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# Cloud Engineer (SRE)

- **Company:** SSE plc
- **Location:** Portsmouth, UK
- **Salary:** £50,100.0 - £75,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Bash Shell, Cloud Computing, Cloud Engineering, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Windows PowerShell, Ansible, Cloud Platform System, Puppet
- **Published:** June 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=4aceca7a0816673e

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Windows?, * Understanding of either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure and Cloud Native Architectures is essential. A Cloud Certification in either Amazon AWS or Microsoft Azure is desirable, but not essential.

 * Knowledge of Operating Systems (Windows and/or Linux) is desirable, but not essential.
 * Strong analytical skills and a solid understanding of operational support procedures.
 * Ability to write software scripts in at least one general-purpose programming language (Bash, PowerShell, Python) or develop automation in one configuration tool (Ansible, Puppet, Chef).
 * Strong communication skills to be able to collaborate with teams across the organisation to help support SSE's cloud adoption.

## Description

This role focuses on the core cloud platform and associated infrastructure and will give the right candidate the opportunity to contribute to infrastructure projects across a variety of services and cloud platforms, supporting SSE's strategic themes.

As a team player, you will work closely with a team of strategists, architects, and engineers to craft technical solutions that in turn accelerate our business, and this role focusses on working too.

You will

 * Identify and progress opportunities to contribute to continuous improvement across the team, delivery, and operational practices.
 * Collaborate to reduce operational risk within the core cloud platform.
 * Partner with Product owners and management to manage and clearly articulate demand planning and delivery against the projected backlog and book of work.
 * Provide support and best practice guidance for application teams on adopting our platforms.


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