Cloud Platform Engineer

Cloud Platform Engineer
Permanent
Location: Home-based / Birmingham office 1–2 days per week
Salary: £65,000 – £75,000

Skills: AWS, Linux, Terraform, Ansible, OpenShift, Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure

We’re looking for a hands-on Cloud Platform Engineer to join a growing technical consultancy delivering secure cloud and infrastructure solutions across customer environments.

This role would suit an experienced Cloud, DevOps, Platform or Infrastructure Engineer who enjoys building and supporting technical environments but also wants greater involvement in solution design, customer engagement and architecture.

You’ll work closely with senior consultants, architects and customer teams to build cloud platforms, automate infrastructure and contribute to secure, practical technical solutions. You do not need to be an established Solutions Architect, but you should be comfortable discussing technical requirements, documenting designs and taking ownership of technical delivery.

What you’ll be doing

Building and configuring cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on AWS
Supporting cloud and platform delivery across AWS and potentially Azure
Working with Linux environments, ideally including Red Hat
Deploying and supporting OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms
Automating infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible and related tooling
Supporting migrations, upgrades, monitoring, resilience and platform improvements
Troubleshooting cloud, Linux, container and infrastructure issues
Contributing to high-level and low-level technical designs
Producing implementation documentation, operational handover material and technical runbooks
Working directly with customers to understand requirements and resolve technical challenges
Supporting senior architects and consultants with solution design and technical assurance
Working across one or two customer projects at a time

What we’re looking for

Strong hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps or infrastructure engineering
Good practical AWS experience, including building and supporting cloud environments
Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills
Experience with Terraform or another Infrastructure as Code tool
Experience with Ansible or similar automation/configuration management tooling
Exposure to Kubernetes and/or OpenShift
An understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security, monitoring and resilience
Comfortable producing technical documentation and contributing to solution designs
Able to communicate effectively with customers and internal technical teams
An interest in developing further towards cloud or solution architecture

Useful experience

Azure experience
Previous consultancy or customer-facing project experience
CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar
Bash, PowerShell or Python scripting
CloudFormation
Monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Grafana or Prometheus
Secure, regulated, government or defence environments
Existing SC clearance or eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance
AWS, Azure, Red Hat, Kubernetes or Terraform certifications

Responsibilities

Building and configuring cloud infrastructure, with a strong focus on AWS; Supporting cloud and platform delivery across AWS and potentially Azure; Working with Linux environments, ideally including Red Hat; Deploying and supporting OpenShift and Kubernetes platforms; Automating infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible and related tooling; Supporting migrations, upgrades, monitoring, resilience and platform improvements; Troubleshooting cloud, Linux, container and infrastructure issues; Contributing to high-level and low-level technical designs; Producing implementation documentation, operational handover material and technical runbooks; Working directly with customers to understand requirements and resolve technical challenges; Supporting senior architects and consultants with solution design and technical assurance; Working across one or two customer projects at a time

Requirements

Strong hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, DevOps or infrastructure engineering; Good practical AWS experience, including building and supporting cloud environments; Strong Linux administration and troubleshooting skills; Experience with Terraform or another Infrastructure as Code tool; Experience with Ansible or similar automation/configuration management tooling; Exposure to Kubernetes and/or OpenShift; An understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security, monitoring and resilience; Comfortable producing technical documentation and contributing to solution designs; Able to communicate effectively with customers and internal technical teams; An interest in developing further towards cloud or solution architecture

Nice to have

Azure experience; Previous consultancy or customer-facing project experience; CI/CD tooling such as GitLab, Jenkins, GitHub Actions or similar; Bash, PowerShell or Python scripting; CloudFormation; Monitoring tools such as CloudWatch, Grafana or Prometheus; Secure, regulated, government or defence environments; Existing SC clearance or eligibility to obtain UK Security Clearance; AWS, Azure, Red Hat, Kubernetes or Terraform certifications