Job Title: Senior Cloud Platform Engineer
Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office)
Salary: £70,000 - £80,000 + Benefits
Eligibility: UK-based only, full right to work required (no visa sponsorship)
About the Role
We're looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Platform Engineer to join our growing tech team. You'll be responsible for designing, building, and maintaining our enterprise cloud platforms, ensuring they are reliable, secure, and highly available. This is a hands-on role where you'll work closely with multiple teams to drive automation, modernisation, and performance improvements across our infrastructure.
Key Responsibilities
Design, deploy, and maintain cloud environments in Azure and GCP
Build internal platforms to streamline development and deployment
Automate provisioning, configuration, scaling, and operational tasks
Contribute to cloud migration and platform modernisation initiatives
Implement best practices across cloud architecture, DevOps, and automation
Collaborate with cross-functional teams on greenfield projects
Investigate incidents, perform root-cause analysis, and introduce preventative measures
Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers
Monitor platform performance, security, and costs
Essential Skills & Experience
3+ years in a Senior Platform, Cloud, or DevOps Engineer role
Strong experience with Azure and GCP environments
Hands-on with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.)
Skilled in CI/CD pipelines and automation tools (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
Strong scripting experience (Python, Shell, Perl, etc.)
Familiarity with enterprise IT operations, networking fundamentals, and security
Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
Agile delivery experience and strong stakeholder communication
Desirable Skills
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline
Exposure to Unix/Solaris environments and Oracle systems
Experience with service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd)
Knowledge of hybrid or multi-cloud infrastructure strategies
Awareness of DevSecOps principles and compliance frameworks
Please apply for immediate interview slots
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