Senior Cloud Engineer

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WRK digital are delighted to be partnered exclusively with a highly respected, UK‑based organisation, shortlisting for a Senior Cloud Engineer on a permanent basis.

We are looking for an accomplished and innovative Senior Cloud Engineer to join a collaborative Cloud Platform team, helping to manage, develop, and optimise a large Azure cloud environment. You will play a key role in delivering secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure that underpins the organisation’s cloud strategy.

The ideal candidate will bring expertise across Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform (IaC), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar), and cloud automation. You will provide technical leadership, support operational excellence, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous service improvements. A proactive mindset, strong troubleshooting capability, and the ability to draw insights from performance data will be essential.

This opportunity suits someone who thrives in a modern cloud environment, enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, and values cross‑team collaboration.

Core Responsibilities include:

  • Manage and optimise Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring stability, performance, and reliability
  • Provide L2/L3 support for incidents, troubleshooting cloud‑related issues
  • Lead Kubernetes cluster operations and support containerised workloads
  • Maintain and enhance Terraform Infrastructure as Code modules
  • Participate in CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tooling
  • Analyse observability data to produce insights and recommendations
  • Ensure effective monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics or Splunk
  • Drive automation across cloud operations following SRE and DevOps principles
  • Support junior engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to implement platform improvements
  • Maintain clear documentation for procedures, configuration and operational readiness
  • Experience with a major cloud platform (Azure preferred)
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools for troubleshooting and insight gathering
  • Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
  • Strong experience with Terraform or similar IaC tooling

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Job Description:

WRK digital are delighted to be partnered exclusively with a highly respected, UK‑based organisation, shortlisting for a Senior Cloud Engineer on a permanent basis.

We are looking for an accomplished and innovative Senior Cloud Engineer to join a collaborative Cloud Platform team, helping to manage, develop, and optimise a large Azure cloud environment. You will play a key role in delivering secure, scalable and resilient infrastructure that underpins the organisation’s cloud strategy.

The ideal candidate will bring expertise across Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform (IaC), CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar), and cloud automation. You will provide technical leadership, support operational excellence, mentor junior engineers, and drive continuous service improvements. A proactive mindset, strong troubleshooting capability, and the ability to draw insights from performance data will be essential.

This opportunity suits someone who thrives in a modern cloud environment, enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, and values cross‑team collaboration.

Core Responsibilities include:

  • Manage and optimise Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring stability, performance, and reliability
  • Provide L2/L3 support for incidents, troubleshooting cloud‑related issues
  • Lead Kubernetes cluster operations and support containerised workloads
  • Maintain and enhance Terraform Infrastructure as Code modules
  • Participate in CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tooling
  • Analyse observability data to produce insights and recommendations
  • Ensure effective monitoring using tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, AppDynamics or Splunk
  • Drive automation across cloud operations following SRE and DevOps principles
  • Support junior engineers through mentoring and knowledge sharing
  • Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to implement platform improvements
  • Maintain clear documentation for procedures, configuration and operational readiness
  • Experience with a major cloud platform (Azure preferred)
  • Familiarity with monitoring tools for troubleshooting and insight gathering
  • Hands‑on experience with CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar)
  • Strong experience with Terraform or similar IaC tooling

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Posted: May 9th, 2026