Cloud Engineer – Leading UK SaaS Company - Remote (UK-Based) (Leigh)

Cloud Engineer – Leading UK SaaS Company – Remote (UK-Based)

Salary – £70,000

Location – South West UK – Once a month on site

As a fast-growing, cloud-first SaaS platform, we’re driving major infrastructure change, and we want you to help lead it.

The Opportunity: We’re embarking on a strategic cloud migration project, moving a substantial legacy application estate to the cloud. This includes migrating SQL Server databases and building purpose-fit VMs in the cloud. We\’re looking for a hands-on Cloud Engineer who thrives on challenge, innovation, and ownership. You’ll play a pivotal role in planning, executing, and optimising a secure, high-performing cloud environment, leveraging native cloud services, automation tools, and best practices every step of the way.

What You’ll Do

• Drive the migration of legacy infrastructure and applications to the cloud
• Build and manage cloud-native infrastructure on GCP (or similar platforms)
• Handle cloud storage, load balancing, block storage, and autoscaling
• Resolve performance issues and optimise reliability
• Collaborate across dev and ops teams to streamline workflows
• Monitor infrastructure health and implement alerting systems
• Support containerisation and orchestration initiatives
• Maintain documentation and ensure consistency across environments

What You’ll Bring

• Hands-on experience with cloud migration (GCP, Azure, or AWS)
• Strong knowledge of virtual machines, databases, storage, and networking in the cloud
• Comfort working with both Linux and/or Windows environments
• Scripting skills in Bash, PowerShell, or Python
• Familiarity with Active Directory in Azure (nice to have)
• Proactive mindset and a collaborative, solutions-focused approach

Benefits include: Fully remote within the UK, Enhanced pension (5% employee / 4% employer), Private medical cover, 25 days annual leave + 8 public holidays, Life assurance and more

If this is of interest please feel free to apply or contact me directly on scott@futuretalent.io