We’re Kingfisher, a team of over 74,000 passionate people across B&Q, Screwfix, Brico Depot, Castorama, and Koctasto, dedicated to creating Better Homes, Better Lives, for Everyone.
The Senior Cloud Engineer will help keep Kingfisher’s data‑transformation platform stable, secure, and scalable, supporting teams across the business to make better data‑led decisions. The role is based at our B&Q Head Office just outside Southampton, with an expectation of 12 days in the office per month and out‑of‑hours 24/7 support every six weeks.
Responsibilities
* Ensure the availability, performance, and scalability of the data transformation platform, responding to operational needs and stakeholder feature requests.
* Design, build, and optimise cloud infrastructure and CI/CD workflows.
* Develop and maintain reliable CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployments, supporting safe and efficient delivery.
* Continuously identify opportunities to improve platform stability, resilience and security, proposing practical enhancements.
* Work closely with data engineers, developers and security colleagues to deliver well‑designed, well‑documented solutions.
* Create and maintain clear, up‑to‑date documentation for the platform and new features.
Qualifications
* Strong hands‑on experience working with Google Cloud Platform (and/or Azure), including BigQuery, Dataproc, Databricks and data integration workflows.
* Solid understanding of GCP networking.
* Experience building and managing CI/CD pipelines using Cloud Build, Cloud Deploy or comparable DevOps tooling.
* Solid understanding of cloud networking and security best practices.
* Experience collaborating within data or platform engineering teams, with a clear, inclusive communication style.
Diversity & Inclusion
Our customers come from all walks of life – and so do we. We’re committed to ensuring all colleagues, future colleagues, and applicants are treated equally, regardless of age, gender, marital or civil partnership status, ethnicity, culture, religion, belief, political opinion, disability, gender identity, gender expression, or sexual orientation.
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