At a Glance
- Tasks: Design and maintain cloud infrastructure for our innovative Totara Hosting platform.
- Company: Join Totara, a leader in global learning and development solutions.
- Benefits: Enjoy enhanced parental leave, life insurance, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with excellent career growth potential.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on global learning while working with cutting-edge cloud technologies.
- Qualifications: Experience with AWS, Kubernetes, and strong problem-solving skills are essential.
The predicted salary is between 63000 - 77000 £ per year.
Are you passionate about cloud technologies and eager to make a real impact?
Join our dynamic Technical Services team at Totara, where you’ll help shape the future of our Totara Hosting platform—delivering robust, scalable, and high‑quality solutions that support global learning and development.
Our Technical Services team powers Totara’s growing cloud platform, which underpins learning and talent development for hundreds of organisations worldwide.
Whether you're an experienced Cloud Engineer or ready to step into a Senior role, this is your opportunity to work on meaningful projects, solve complex challenges, and contribute to a product that empowers organisations worldwide.
- What You’ll Do
- Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure for our Totara Hosting solution.
- Extend platform functionality and implement new features to meet evolving client needs.
- Provide expert technical support, including participation in an on‑call rota to ensure availability outside normal working hours.
- Collaborate across departments, communicating effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
- Evolve a highly automated, secure, and resilient hosting platform serving thousands of learning sites across multiple regions.
- As a Senior Cloud Engineer, mentor and support team members, fostering growth and continuous improvement.
- What You’ll Bring
We’re looking for curious, capable engineers who thrive in a collaborative environment.
You don’t need to tick every box—we’ll support your growth—but familiarity with the following will help you hit the ground running:
- Proven experience with AWS services: EC2, EKS, SES, ECR, RDS, S3, WAF
- Hands‑on expertise with Kubernetes in production environments
- Knowledge of Terraform and infrastructure‑as‑code practices
- Proficiency with Linux distributions (Alpine, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux)
- Experience managing Postgre SQL databases
- Solid understanding of Git workflows and version control
- Experience designing and building CI/CD pipelines
- Familiarity with Dev Ops principles and cloud security best practices
- Strong problem‑solving and communication skills
- Bonus Skills
- Implementation experience with multi‑tenanted Saa S or Paa S solutions
- Knowledge of monitoring tools (e. g., Prometheus, Grafana)
- Understanding of Linux containers, especially containerd
Perks and Benefits
- Enhanced Parental Leave
- Life Insurance 4× Salary
- Professional Development Opportunities
- New Joiner home working set‑up allowance
- Additional Paid Leave: Birthday off, Working days between Christmas and New Years Eve
We’re committed to building a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences, and we’re happy to make adjustments to support you through the recruitment process - please just let us know.
- Seniority level
- Mid‑Senior level
- Employment type
- Full‑time
- Job function
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Senior Cloud Engineer employer: Totara
At Totara, we pride ourselves on being a forward-thinking global learning platform that values innovation and security. As an employer, we offer a dynamic work culture that fosters collaboration across regions, with flexible hybrid working options and a strong commitment to employee development. Join us to lead a strategic function in a supportive environment where your expertise will directly influence our growth and the trust of millions of users worldwide.
