Lead Cloud Engineer (Azure, Terraform) - Glasgow/Edinburgh Hybrid - 75K + 10& bonus & more
Hybrid – 2 days per week in whichever office is best for you
Lorien’s client, a fast-growing, global-reaching SAAS company with a great reputation in their domain, is currently looking to hire a skilled Lead Cloud Engineer / Cloud Ops Manager to lead and manage their Cloud Operations team, and play a key role in the next stages of the company’s evolution including a new version of their core platform and offerings.
This role offers a great opportunity to be a hands-on leader, responsible for overseeing the architecture, deployment, and ongoing maintenance of the infrastructure supporting the central SaaS platform, and in this key leadership position, you'll guide a talented team, ensuring smooth operations, driving automation initiatives, and contributing to strategic decisions around cloud infrastructure.
Leadership & Mentoring: Lead, mentor, and develop a small team of engineers, fostering a culture of growth and innovation.
Drive the management and improvement of cloud operations using Azure, ensuring infrastructure is optimised for performance, scalability, and security.
Build and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders across business units, cloud providers, and other internal teams to ensure smooth operations.
Automation & Tooling: Use tools such as Terraform, Azure DevOps, and Git to improve infrastructure automation and streamline platform deployment and maintenance processes.
Strong system administration skills, including EntraID, Windows Server, and Linux (CentOS, AlmaLinux)
Hands-on Terraform, Azure DevOps, and Git skills covering cloud infrastructure automation/management
Familiarity with service management tools and ITIL frameworks
Ideally Azure SQL/MS-SQL Database admin skills as well as familiarity with PowerShell/Bash scripting
If you’re looking to join a great firm with major expansion and evolution on the horizon, offering a host of benefits with staff at the centre such as remote working, bonuses and recognition rewards, healthcare, progression and more, apply now with your latest CV and let’s have a chat.