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Lead Cloud Engineer
hed*** · Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United Kingdom
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United KingdomOnsite
Remuneration
28 days of annual leave plus bank holidays; five paid Impact Days; two wellbeing days; wellbeing budget; free counselling; learning budget and training or conference time; enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Location
Newcastle upon Tyne, ENG, United Kingdom
Visa sponsorship
Sponsors visa
Job summary
Own and shape cloud infrastructure for client products from initial design through production operations, setting DevOps standards across varied digital transformation projects. Build secure, monitored, cost-effective environments as code and CI/CD pipelines, advise clients on technical trade-offs, and mentor engineers using AWS, Azure, or GCP alongside TypeScript, Node.js, and Python.
Benefits
28 days of annual leave plus bank holidaysFive paid Impact DaysTwo wellbeing daysWellbeing budgetFree counsellingLearning budget and time for training and conferencesEnhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
Qualifications
- Experience running production infrastructure on AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Experience with infrastructure as code.
- Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
- Experience with containers and orchestration such as Docker or ECS.
- Experience mentoring or leading engineers.
- Ability to explain technical decisions to clients or non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to identify problems and improvements early and follow through independently.
- Experience across multiple cloud platforms is desirable.
- Terraform experience is desirable.
- Kubernetes production experience is desirable.
- Consultancy or agency experience is desirable.
Responsibilities
- Own cloud infrastructure design and day-to-day operations across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Build CI/CD pipelines that support frequent, safe releases.
- Manage infrastructure as code to maintain secure, monitored, and cost-effective environments.
- Advise clients on technical decisions and trade-offs.
- Establish DevOps standards across projects.
- Mentor a senior DevOps engineer.
Skills
AWSAzureDockerECSGCPGitHubGitHub ActionsGitLabGitLab CIKubernetesPythonTerraformTypeScriptNode.js
Industry
Digital product consultancyPublic and private sectorsRetailHealth technologyFinancial services
Relocation
No