Cloud Modernisation Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer

Contract | 6–12 Months | Full-Time Allocation

About the Role

An established technology delivery partner is seeking an experienced Senior Cloud Engineer to support a large-scale cloud migration and application modernisation programme.

This role sits within a high-performing engineering delivery team focused on transforming enterprise platforms into scalable, secure, and cloud-native environments. The successful candidate will work across engineering, DevOps, and platform teams to enable modern deployment practices and improve operational resilience across critical business systems.

Key Responsibilities

Support the cloud migration and modernisation of enterprise applications

Design and implement cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code principles

Build and maintain scalable environments across compute, networking, and related cloud services

Collaborate with DevOps and engineering teams to deliver secure, observable, and manageable cloud workloads

Contribute to CI/CD pipeline development, automation initiatives, and infrastructure patching strategies

Produce and maintain deployment and operational documentation aligned to governance and compliance standards

Participate in change management and release processes

Monitor platform performance and reliability using modern observability and monitoring tooling

Support incident response and continuous service improvement initiatives

Required Experience

Proven experience as a Cloud Engineer or Senior Cloud Engineer within enterprise environments

Strong hands-on experience delivering cloud migration or modernisation programmes

Expertise in Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform or similar tooling)

Experience working within DevOps-driven delivery environments

Strong understanding of cloud platform services across compute, networking, and infrastructure layers

Experience building or supporting automated deployment pipelines

Exposure to monitoring and performance management tooling

Ability to work collaboratively within cross-functional engineering teams

Desirable Skills

Experience operating within regulated or large-scale enterprise environments

Exposure to containerisation and modern platform engineering practices

Strong documentation and stakeholder communication skills

Working Environment

You will join a collaborative delivery team working on business-critical transformation initiatives, contributing to the adoption of modern cloud engineering practices within a complex enterprise landscape.