Cloud Engineer
Department: IT & Change
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Manchester, UK
Description
The Cloud Engineer will play a key role in operating, supporting and evolving Arrow’s multi-cloud estate, with AWS as the primary platform and Azure as a secondary environment. Working within the Technology team, you will help design and implement secure, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure that underpins critical business and investment platforms.
This is a hands‑on engineering role suited to a pragmatic technologist who thrives in a fast‑moving environment. You will contribute to infrastructure as code initiatives, hybrid connectivity, governance controls and cloud optimisation, while collaborating closely with Information Security, Data and wider IT teams.
Key Responsibilities
* Operate and support our AWS (primary) and Azure (secondary) environments in production
* Contribute to the design and implementation of secure, scalable cloud infrastructure
* Build and manage infrastructure using Terraform, following an infrastructure-as-code-first approach
* Support hybrid connectivity between cloud and on‑prem environments
* Assist in implementing governance controls across multi‑account AWS environments
* Support Azure platform services including Virtual Machines, networking, storage and identity
* Monitor cloud environments for security, performance and cost optimisation
* Contribute to disaster recovery design and resilience testing across AWS and Azure
* Work closely with Information Security to maintain secure cloud configurations
* Support CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments
* Provide technical escalation support to the wider IT team
* Contribute to documentation and knowledge sharing across the team
* Participate in continuous improvement initiatives to modernise and enhance the cloud platform
About you
* Strong hands‑on AWS experience in production environments
* Experience with multi‑account AWS environments (AWS Organizations preferred)
* Solid working knowledge of Azure infrastructure services
* Experience in hybrid cloud environments between cloud and on‑prem
* Strong understanding of cloud networking fundamentals (VPC/VNet, DNS, VPN, Direct Connect/ExpressRoute)
* In‑depth knowledge of IAM, RBAC and cloud security best practices
* Experience with core AWS services (EC2, S3, VPC, Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch)
* Experience supporting Azure VMs, VNets, Storage Accounts and Entra ID (Azure AD)
* Hands‑on Terraform experience, including writing reusable modules (required)
* Understanding of CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments
* Experience monitoring production environments, incident troubleshooting and root cause analysis
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