Cloud Delivery Engineer (Developer)
Location: Hybrid – Midlands (minimum 2 days per week)
Employment Type: Full-time
Company: Mott MacDonald
Role Overview
We’re on the lookout for a talented Cloud Delivery Engineer who is excited about modern infrastructure, automation, and delivering high‑quality cloud solutions. If you’re confident working across VMware and Azure, enjoy getting hands‑on with Microsoft 365, and know how to bring IaC practices to life, you’ll feel right at home with us. This is a great opportunity to join a forward‑thinking team where your expertise will directly influence scalable, secure, and innovative cloud operations.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Designing, deploying, and managing cloud services across hybrid environments with scalability, resilience, and cost in mind.
* Implementing automated security controls, access policies, scripting, and CI/CD processes.
* Building and maintaining disaster recovery and business continuity solutions, including automated failover and backup validation.
* Setting up and managing automated security scanning tools and integrating them with the Power Platform where needed.
* Ensuring governance and compliance through policies, tagging standards, and automated reporting.
* Performing routine health checks using monitoring tools and dashboards to keep environments running smoothly.
* Supporting virtual machines and containerised workloads through automated patching, drift management, and performance tuning.
* Assisting cloud migration projects, shaping future‑state architectures, and championing automation‑first principles.
* Contributing to cloud strategy, adopting Azure/AWS services, and enhancing Power Platform capabilities.
* Continuously optimising infrastructure performance through scaling, tuning, and lifecycle management.
* Supporting IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS environments, and integrating these with Power Apps for workflows and self‑service tooling.
* Building strong working relationships across delivery teams, QA, development, business analysis, and operational teams.
* Engaging business stakeholders to secure the right input throughout project lifecycles.
* Coordinating with third parties to support delivery of technical tasks.
* Communicating technical concepts clearly and confidently to non‑technical audiences.
* Supporting FinOps processes, IT estimates, and budget reporting.
* Working with the Cloud Platform team to ensure governance gates are followed and funding aligned to the agreed budget.
* Sharing knowledge across the team and supporting skills development.
* Conducting peer reviews and supporting improvements to IT working practices.
* Mentoring junior engineers and helping onboard new starters.
* Supporting quality checks and contributing to the mobilisation of infrastructure initiatives.
Essential Skills & Experience
* Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ‑104) or above.
* Strong understanding of cloud management principles and IT architectures.
* Hands‑on experience managing both private and public cloud environments.
* Solid grasp of DevOps practices and automation tooling.
* Experience delivering multiple cloud projects or portfolios.
* Excellent communication skills, with the ability to translate technical detail into business‑friendly language.
* Confident, influential presentation and stakeholder skills.
Contact
Recruiter: Nikki George
Hiring Manager: Shaun Willson
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