Cloud Engineer - Consultant / Senior Consultant
Digital Excellence | Hybrid | UK Wide
Locations: London, Manchester, Newcastle, Glasgow
Type: Permanent (Hybrid Working)
Salary: Consultant: £45,000 - £55,000 / Senior Consultant: £60,000 - £70,000
Shape the Future of Cloud Engineering
We're looking for skilled Cloud Engineers to join a growing Digital Excellence practice delivering impactful transformation programmes across multiple industries.
This role has a strong focus on Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), helping organisations modernise and scale their cloud environments using cutting‑edge DevOps practices.
Your Role
As a Cloud Engineer, you'll work in collaborative, cross‑functional teams to design, build, and optimise cloud‑native platforms.
Key responsibilities:
- Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure (primarily Azure and GCP)
- Develop and manage CI/CD pipelines and automation
- Implement monitoring, alerting, and performance optimisation
- Ensure security, compliance, and system reliability
- Troubleshoot production issues and provide operational support
- Collaborate with architects, developers, and stakeholders
- Champion DevOps culture and best practices
- Mentor team members and support capability development
Core technologies:
Azure * GCP * Kubernetes * Docker * Terraform * Git * Jenkins * GitHub/GitLab
Monitoring: Grafana * Dynatrace * Cloud‑native tools
What You'll Also Be Involved In
- Supporting client engagements, proposals, and bids
- Contributing to internal innovation and thought leadershipi>
- Developing new propositions and services
- Gaining certifications and expanding your cloud expertise
About You
Essential:
- Active SC Clearance (or eligible to obtain it)
- Strong experience with Azure and/or GCP (AWS experience is beneficial but not essential)
- Solid understanding of DevOps principles and practices
- Experience designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI)
- Hands‑on experience with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience with monitoring and alerting tools (e.g. Grafana, Dynatrace)
- Scripting experience (e.g. Bash/Shell)
- Experience using version control tools (Git, GitHub, GitLab)
- Experience working in Agile environments
- Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Desirable:
- Experience with configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Packer)
- Exposure to testing tools (Selenium, Cucumber)
- Experience supporting modern application stacks (Java, Node.js, SQL/NoSQL)
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