Cloud Engineer
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Job description
Are you a Cloud Engineer ready to take your career to the next level while working on meaningful, high-impact projects? We're looking for talented platform engineers to join a collaborative, forward-thinking team delivering critical cloud services for a major UK government programme based in Manchester.
This is a hybrid role, combining time across home, client site, and office-offering flexibility while keeping you close to impactful, real-world delivery.
The Opportunity
You'll be part of a high-performing "Cloud Pod"-a tight-knit team of engineers working together to design, build, and maintain modern cloud platforms. This is a hands-on role where you'll contribute to both project delivery and the evolution of foundational cloud services.
You'll be empowered to innovate, influence technical direction, and continuously develop your skills in a supportive, engineering-led environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Designing, building, and maintaining scalable cloud platforms (code-first approach-no "ClickOps")
- Driving standardisation, reuse, and automation through infrastructure blueprints
- Working in Agile teams, contributing to sprints and shared outcomes
- Collaborating closely with other engineers to deliver secure, resilient services
- Continuously improving platforms using modern DevOps practices and tooling
- Contributing to internal best practices and engineering standards
Requirements
- Strong experience in cloud platform engineering (AWS and/or Azure)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (eg Terraform)
- Experience with version control systems (eg GitHub)
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automation tooling
- Exposure to Kubernetes, Ansible, and containerised environments
- Solid understanding of infrastructure and networking concepts
- Experience working in Agile environments
Benefits & conditions
- £55,000 base salary + comprehensive benefits package
- Unlimited training budget for certifications (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and more)
- Ongoing professional development with clear career progression
- Private healthcare options and wellbeing support
- Flexible, hybrid working model
- Opportunity to work on impactful, secure government projects
Why Join?
You'll be joining a collaborative engineering culture that values innovation, continuous learning, and real-world impact. This is your chance to work on meaningful projects, sharpen your technical expertise, and grow within a supportive, high-performing team.
