Cloud Engineer

£50-60K

Hybrid Bridgend – 2 days in office per week

Unify are pleased to be representing for a leading specialty insurance group based in Bridgend, who are a top 3 Welsh Employer in their field and have been awarded as Gold Investors in People. 

Due to continuous growth our client is looking for an experienced Cloud Engineer to join the team. 

Job Purpose:

This role will interact with various IT teams across the business, focusing on supporting and developing the cloud offering within an Azure-first strategy. They will champion Cloud, Automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for deployment, development, project and support processes.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strong experience with automation (on-premises and in the cloud) using – Terraform, PowerShell, and Azure DevOps. Experienced in working in an Agile / DevOps environment.
  • Hands-on technical work for project implementations, upgrades and time-critical operational issues.
  • Ensure that best practices are used for managing cloud-based services’ availability, resilience, and security, working with corporate security function (for example, using the Azure well-architected framework).
  • Build and deploy solutions with a ‘cloud mindset’ – incorporating cost management, resiliency and optimisation.
  • Focus on strategic improvements for the Company’s cloud operational processes and frameworks – delivering against Microsoft & CIS best practice guidelines.

Skills and Experience Specification:

  • Strong knowledge of all aspects of Azure (including Azure Site Recovery, Regions & Zones, DNS, Virtual Machines, Networking, Storage, cost management, etc.).
  • Azure DevOps, Terraform and PowerShell skills; with the ability to understand existing pipelines & scripted solutions, write re-usable and well-written efficient code utilising functions and parameters.
  • Ability to create reports using PowerShell or PowerBI that query disparate systems and turn data into usable information. Use REST and third-party APIs to configure and query systems.
  • Demonstrable experience working in a Cloud Platform Team supporting primarily Azure – but also AWS and on-premises infrastructure.
  • Experience with source and version control and an understanding of git workflows.

Package

  • An attractive salary up to £60,000.00 DOE
  • Hybrid role – 2-3 days working from home
  • £360 per year wellbeing payment
  • Private Healthcare
  • 10% total pension
  • Annual performance bonus
  • 25 days holiday + bank holiday

Please reach out to our Talent Partner Amy Jones for more details.

Thanks

To apply for this job email your details to mark@unifytalentuk.com