Location: West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Company: Bitrecruit (Client/Employer: Occupop)
Posted: 20.05.2026
Job reference: 655c51aef85957f628ca10e4abbfb3d4
Junior Cloud Engineer
We are looking for a Junior Cloud Engineer to support the design, implementation, and maintenance of secure, scalable, and cost‑effective cloud infrastructure for our applications and services. This role is ideal for someone early in their cloud career who is eager to develop hands‑on experience in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure automation, and operational support. Reporting to the Head of Cloud Engineering, you will work closely with Cloud Engineers, software engineers, SREs, and operations teams to help maintain and improve cloud environments. You will assist with infrastructure as code, support CI/CD pipelines, monitor cloud services, and contribute to ensuring environments follow best practices for security, resilience, and performance. This role offers strong opportunities for learning, mentorship, and professional growth in modern cloud technologies.
Day‑to‑Day Responsibilities
* Assist with the design, build, and maintenance of cloud infrastructure supporting business‑critical services.
* Support the implementation and maintenance of infrastructure as code for repeatable and auditable deployments.
* Help support and improve CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application delivery.
* Assist in maintaining secure, resilient, and well‑managed cloud environments aligned with best practices.
* Work with development teams to support deployment and operation of workloads in the cloud.
* Support the management and maintenance of Kubernetes clusters and cloud‑native services under guidance from senior team members.
* Assist with monitoring, logging, and alerting in collaboration with Cloud Engineering and SRE teams.
* Help with routine operational tasks, environment maintenance, and cloud platform support.
* Assist with troubleshooting cloud infrastructure issues and escalating where appropriate.
* Produce and maintain clear documentation for cloud environments, processes, and standards.
* Contribute to continuous improvement of cloud platforms, tooling, and engineering practices.
* Take part in learning, mentorship, and knowledge‑sharing opportunities to build cloud engineering capability.
Candidate Qualifications
* Some hands‑on experience with cloud infrastructure, through a junior role, internship, placement, or personal/project work.
* Basic understanding of cloud platforms, particularly Azure.
* Familiarity with infrastructure as code (IaC) concepts and tools such as Terraform, Bicep, or Ansible.
* Basic understanding of cloud networking concepts, including VNETs, routing, firewalls, and load balancing.
* Exposure to container platforms such as Kubernetes and container registries.
* Understanding of CI/CD concepts and interest in supporting deployment pipelines.
* Awareness of cloud security principles, identity and access management, and good operational practices.
* Willingness to learn backup, recovery, and disaster recovery approaches in cloud environments.
* Good written and verbal communication skills, with a strong standard of English.
* Strong willingness to learn and develop technical skills in cloud engineering.
Preferential Qualifications
* 1–2 years' experience in a junior IT, cloud, infrastructure, DevOps, or support role.
* Exposure to Azure‑native services such as AKS, App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Storage, or Azure Monitor.
* Familiarity with monitoring and observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or cloud‑native equivalents.
* Basic scripting skills using Bash, PowerShell, or Python.
* Awareness of modern application architectures such as microservices and event‑driven systems.
* Exposure to Git‑based workflows and version control practices.
* Interest in infrastructure automation and platform engineering.
* Awareness of multi‑environment setups such as dev, test, staging, and production.
* Understanding of reliability, availability, and performance fundamentals in cloud environments.
Company Benefits
* 25 days holiday rising to 30 with each year of service.
* Private Medical Insurance covering dental and optical.
* Company pension scheme.
* Life Assurance – 4× your annual salary.
* 1 day paid volunteering per year.
* Enhanced maternity/paternity offerings.
* Employee Assistance Programme.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Access to a gym.
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