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# Senior Cloud Engineer

- **Company:** QINETIQ LIMITED
- **Location:** Worcestershire, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Cloud Engineering, Cloud Services, Terraform
- **Published:** September 8, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.collegerecruiter.com/job/2840614470-senior-cloud-engineer

## About the Role

* Previous experience as a Cloud Engineer with a strong knowledge of AWS cloud services
 * The ability to develop and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform)
 * Proven experience leading, mentoring or managing technical delivery teams
 * The ability to engage with senior stakeholders and communicating with non-technical audiences
 * Previous experience working within Agile Delivery environments
 * Proven experience delivering cloud projects end-to-end, We value difference and we don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

## Description

As a Senior Cloud Engineer you will be providing technical leadership within Cloud Engineering projects and programmes working at the forefront of enabling secure, scalable and mission-critical cloud capabilities.

Day-to-day, you will work closely with project managers and supporting the development winning proposals and the delivering cloud solutions., * Leading project teams to deliver solutions managing and guiding junior staff to deliver solutions for new and existing customers

 * Providing technical leadership for the delivery of programme, project and bidding activities
 * Supporting the development of cloud staff in their technical disciplines and supporting resourcing decisions
 * Developing design certifications, technical delivery plans, high level documentation, detailed design documentation and testing schedules
 * Understanding marketing requirements and future technology developments applying them to technical solutions
 * Performing complex engineering/technical assignments developing creative and practical solutions to customer problems


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