Cloud Engineer

We’re working with a leading digital, cyber and technology consultancy that’s growing its National Security engineering team in Gloucester. They deliver secure, cloud-native solutions into some of the UK’s most complex and mission-critical environments supporting national security, defence and government customers.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you’ll be designing, building and supporting secure cloud platforms within high-assurance environments. You’ll work closely with engineers, architects and stakeholders to deliver scalable, resilient and secure solutions.

If you’re operating at senior level, there’s also the chance to take on technical leadership, mentor others and help shape engineering standards across the practice.

• Designing and implementing cloud-native architectures (mainly AWS)
• Building infrastructure using Terraform, Cloud Formation or CDK
• Creating and managing secure cloud environments and CI/CD pipelines
• Working with tools like Ansible, Puppet or Chef
• Embedding cloud security best practice
• Collaborating with stakeholders to deliver high-quality solutions
• Contributing reusable automation and engineering standards

• Strong hands‑on AWS experience
• Solid Infrastructure as Code experience
• Good understanding of cloud networking
• Experience with container orchestration
• Ability to script in Python, Bash, Go or similar
• AWS certifications are nice to have (training support is available)
• Someone who enjoys working in collaborative, delivery-focused teams

• Hybrid and flexible working
• 25 days’ leave (with buy/sell options)
• Competitive pension and bonus
• Private medical and dental
• Strong training and career development support
• Inclusive culture with active wellbeing and diversity networks

Please note:
You must have the permanent and unrestricted right to work in the UK and be eligible for UK Government Security Clearance (SC).