Associate Cloud Engineer

Company: Jobtailor
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Location: Wakefield
Job Description:

Overview

  • Join the Cloud Engineering team, contributing directly to the build, operation, and improvement of our Azure cloud platform
  • Work on core platform components that support all cloud-hosted workloads, including subscriptions, identity, networking, monitoring, and deployment automation
  • Contribute to platform changes using Infrastructure as Code, follow established engineering and governance standards, and support the operation of live environments
  • Investigate incidents, perform root cause analysis, and implement preventative improvements
  • Work closely with senior cloud engineers and architects to deliver platform roadmap items, improve reliability and security, and enable delivery teams through well-defined, well-documented cloud services
  • Help take ownership of tasks, working methodically, and contributing to shared systems that are relied upon across the organisation

Requirements

  • Familiarity or practical experience working with Microsoft Azure
  • A working understanding of core cloud services such as compute, storage, networking, and identity
  • Experience (or strong interest) in Infrastructure as Code, ideally using Bicep
  • Familiarity with using Azure DevOps or similar tools for source control and pipelines
  • Understanding of why environments, subscriptions, and access controls are structured and governed
  • Awareness of cloud security fundamentals such as identity, role-based access, and secure configuration
  • Experience following engineering standards and change processes in shared environments
  • Comfortable making controlled changes to production or pre-production systems
  • Interest in monitoring, logging, and understanding how systems behave in real-world usage
  • Ability to troubleshoot issues methodically and escalate appropriately when needed
  • Willingness to document work clearly and keep platform documentation accurate
  • A practical, detail-oriented mindset with care taken when working on shared infrastructure
  • Good communication skills and the ability to work effectively within a team
  • Comfortable participating in agile ceremonies and collaborative planning sessions, where required
  • Motivated to develop deeper expertise in cloud and platform engineering over time
  • GCSE (or equivalent) Maths and English at Grade C, 4 or above
  • If you don’t have this yet, you’ll need to achieve this level through a function skills programme in your first year.
  • Additional qualifications (one of the following): 96 UCAS points from three A levels (we accept General Studies)
  • 112 UCAS points with at least 64 from two A levels or equivalent BTEC
  • Access to HE Diploma with at least 45 credits at level three and 15 credits at level two
  • A completed level three apprenticeship

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Posted: July 11th, 2026