Cloud Engineer
TEKsystems · Belfast, Northern Ireland ·
Job Title: Cloud Engineer Job Description 6 month contract/London or Belfast Hybrid/Inside IR35 This Cloud Engineer will be driving a major cloud transformation journey. You will help evolve application and data hosting into an integrated hybrid multi-cloud ecosystem, primarily using AWS and Google Cloud.
You will design, build, automate, and optimise foundational cloud infrastructure and services that enable developers to deliver secure, scalable, and resilient solutions. Working with a you build it, you run it mindset, you will own the full life cycle of the platforms you engineer and ensure they operate to high standards of reliability and performance.
Responsibilities Design, implement, and manage core cloud infrastructure and services on AWS and Google Cloud Platform, covering compute, storage, networking, security, and identity management. Engineer and maintain cloud platforms that support an integrated hybrid multi-cloud ecosystem, ensuring scalability, resilience, and security.
Develop, maintain, and optimise Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, and Google Deployment Manager, creating reusable modules and blueprints to standardise deployments. Automate the provisioning, configuration, and life cycle management of cloud resources and services to reduce manual effort and improve consistency.
Build and maintain scripts and tooling in languages such as Python, Go, and Bash to streamline operational tasks and improve engineering efficiency. Implement and manage containerisation using Docker and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes, including services like Amazon EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine, to support cloud-native application deployments.
Apply Site Reliability Engineering principles by taking operational ownership of the platforms you build, ensuring their reliability, performance, and availability. Implement and maintain robust monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions across cloud platforms to detect issues early and support rapid incident response.
Participate in on-call rotations to troubleshoot, resolve, and learn from production incidents, continuously improving platform reliability. Implement and enforce cloud security best practices in line with internal policies, industry standards, and regulato...