Senior Cloud Engineer

CompanyFortray Global Service Limited

LocationLondon Area, United Kingdom

Posted At1/14/2026

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£54,900 (£28.15 per hour)

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Description

Senior Cloud Engineer (4–5 Years Experience)

Location: London, United Kingdom (On-site)

Job Type: Full-time | Contract/ Permanent

About the Role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement, and manage secure, scalable cloud infrastructure in a production environment. This role is ideal for professionals with 4–5 years of hands-on cloud experience who are comfortable owning cloud platforms, guiding junior engineers, and working closely with DevOps, security, and application teams.

Key Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and manage cloud infrastructure on AWS and/or Azure
Lead cloud implementation, optimisation, and migration initiatives
Ensure high availability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency
Monitor cloud environments and proactively resolve performance issues
Implement cloud security best practices, IAM, and governance controls
Support CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation
Provide technical guidance and mentoring to junior cloud engineers

Maintain technical documentation, runbooks, and architecture diagrams

Cloud & Infrastructure

Manage compute, storage, networking, and identity services
Design and support resilient architectures (HA, DR, backups)
Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions

Automation & DevOps

Automate infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code tools
Support containerised workloads and orchestration platforms
Collaborate with DevOps teams on release and deployment strategies

Required Skills & Experience

4–5 years of experience as a Cloud Engineer or similar role
Strong hands-on experience with:
AWS and/or Microsoft Azure
Linux and Windows server environments
Proven experience in:
Cloud networking (VPC/VNet, subnets, security groups)
Identity & access management (IAM / RBAC)
Monitoring and troubleshooting cloud systems
Experience with:
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, or CloudFormation)

CI/CD pipelines and automation

Nice to Have

Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Exposure to DevSecOps practices
Multi-cloud experience
Experience working in enterprise or regulated environments

Certifications (Preferred)

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate / Professional
Microsoft Azure Administrator or Azure Solutions Architect
Equivalent cloud certifications

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, or related field (preferred)
Equivalent professional experience considered

What We Offer

Senior-level ownership of cloud platforms and projects
Opportunity to work with modern cloud and DevOps technologies
Career progression into Cloud Architect / Platform Lead roles
Competitive London-based salary and benefits

Work Authorization

Candidates must have the right to work in the UK.

Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity.