Principle Cloud Engineer

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We’ll find jobs that fit Get Started Search These jobs were popular with other job seekers Lead Solutions / Migration Architect TXP Telford (TF1), TF1 £0.00 - £725 per day 1 week ago Cloud Engineer Anson Mccade Manchester (M1) From £45,000 to £70,000 per annum 4 days ago VCF Platform Engineer ECS London Up to £650 per day + Inside IR35 (Umbrella Company) 1 week ago Cloud Engineer Hackajob Ltd St James, South West London (SW1) Competitive 5 days ago Lead DevOps Engineer Oscar Associates (UK) Limited Birmingham (B1), B1 £65000 - £75000 per annum 1 week ago Principle Cloud Engineer Profile 29 South East London (SE1) From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + remote working 2 days ago Senior Platform Engineer Hackajob Ltd Canon's Marsh, Bristol (BS1) £70k - £90k per year 5 days ago Principle Cloud Engineer Profile 29 UK From £60,000 to £70,000 per annum + remote working 6 days ago Security Infrastructure Engineer Sanderson Government and Defence Camberley (GU16) Negotiable 1 week ago Principle Cloud Engineer Profile 29 South East London (SE1) From £60,000 to £70,000 per annum + hybrid working 1 week ago Principle Cloud Engineer Profile 29 UK; London; Birmingham; Manchester; Glasgow; Liverpool; Leeds; Edinburgh; Bristol; Cardiff; Nottingham Permanent Contract; Hybrid Published: 2 days ago From £50,000 to £70,000 per annum + remote working Apply Save Principle Cloud Engineer Profile 29 Apply Principle Cloud Engineer Salary to £65k (neg.) Role can be fully remote, with paid travel to client site (most likely in London) as required. This company is a Workflow & AI Orchestration Specialist. They’re on a mission to modernise how public sector organisations manage casework, derive insight from data and deliver citizen services. They operate across two pillars: Advise and Implement to provide end to end technology solutions that integrate cutting edge orchestration and agentic AI capabilities. They’re growing fast and looking for bright, dynamic people to help build their business. NB: Please only apply if you are eligible for DV clearance (i.e. you have min 10 years continuous UK residency). Role Overview They’re looking for an AWS savvy Principal Cloud Engineer to join their growing platform and delivery teams. You’ll help design, build, and operate reliable, secure, and performant infrastructure that underpins critical public-sector services. You’ll combine your background in AWS, DevOps, cloud engineering, and automation with a focus on reliability, observability, and scalability. You’ll also work with event driven technologies, identity and access management, and data platforms, ensuring their orchestration solutions are resilient, secure, and future-ready. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who thrives on solving complex infrastructure and automation challenges, automating everything, and shaping secure-by-design delivery environments. Key Responsibilities Design, build, and operate resilient cloud infrastructure (AWS essential) Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI Implement infrastructure-as-code using Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes manifests Build and manage event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka or similar messaging systems Operate and maintain databases and data platforms such as PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, and MongoDB Configure and support identity and access management (IdAM) solutions such as Keycloak Monitor system health, performance, and capacity using modern observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry) Champion DevSecOps practices, embedding security and compliance into every stage of delivery Automate deployment, scaling, and recovery processes to improve reliability and reduce manual toil Support development teams with environment configuration, secrets management, and container orchestration Participate in incident management and root-cause analysis to continuously improve system resilience Contribute to internal platform frameworks, templates, and automation accelerators Essential Experience in SRE, DevOps, or Cloud Infrastructure Engineering roles Strong knowledge of AWS Azure, or GCP environments Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines Strong experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm, or CloudFormation) Working knowledge of event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, or similar) Experience managing and tuning databases (PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, MongoDB) Familiarity with Keycloak or equivalent identity and access management (IdAM) platforms Strong scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash, or Go preferred) Experience with monitoring, logging, and alerting tools for observability Understanding of networking, DNS, load balancing, and security controls Desirable Experience operating production workloads in the UK public sector or regulated environments Familiarity with Camunda or other process orchestration platforms Experience implementing DevSecOps frameworks or security automation tools Understanding of zero-trust networking and secure-by-design principles Familiarity with service mesh technologies (e.g. Istio, Linkerd) Exposure to agentic AI or workflow automation environments NB: Please only apply if you are eligible for DV clearance (i.e. you have min 10 years continuous UK residency). 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