Cloud Engineer

Manchester
9 months ago
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Job Title: Cloud Engineer
Location: Manchester (hybrid- 1-2 days onsite)
Industry: Financial Services / Fintech
Salary: £(phone number removed) per annum

Overview:
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic IT team at a leading finance company based in Manchester. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting scalable and secure cloud infrastructure to meet evolving business needs in a highly regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Design, build, and maintain secure and resilient cloud infrastructure, primarily in Microsoft Azure (or AWS/GCP depending on stack).
Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to support cloud-native applications and services.
Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation.
Monitor system performance, availability, and cost efficiency, and make recommendations for optimization.
Ensure compliance with industry regulations (e.g., FCA, GDPR) and internal security policies.
Implement backup, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies in the cloud.
Manage identity and access management (IAM), security groups, and networking configurations.
Automate deployment pipelines and configuration management using DevOps practices and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).
Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation for cloud-related issues.

Essential Skills & Experience:

Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role in a production environment.
Hands-on expertise with a major cloud platform (preferably Azure, but AWS or GCP experience also considered).
Strong knowledge of networking, firewalls, VPNs, and security best practices in cloud environments.
Scripting or automation experience (PowerShell, Bash, or Python).
Familiarity with monitoring and logging tools such as Azure Monitor, CloudWatch, or Datadog.
Understanding of IT governance, compliance, and risk management within financial services.

Desirable Qualifications:

Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, etc.).
Experience with hybrid cloud and on-prem to cloud migrations.
Understanding of financial services regulatory frameworks.
Exposure to serverless technologies, APIs, and microservices architecture.In Technology Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy

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