Senior Cloud Engineer
Payments Recruitment Limited
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
3 days ago
Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours) Working hours
Regular working hours Languages
English Experience level
Senior Compensation
£ 93KJob location
Charing Cross, United Kingdom
Tech stack
Azure
Cloud Computing
Cloud Engineering
DevOps
Distributed Systems
PCI Data Security Standards
Performance Tuning
Software Engineering
Reliability of Systems
Database Performance
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Containerization
Performance Monitor
Non-relational Database
Microservices
Job description
We're looking for an experienced engineer to join a fast-growing payments technology company shaping the future of secure, instant, and innovative payment solutions. This is a hands-on role where you'll have the opportunity to design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure, implement secure DevOps practices, and ensure the reliability and integrity of systems and data across the business.
- Design, deploy, and manage scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure.
- Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to automate resource provisioning with security best practices.
- Optimize cloud resources for performance, cost efficiency, and compliance.
- Build and maintain automated, secure deployment and testing workflows.
- Integrate security practices into the software development lifecycle.
- Implement containerization and orchestration with secure configurations.
- Ensure system reliability, scalability, and performance through proactive monitoring.
- Develop observability tools to detect anomalies and security threats.
- Perform root cause analysis and implement solutions to prevent recurring issues.
- Manage and optimize relational and non-relational databases with strong security controls.
- Perform backups, recovery, and replication to ensure business continuity.
- Monitor database performance and implement tuning strategies.
Requirements
- Strong expertise in cloud, DevOps, SRE, DBA, network, and systems operations with a security-first mindset, with a healthy blend of 5+ years experience in Azure and the MS Stack
- Experience managing secure cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments within a financial services, online or technical organisation
- Proficiency in automating workflows and infrastructure management.
- Knowledge of monitoring, incident management, and performance optimization.
- Solid database management and secure design experience.
- Strong networking and systems administration skills.
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving abilities., * Certifications in cloud, security, networking, or systems administration.
- Experience with hybrid or multi-cloud environments.
- Familiarity with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
- Knowledge of compliance frameworks and security standards (PCI DSS, GDPR, ISO 27001).