Principal Cloud Engineer

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More about your role
We are looking to recruit a Principal Cloud Engineer on a permanent basis.

Reporting to the Head of Cloud Services, you will provide technical leadership to our Cloud Engineering team. In doing so, the role will own the portfolio of Cloud infrastructure solutions, and set and drive the technical standards. The role will create and maintain the technology roadmap for Cloud infrastructure, ensuring that we have a medium and long term strategy for Cloud.

The role is responsible for leading on the development and enhancement of infrastructure through code, ensuring that our services are resilient, visible, scalable, repeatable and transportable. The role will ensure that all developed solutions meet the prescribed standards, aligned to best practice cloud engineering, and meet the performance requirements of the service.

This is a remote role but you will be required to attend face to face meetings in Preston around once a month,

At Places for People, we prioritise our dedication to safer recruitment. Therefore, a basic DBS check is mandatory for this position.

This position has a 2 stage interview process with the 1st stage being online and the 2nd being face to face in Preston (for candidates to progressed to 2nd stage we will cover the costs of travel).

More for information, download the job description.

More about you

The ideal candidate will have a proven track record as a Principal Cloud / DevOps Engineer. Experience of working with Cloud platforms (in particular Azure or GCP) and Terraform is also desired.

• Experience of working with Cloud platforms ideally Azure / GCP,
• A proven track record of working with Terraform, GIT, Ansible and Puppet
• An understanding of CI/ CD processes.

We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.

We know that there\’s always more we can do to make you smile, that\’s why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:

• Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly
• Pension with matched contributions up to 7%
• Excellent holiday package – 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave
• Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year
• A bonus scheme for all colleagues at 2%
• Training and development
• Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more.

What\’s next?

If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.

We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We\’re happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.

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We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can\’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.

If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls

Safeguarding

At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone\’s responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.

We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.

By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities