Senior Cloud Engineer
Join a forward-thinking team at the forefront of cloud innovation, where your work will directly shape the future of digital research infrastructure. As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you'll take a leading role in architecting, building, and delivering cutting-edge, platform-agnostic solutions that thrive in hybrid cloud environments.
You'll be driving the adoption of cloud-native principles to ensure systems are scalable, reliable, and resilient—while helping to integrate diverse datasets, platforms, and tools into a seamless, interoperable ecosystem. This is a role where your technical leadership will have a tangible impact, enabling researchers and partners to tackle some of today's most pressing challenges.
You'll be part of a growing, multidisciplinary team that values collaboration, sustainability, and innovation. Working closely with environmental researchers, UX specialists, software engineers, data scientists, and solution architects, you'll help co-design infrastructure that drives meaningful, real-world outcomes. Agile methodologies and user-focused design will underpin everything you deliver.
This is an exciting opportunity to tackle cutting-edge technology challenges:
* Building scalable research cloud infrastructure
* Designing and implementing data lake solutions
* Developing digital twins for complex systems
* Creating collaborative platforms with FAIR data access
* Leading innovative, high-impact digital initiatives
What You'll Be Doing
* Lead architecture and development of cloud-based solutions across hybrid environments, ensuring security, compliance, and alignment with best practices.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams – software engineers, data scientists, RSEs, and semantic experts – to deliver scalable, robust solutions that power digital research.
* Shape the future of digital research infrastructure by leading proposals, shaping deliverables, and aligning projects with strategic goals.
* Drive thought leadership by contributing to publications, technical reports, and sharing insights with the wider community.
* Provide technical direction and mentorship to colleagues, fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing team culture.
* Champion cloud-native and Agile practices to improve development workflows, strengthen interoperability, and accelerate innovation.
* Engage with stakeholders through workshops and co-design sessions to ensure solutions are impactful, relevant, and easy to use.
What We're Looking For
* A degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field (PhD or equivalent experience welcome).
* Proven experience leading the design and delivery of cloud-native, distributed systems (microservices, serverless, etc.) on platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
* Strong background in API development, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code.
* Hands-on experience with containerisation technologies like Docker and Kubernetes (AKS experience a plus).
* Track record of mentoring and team leadership, fostering collaboration and technical excellence.
* Experience applying Agile methodologies and co-design approaches to deliver impactful software solutions.
* Passion for staying ahead of emerging trends in cloud technologies and software architecture.
* Ability to work with stakeholders across multidisciplinary teams, aligning technology with real-world research needs.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: £50,000.00-£55,000.00 per year
Work authorisation:
* United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person