Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer
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Occupation TypeIT business analysts, architects and systems designers
Occupation Code Skill LevelHigher Skilled
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£54,900
(£28.15 per hour)
Occupation rate applies
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Description
Application Deadline: 25 May 2026
Department: OCU Digital
Location: Preston
Description
Are you ready to take on a career defining role where you’ll be the driving force behind cloud innovation, platform resilience, and business scalability?
OCU are looking for a Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer based in Preston to design, build, and manage secure, high-performing cloud environments across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This is more than just infrastructure. It’s about architecting intelligent solutions, automating deployments, strengthening security, and enabling business success through cutting-edge cloud technologies.
If you thrive on solving complex challenges and want your work to make a real, company-wide impact this is your opportunity.
About The Role
You will sit at the heart of a transformative Technology function in OCU Digital within a fast-growing organisation. Every deployment you optimise, every automation you implement, and every resilience improvement you lead will directly support innovation across the business.
You’ll collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams to build a best-in-class multi-cloud strategy, ensuring scalability, cost-efficiency, and performance at enterprise scale.
You will monitor and maintain Azure & GCP environments for stability and availability
Lead incident response and root cause analysis
Implement automation to reduce recurring issues
Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve complex technical challenges
Platform Stability, Security & Compliance
Department: OCU Digital
Location: Preston
Description
Are you ready to take on a career defining role where you’ll be the driving force behind cloud innovation, platform resilience, and business scalability?
OCU are looking for a Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer based in Preston to design, build, and manage secure, high-performing cloud environments across Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). This is more than just infrastructure. It’s about architecting intelligent solutions, automating deployments, strengthening security, and enabling business success through cutting-edge cloud technologies.
If you thrive on solving complex challenges and want your work to make a real, company-wide impact this is your opportunity.
About The Role
You will sit at the heart of a transformative Technology function in OCU Digital within a fast-growing organisation. Every deployment you optimise, every automation you implement, and every resilience improvement you lead will directly support innovation across the business.
You’ll collaborate with DevOps, security, and application teams to build a best-in-class multi-cloud strategy, ensuring scalability, cost-efficiency, and performance at enterprise scale.
- Ownership and influence over multi-cloud architecture
- The freedom to innovate and drive automation
- Exposure to enterprise-scale cloud engineering
- The chance to leave a lasting technical legacy
You will monitor and maintain Azure & GCP environments for stability and availability
Lead incident response and root cause analysis
Implement automation to reduce recurring issues
Collaborate cross-functionally to resolve complex technical challenges
Platform Stability, Security & Compliance
Design and maintain secure, resilient cloud infrastructure
Enforce security controls, IAM, and compliance standards
Drive disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives
Identify emerging technologies and recommend enhancements
Service Management & Automation
Operate within ITIL best practices (incident, change & problem management)
Champion Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep)
Streamline deployments and operational processes
Develop best practices for multi-cloud environments
Documentation & Enablement
Maintain robust cloud architecture documentation
Deliver training to internal teams
Guide users on leveraging cloud services effectively
Key Responsibilities
About you
Enforce security controls, IAM, and compliance standards
Drive disaster recovery and business continuity initiatives
Identify emerging technologies and recommend enhancements
Service Management & Automation
Operate within ITIL best practices (incident, change & problem management)
Champion Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep)
Streamline deployments and operational processes
Develop best practices for multi-cloud environments
Documentation & Enablement
Maintain robust cloud architecture documentation
Deliver training to internal teams
Guide users on leveraging cloud services effectively
Key Responsibilities
About you
- 3–5 years’ experience in cloud engineering within enterprise environments
- Strong Azure expertise and working knowledge of GCP
- Deep understanding of cloud security, IAM, encryption & compliance frameworks
- Experience working with vendors and cross-functional teams
- Knowledge of ITSM / ITIL processes
- Excellent communication skills
- PowerShell & Python for automation
- Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions & CI/CD pipelines
- ISO 27001 / ISO 22301 familiarity
- Azure or Google Cloud certifications