructure management.
• Knowledge of monitoring, incident management, and performance optimization.
• Solid database management and secure design experience.
• Strong networking and systems administration skills.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certifications in cloud, security, networking, or systems administration.
• Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
• Familiarity with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
• Knowledge of compliance frameworks and security standards (PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001).