??Location:Leeds, West Yorkshire (Hybrid)
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??Employment Type:Permanent
??Status:Actively Hiring
?? £55,280 - £62,190+ Excellent Benefits
WRK digital are delighted to be partnered exclusively with a highly respected, UK-based organisation, shortlisting for aSenior Cloud Engineeron a permanent basis.
We are looking for an accomplished and innovative Senior Cloud Engineer to join a collaborative Cloud Platform team, helping to manage, develop, and optimise a large Azure cloud environment. You will play a key role in delivering secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure that underpins the organisations cloud strategy.
The ideal candidate will bring expertise across Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform (IaC), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar), and cloud automation. You will provide technical leadership, support operational excellence, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous service improvements. A proactive mindset, strong troubleshooting capability, and the ability to draw insights from performance data will be essential.
This opportunity suits someone who thrives in a modern cloud environment, enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, and values cross-team collaboration.
Core Responsibilities include:
* Manage and optimise Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring stability, performance, and reliability
* Provide L2/L3 support for incidents, troubleshooting cloud-related issues
* Lead Kubernetes cluster operations and support containerised workloads
* Maintain and enhance Terraform Infrastructure as Code modules
* Participate in CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tooling
* Analyse observability data to produce insights and recommendations
* Ensure effective monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics or Splunk
* Drive automation across cloud operations following SRE and xsngvjr DevOps principles
* Support junior engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement platform improvements
* Maintain clear documentation for procedures, configuration and operational readiness
Minimum Requirements:
* 24/7 on-call L2/L3 support experience
* Experience with a major cloud platform (Azure preferred)
* Familiarity with monitoring tools for troubleshooting and insight gathering
* Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
* Strong experience with Terraform or similar IaC tooling