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Lead Cloud and Automation Engineer
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office · East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom
East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom57,500-75,400 GBPHybrid
Remuneration
57,500-75,400 GBP
Location
East Kilbride, SCT, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Not specified
Job summary
The Lead Cloud and Automation Engineer will design and implement cloud infrastructure, drive automation initiatives, and ensure secure and compliant cloud environments.
Benefits
Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension schemeFlexible working optionsLearning and development opportunitiesInclusive environmentGenerous annual leave
Qualifications
- Experience in a Lead Engineer or Tech team lead role in Hybrid IT Infrastructure
- Expert in a major cloud platform (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
- Experience with virtualized networking principles
- Experience with Ansible automation tooling
- Experience in systems monitoring infrastructure
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code
- Understanding of networking, security, and identity management
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of cloud infrastructure
- Architect and maintain CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code solutions
- Drive automation initiatives to improve system reliability
- Ensure cloud environments are secure and compliant
- Collaborate with engineering teams to align cloud strategies
- Mentor junior engineers and promote best practices
- Monitor system performance and troubleshoot issues
- Develop documentation and processes
Skills
AnsibleAWSAzureAzure DevOpsBashCloudFormationDockerGCPGitHubGitHub ActionsJenkinsKubernetesPowerShellPythonTerraformVMware
Relocation
No