Senior Cloud Engineer
Hybrid
London, United Kingdom
£ 90,000 / year
Full Time
18-02-2025
Job Specifications
Role: Senior Azure Cloud Engineer/Senior Azure Cloud Architect – Hybrid, London – Global Digital Consultancy – Azure, AWS, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes – PERM – £65K-£90K plus bonus and benefits
I am currently working with a well-known Global Digital Consultancy who are looking for someone to take ownership of their Azure platform and Site Reliability in a new global Digital Transformation project. This is a really interesting project for the right person to help transform and shape the Cloud Technology within the business.
Required experience of the Senior Azure Cloud Engineer/Senior Azure Cloud Architect:
Expert knowledge of cloud offerings and practices in Azure including cloud architecture and systems design.
Commercial experience in scoping and delivering complex infrastructure and delivery pipeline solutions at scale.
Proven ability to articulate complex technical designs and requirements to non-technical stakeholders.
Experience of delivering end-to-end cloud solutions using technologies and practices such as: Azure DevOps, GitHub, IaaS, PaaS, Docker, Kubernetes and Serverless.
Expertise in DevOps theory and an ability to explain the theory and approaches to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Input into the design of, and own the implementation of, cloud infrastructure.
Be directly responsible for the implementation of the CI/CD toolchain.
Find delivery bottlenecks and areas for performance improvements.
Perform tasks related to Site Reliability Engineering and other infrastructure/pipeline work as needed to support the overarching Systems team effort.
Work closely with technical leads to ensure that platforms are designed for continuous delivery and zero downtime.
Quickly identify trends and patterns, and drive out root causes of complex technical problems, in order to design and implement appropriate solutions
Understanding of using application lifecycle management tools such as Azure DevOps or GitHub
Hands-on Software engineering experience would be beneficial with one or more programming languages (e.g. Python, Go, Bash, Powershell, Javascript, Java, C#)
This role is a Perm role with a hybrid working model based out of an office in London offering a competitive salary with bonus and benefits. If you are a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer/Senior Cloud Architect who has the experience mentioned then please apply immediately for consideration.
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