Cloud Engineering Consultant

Cloud Engineering Consultant

Location: Remote with occasional travel

Salary: £40,000 - £52,000 + Benefits

The Role

We're looking for a technically skilled Cloud Engineering Consultant to design, implement, and manage secure, resilient infrastructure within a high-security cloud services environment for our Cyber Solutions Client. You'll have the opportunity to work across open-source, Microsoft, hybrid, and public cloud technologies, supporting escalated incidents, driving automation, contributing to projects, and enhancing overall security posture.

You'll bring deep expertise in one or more areas of cloud engineering while remaining adaptable across the broader technology stack. Curiosity, a drive for continuous improvement, and a passion for staying current with emerging technologies are essential.

Customer satisfaction sits at the heart of this role. You'll act as a trusted consulting partner, maintaining uptime, ensuring robust security, and delivering high quality technical solutions. Security is a key driver in all decisions, and you'll play a major part in applying "defence-in-depth" principles.

The Impact You'll Make

In this role, you will:

• Act as an escalation point for enterprise infrastructure across hardware, applications, and networks
• Work closely with customers and technical specialists to resolve incidents within SLA
• Provide clear incident/problem updates and customer communications
• Support continuous improvement by documenting solutions and updating knowledge bases
• Maintain accurate configuration and asset management records
• Champion a "security first" approach across systems and services
• Take ownership of personal and technical development
• Mentor colleagues and support internal knowledge transfer
• Assist with change evaluation and scheduling
• Play a technical role across customer and internal projects from discovery and design through to implementation
• Become a subject matter expert for key customer accounts and technologies
• Oversee full product life cycles, from pre-sales and design through to build and ongoing operation
• Support pre-sales activities by helping gather requirements, shaping solutions, and ensuring secure, scalable technical proposals

What You'll Bring to the Team

You'll have experience in some of the following areas, with a willingness to learn others as needed:

Technical Skills

• Operating Systems: Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Microsoft
• Virtualisation: VMware (NSX-T, VCF, VCD), KVM, Hyper-V, Proxmox, Nutanix
• Public Cloud: AWS, Azure
• Automation: Git, Ansible, Terraform
• Scripting: Bash, Python, PowerShell
• Security: VPNs, load balancers, Firewalls
• Networking: OSI model, VLANs, L2/L3 configuration
• Protocols: HTTP, DNS, SSL/HTTPS, SMTP
• Understanding of server hardware, including hardware/software RAID
• Experience contributing to technical projects
• Knowledge of data centre operations, processes, and controls
• Working experience in Incident and Problem Management
• Excellent troubleshooting skills

Soft Skills

• A problem solving mindset and analytical thinking
• Strong communicator and collaborative team player
• Passion for cybersecurity and continuous learning
• Ability to perform under pressure in fast paced environments
• Strong organisational and forward planning skills
• Innovative thinker eager to tackle complex challenges

What's in It for You?

• Flexible working options including hybrid/remote
• Continuous professional development and learning opportunities
• Comprehensive benefits package supporting health, wellbeing, family, and lifestyle - including Private Healthcare, Cash Back Plan, Life Assurance, and Holiday Buy/Sell options

Interested?

Submit your application to learn more about this exciting opportunity.

Reasonable Adjustments:

Respect and equality are core values to us. We are proud of the diverse and inclusive community we have built, and we welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and perspectives. Our success is driven by our people, united by the spirit of partnership to deliver the best resourcing solutions for our clients.

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