Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer in London

Join our team at the Guardian and be a part of a diverse and inclusive global organisation that delivers fearless, investigative journalism, and holds power to account. Our team of award-winning journalists, cutting‑edge commercial professionals, and industry‑leading digital experts are committed to making a difference and represent a wide range of backgrounds and perspectives. We offer a challenging and exciting environment for career development, with a focus on training, growth and fostering an inclusive culture.

We are now looking for a Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer to join the Hybrid Cloud team, composed of collaborative and technically skilled engineers who implement, innovate and support the range of on‑premise and cloud infrastructure services that underpin the Guardian News & Media corporate IT operations. In alignment with our department’s cloud‑first strategy and particular focus on migrating on‑premise infrastructure into AWS, the Senior Hybrid Cloud Engineer will help to steer, support and drive this transition, while continuing to maintain and improve our existing hybrid infrastructure estate, including Windows, Active Directory, EntraID and VMWare.

About the role:

• Support, maintain and develop our hybrid infrastructure environment, with a strong focus on AWS and the migration of on‑premise services into the cloud.
• Implement best practice for all systems and help maintain platform standards.
• Liaise with IT management and wider technology teams, presenting designs and discussing issues, ideas and improvements as required.
• Translate complex technical issues, designs and requirements for colleagues and stakeholders with varying levels of technical knowledge.
• Provision, implement and manage AWS infrastructure components such as virtual machines, storage, networking, managed services and related cloud‑native tooling.
• Assist with the ongoing support of physical and virtual infrastructure, including servers, storage and related platform services.
• Use automation to improve operational efficiency across cloud and on‑premise environments.
• Develop, manage and maintain Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling where appropriate.
• Participate in the out‑of‑hours support rota for troubleshooting and resolving issues.

About you:

• Strong experience working with AWS in a hybrid infrastructure environment.
• Experience supporting, building and maintaining Windows Server environments, VMWare platforms and AD‑related identity services.
• Understanding of Entra ID and its role in a hybrid identity environment.
• Experience supporting infrastructure migration or transformation activity, ideally involving movement from on‑premise services into cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure security, resilience, monitoring and operational best practice.
• Understanding of network technologies in a hybrid cloud/on‑premise environment.
• Experience supporting infrastructure security hardening activities, including applying CIS Benchmarks, NIST guidance or comparable security standards.
• Collaborative approach, with a willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues.
• Comfortable helping to steer technical direction and support the team’s move towards cloud‑first ways of working.
• Able to participate in the out‑of‑hours support rota for troubleshooting and resolving issues (1 week in 3 on a rotational basis with a paid on‑call allowance).

We actively encourage applications from groups traditionally underrepresented in the UK media. We operate in a hybrid environment. The team is required to work 2 days a week from our offices in Kings Cross (with one of those on Thursdays) and 3 days a week remotely. We value and respect all differences (seen and unseen) in all people. We aspire to have inclusive working experiences and an environment that reflects the audience we serve, where our people have equal access to career development opportunities, their voices are heard and can contribute to our future. We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds. Many of our staff work flexibly and we will consider all requests for flexible working arrangements.

Benefits at the Guardian:

• You’ll have 30 days of annual leave per year (plus bank holidays) with the option to purchase an additional 5 days.
• Our pension scheme is generous; if you contribute 5% then we will contribute 8–12% (depending on your age).
• We believe in giving back, which is why employees are given 2 volunteering days annually and the option of payroll giving.
• Season ticket loans are also available.
• You are entitled to private healthcare, life cover, income protection, and eye tests. You can also opt in to dental insurance.
• We have enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave policies in place.
• We also support our employees by offering an IVF, menopause, baby loss, and trans equality policy.

Culture and wellbeing:

• We want everyone to feel like they belong at the Guardian and we champion diversity of thought.
• Our various employee forums provide a platform to use their voice to foster an inclusive workplace.
• We became the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status.
• We offer tools to help you prioritise your wellbeing including access to our employee benefits platform which provides tailored support for health and wellbeing.
• In addition, we also offer free yoga and pilates classes. These run alongside our corporate gym membership and cycle to work scheme.
• Our canteen has views overlooking the Regents Canal and caters for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

Learning and development:

• We encourage personal and professional growth.
• Employees have access to a broad range of tools and solutions, and we are happy to support the pursuit of professional qualifications through vocational courses and apprenticeships.