Cloud Engineer – DevOps Focus
📍 Location: Remote
📅 Contract
💷 £525 OUTSIDE OF IR35
We are seeking an experienced Cloud Engineer with strong DevOps expertise to join a fast-paced financial services environment. This role will suit someone with a strong background in cloud infrastructure, automation, CI/CD, and platform engineering across multi-cloud environments including AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Key Responsibilities
* Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
* Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines to support rapid and secure software delivery.
* Automate infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
* Collaborate with development, security, and infrastructure teams to improve platform reliability and performance.
* Implement monitoring, logging, alerting, and observability solutions across cloud platforms.
* Support cloud migration and transformation initiatives within highly regulated financial services environments.
* Ensure cloud platforms align with security, compliance, and governance standards.
* Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and deployment issues across production and non-production environments.
Required Skills & Experience
* Strong hands-on experience with at least two of the following cloud platforms:
* Amazon Web Services (AWS)
* Microsoft Azure
* Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
* Strong DevOps and automation experience.
* Expertise with Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, or similar IaC tools.
* Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
* Strong scripting experience with Python, Bash, or PowerShell.
* Containerisation and orchestration experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
* Experience with monitoring and logging tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog, or Splunk.
* Strong understanding of networking, security, IAM, and cloud governance principles.
* Previous experience working within financial services, banking, insurance, or highly regulated environments is essential.
Desirable Skills
* Experience with SRE practices and platform engineering.
* Knowledge of security and compliance frameworks within financial services.
* Experience working in Agile / Scrum delivery environments.
* Relevant cloud certifications across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
What We’re Looking For
* Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
* Ability to work within complex enterprise environments.
* A proactive engineer with a passion for automation, reliability, and cloud innovation.
* Someone comfortable working across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.