Senior Cloud Engineer
Glasgow or Dundee (Hybrid)
£547 per day (Inside IR35)
3-month contract (with strong extension potential up to 17 months)
We're working with a leading public sector organisation on a key cloud and platform services programme. They're looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to support complex environments, improve service delivery, and drive observability and DevOps capability.
The Role
This is a hands-on, senior position focused on maintaining high-performing cloud services while also improving processes and resolving complex issues.
You'll be responsible for:
1. Managing high-impact and complex change requests
2. Ensuring release policies, processes, and controls are followed
3. Reading and interacting with code in live environments
4. Leading incident investigation and resolution
5. Taking ownership of issues and proactively identifying risks
6. Monitoring trends and patterns to resolve recurring problems
7. Carrying out baseline repairs and system improvements
8. Working closely with specialists to implement fixes and solutions
9. Defining preventative measures to reduce future incidents
10. Creating and maintaining technical documentation
11. Identifying and driving process improvements and best practice
12. Recommending appropriate tools and technologies
Key Skills & Experience (Essential)
We're looking for strong technical leadership combined with hands-on delivery:
13. Proven ability to provide technical and business leadership to experienced engineering teams
14. Deep knowledge of Cloud &DevOps tools, including:AWSJenkinsTerraformElasticsearch
15. Experience defining and delivering observability roadmaps
16. Track record of driving continuous service improvement
17. Ability to challenge existing processes and implement more efficient, cost-effective solutions
18. Strong focus on supporting modern, business-critical technologies
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.