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Cloud Engineer

Preston, Lancashire💼 Full-time💰 $78,000–$78,000🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-08-07

Core

Building, operating, and optimizing secure, scalable, and resilient cloud infrastructure and platform services within Microsoft Azure.

Role type

Cloud Engineer (Azure)

Builds

Azure infrastructure, landing zones, and platform services

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure / Microsoft Azure

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Azure core services (Compute, Storage, Networking, Security), Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, ARM, Terraform), Azure governance (Policy, RBAC, Management Groups), cloud networking concepts, container orchestration (AKS), monitoring and observability, CI/CD pipelines, identity management (Entra ID)

Preferred skills

Azure landing zone concepts, Cloud Adoption Framework, cloud cost management

Technologies

Microsoft Azure, Bicep, ARM templates, Terraform, AKS, Entra ID

Responsibilities

Deploy and maintain Azure infrastructure across compute, network, storage, and platform services; Implement Infrastructure as Code for automated provisioning; Apply Azure security and governance controls; Support build and operation of landing zones; Troubleshoot complex Azure issues; Collaborate with architects and developers to deliver cloud solutions; Optimize Azure cost, performance, and observability; Support platform services like App Services and serverless components; Drive automation and engineering maturity.

Seniority

Mid-Senior, hands-on IC

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