Salary: £130,000 - 143,000 per year Requirements: Strong hands-on Azure platform experience Good AWS experience within multi-cloud or hybrid environments Strong Terraform, Bicep or wider Infrastructure as Code experience Experience with CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps tooling Cloud migration experience, ideally using Azure Migrate or AWS migration tooling Strong understanding of cloud networking, monitoring, logging and IAM Experience working in secure, regulated, government or public sector environments Knowledge of NCSC, GDS, Secure by Design or UK Government technology standards would be useful Active SC or DV clearance preferred Relevant certifications, ideally at least one of the following: Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104), Microsoft DevOps Engineer (AZ-400), AWS Certified Associate level or above, or Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Responsibilities: Build, configure and support cloud platforms across Azure and AWS Work on cloud readiness, application discovery and migration activity Build and maintain cloud landing zones Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Bicep or AWS tooling Support CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps tooling Configure cloud networking, including VNets, service endpoints, firewalls, DNS and VPN connectivity Support monitoring, alerting, logging, backup, restore and cost optimisation Work across cloud security, IAM, Zero Trust principles and compliance requirements Act as a senior escalation point for complex cloud infrastructure issues Explain technical options clearly to senior stakeholders and non-technical teams Technologies: AWS Architect Azure CI/CD Cloud DevSecOps DevOps IAM Support Security Terraform VPN More: We are hiring for an immediately available Senior Cloud Platform Engineer contract role on a secure cloud programme, based in Milton Keynes with hybrid working of three days in the office per week. This is a six-month initial contract, inside IR35 and offered via umbrella. We are looking for someone to support the build, migration and day-to-day operation of cloud platforms across Azure and AWS, with a strong focus on secure, compliant and resilient services. We welcome applications from experienced cloud engineers who are comfortable working in regulated environments and who want to contribute to cloud readiness, platform build, DevSecOps, migration and ongoing platform operations. last updated 24 week of 2026