At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and build secure cloud platforms while supporting implementation projects across AWS and Azure.
- Company: Join a growing technical consultancy focused on innovative cloud solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible working options, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Dynamic consultancy environment with exciting projects and career advancement opportunities.
- Why this job: Be hands-on with cutting-edge technology and shape the future of cloud infrastructure.
- Qualifications: Experience in cloud infrastructure, AWS, Linux, and automation tools like Terraform.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
We're looking for a hands-on
Cloud Platform Consultant to join a growing technical consultancy delivering secure cloud and infrastructure solutions across customer environments.
This is a role for someone who enjoys both design and implementation .
You will work closely with customers and internal technical teams to design, build and support cloud platforms, automation frameworks and modern infrastructure environments.
The role would suit an experienced Cloud / Platform / Infrastructure Engineer who is looking to move further towards architecture, while remaining technically hands-on.
- What you'll be doing
- Designing and building secure cloud platform environments, with a strong focus on AWS
- Supporting cloud implementation projects across AWS and Azure
- Working with Red Hat Linux and Open Shift cluster environments
- Building and automating infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible
- Producing technical designs, documentation and architecture artefacts
- Working with customers to understand requirements and shape practical solutions
- Building out architecture frameworks and reusable delivery approaches
- Supporting test, development and internal platform environments
- Troubleshooting cloud, Linux, container and automation issues
- Working across 1-2 customer projects at a time
What we're looking for
- Strong hands-on experience across cloud infrastructure / platform engineering
- Good AWS experience, ideally including secure infrastructure design and build
- Azure experience would also be useful
- Strong Linux background, ideally Red Hat
- Experience with Open Shift and/or Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code experience, particularly Terraform
- Automation/configuration management experience, ideally Ansible
- Comfortable producing technical documentation and design material
- Able to work in a customer-facing consultancy environment
- Happy to remain hands-on while also contributing to architecture and solution design
- Good communication skills and the ability to work with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- Useful experience
- Previous consultancy or client-facing project experience
- Secure / regulated environment experience
- MOD, defence, public sector or SC-cleared project experience
- CI/CD tooling such as Git Lab, Jenkins or similar
- Monitoring tools such as Cloud Watch, Grafana or similar
- Cloud Formation or other Ia C tooling
- Knowledge of IAM, networking, VPNs, certificates, resilience and security best practice
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Cloud Platform Consultant in Birmingham employer: DATA CAREERS LIMITED
DATA CAREERS LIMITED is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration in the heart of Andover. Employees benefit from comprehensive professional development opportunities, competitive remuneration, and the chance to work on cutting-edge technology projects that make a real impact. Join us to be part of a supportive team that values your expertise and encourages growth in a thriving consultancy environment.
