GCP and Azure Cloud Engineer

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We are responsible for transporting gas to power stations, major industries, storage facilities, and more than half a million businesses and 24 million homes through nearly 5,000 miles of pipes across Britain. National Gas is also proud to lead the way in transforming the energy network for a clean energy future.

If you’re passionate about cloud technology and eager to make a real impact – look no further. We’re looking for a talented GCP (Google Cloud Platform) and Azure Cloud Engineer to join our Systems Engineering team and help us deliver secure, scalable, and efficient cloud solutions that keep the nation’s energy flowing.

The GCP and Azure Cloud Engineer is responsible for architecting, implementing, and maintaining secure, scalable, and highly available cloud infrastructure across GCP and Azure. This role requires technical expertise in cloud-native services, automation, and security, and will drive the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD, and Dev Sec Ops  practices
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• Design, build, and manage complex cloud environments using GCP and Azure
  , ensuring adherence to architectural guardrails and tagging standards.
• Develop and maintain secure, multi-region, multi-account cloud landing zones using automation frameworks.
• Implement advanced networking (VPC, VPN, hybrid connectivity, load balancing, DNS, CDN) and security controls (IAM, RBAC, KMS, firewalls, SIEM integration).

• Develop, test, and maintain IaC templates using Terraform
  , Cloud Formation, and Ansible for repeatable, auditable deployments.
• Integrate IaC pipelines with version control (Git), automated testing, and policy-as-code (e.g., Sentinel, OPA) for compliance enforcement.
• Champion Git Ops and immutable infrastructure patterns.

• Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines (Azure Dev Ops, Git Hub Actions, Jenkins, etc.) for automated build, test, and deployment of cloud-native and containerized workloads (Docker, Kubernetes, Helm).
• Implement blue/green and canary deployment strategies, automated rollbacks, and robust monitoring/alerting for production workloads.
• Collaborate with development and SRE teams to embed security and quality gates into the SDLC.

• Enforce cloud security best practices, including least privilege, encryption at rest/in transit, vulnerability scanning, and automated remediation.
• Support ITGC, audit, and regulatory requirements by implementing controls, monitoring, and evidence collection for cloud environments.
• Respond to security incidents, perform root cause analysis, and drive continuous improvement.

• Deploy and manage cloud-native monitoring, logging, and tracing solutions (e.g., Azure Monitor, GCP Operations Suite, AWS Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana).
• Analyse resource utilization, optimise for performance and cost, and implement automated scaling and rightsizing.
• Produce dashboards and reports for operational and business stakeholders.
• Lead incident response for cloud infrastructure issues, including root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation
• Develop and test disaster recovery and business continuity plans for critical workloads.

• IaC & Automation:
  Proficiency in Terraform
  , Cloud Formation, Ansible, and scripting languages (Python, Bash, Power Shell)
• CI/CD & Dev Ops:
  Strong knowledge of CI/CD tools, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and orchestration
• Security:
  Solid understanding of cloud security frameworks, IAM, encryption, vulnerability management, and compliance (ISO, NIST, CIS)
• Networking:
  Expertise in cloud networking, VPNs, load balancers, DNS, CDN, and hybrid connectivity
• Monitoring & Observability:
  Experience with cloud-native and open-source monitoring, logging, and alerting tools
• Certifications:
  
  Azure Solutions Architect, GCP Professional Cloud Architect.
• Experience with policy-as-code, Git Ops, and advanced automation frameworks.
• Exposure to AI/ML workloads, serverless architectures, and cloud cost management tools.

• Salary c £70,000 dependant on experience
• Annual performance bonus of up to…