Job Description
You’ll be joining a growing software business delivering a live, large-scale platform used by customers across the UK. It’s not a greenfield build and it’s not a pipeline-heavy DevOps environment. This is about owning, supporting and improving a platform that people rely on every day.
The team is expanding because demand has increased and the current engineers are stretched. Recent hires have raised the technical bar significantly, bringing stronger engineering standards and a more structured approach to how the platform is managed. This hire is about maintaining that trajectory and giving the team the capacity to keep improving.
The role
You’ll be working across an Azure-based environment, taking responsibility for the reliability, availability and performance of the platform.
Day to day, that means getting hands-on with infrastructure, supporting live environments, managing upgrades and ensuring everything runs as it should. You’ll be involved in patching, lifecycle management and ongoing improvements, working closely with development, support and product teams to keep things moving forward.
There’s also a transition underway. Parts of the platform still sit on Docker-based infrastructure, while newer environments are running in Kubernetes. You’ll need to be comfortable working across both — maintaining what exists while contributing to where things are going.
This is a role where you’ll be expected to think, not just follow process. It suits someone who enjoys understanding how systems actually work and improving them over time.
The environment
The platform is built on Azure, making use of services such as virtual machines, storage and Kubernetes (AKS), alongside containerised microservices. Monitoring, logging and observability are key parts of the setup, and there’s a strong focus on maintaining security and stability in a live environment.
It’s a real-world setup — there’s legacy to manage, decisions to be made and plenty of opportunity to improve how things are done.
What they’re looking for
They’re looking for a cloud engineer who has worked in production environments and understands what it means to keep systems running.
You’ll likely have:
* Strong experience with Azure infrastructure
* Exposure to Kubernetes and containerised environments
* Experience supporting live systems, including upgrades and incident response
* A solid grounding in networking, security and cloud best practices
* Some scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Bash, Python, Terraform or similar)
Equally important is mindset. This team values people who are collaborative, pragmatic and focused on improving things rather than over-engineering them.
The team
You’ll be joining a small team of cloud engineers with a mix of experience levels. Recent hires have brought strong technical capability and are helping to raise standards across the function.
The team is collaborative, low-ego and supportive, with a shared goal of leaving things better than they found them. There’s a mix of personalities, but a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
Working pattern
The role is remote-first, with a distributed team across the UK. There are occasional meet-ups and onboarding in person, but day-to-day work is fully remote.
Due to the nature of the platform, some upgrades and changes are carried out outside of core hours, and there is an on-call rota (1 in 3) with additional compensation.
Package
* £50,000–£60,000 depending on experience
* 10% annual bonus
* On-call payments
* Pension, life assurance and holiday package
* Flexible, remote-first working