Senior Cloud Engineer (AWS/Azure)

About the role

A company is looking for a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to design, implement and optimise cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments. The role calls for deep expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, cloud automation and modern deployment practices, and involves collaborating with cross-functional teams to build reliable, secure and scalable cloud solutions for mission-critical systems.

Key responsibilities

• Architect, deploy and manage cloud environments on AWS and/or Azure.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure-as-Code using Terraform and CloudFormation.
• Automate cloud provisioning, configuration and deployment workflows.
• Build and maintain cloud-native solutions using Python for scripting and automation.
• Implement best practices for cloud security, networking, governance and cost optimisation.
• Troubleshoot cloud performance, reliability and infrastructure issues.
• Collaborate with DevOps, security and engineering teams to deliver scalable cloud platforms.
• Ensure high availability, disaster recovery and operational excellence across cloud workloads.
• Evaluate emerging cloud technologies and propose improvements to architecture and tooling.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer or in a related role.
• Strong hands-on experience with AWS and/or Azure architecture and services.

Required skills

• Proficiency in Terraform for multi-cloud IaC.
• Experience with AWS CloudFormation templates and stacks.
• Strong Python scripting skills.
• Knowledge of cloud networking, VPC design, load balancing and identity/access management.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and automated deployments.
• Familiarity with monitoring, logging and cloud operations tools.
• Preferred: Docker and Kubernetes, ArgoCD or Flux, serverless architectures, and certifications such as AWS Solutions Architect, Azure Administrator or DevOps Engineer.