Principal Cloud Engineer

Skills

About the Role

You will develop, deploy and operate private and public cloud services. You will integrate, validate, benchmark and optimise high-performance AI systems, keeping infrastructure reliable and observable. You will lead technical initiatives involving OpenStack and Infrastructure-as-Code automation, mentor engineers and translate user needs into scalable services.

Requirements

• Infrastructure or IT background with private-cloud or on-premises cloud experience
• Expert Linux system administration and scripting skills, including Bash and Python
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform, OpenTofu, Ansible or Packer
• Experience with CI or testing pipelines, version control and cloud service deployment
• Strong communication skills and judgement to lead critical work and support end users
• Legal right to work in the UK

Responsibilities

• Develop, deploy and operate cloud services across AI infrastructure
• Integrate, validate, benchmark and optimise high-performance AI systems
• Maintain reliable and observable infrastructure for demanding workloads
• Lead technical initiatives involving OpenStack-based services and Infrastructure-as-Code automation
• Mentor engineers
• Translate user needs into scalable services

Benefits

• Flexible working
• Generous leave
• Up to 5% matched pension
• Phantom equity
• Free food and an on-site barista
• Income protection and life assurance
• Private medical insurance
• Dental cover
• Health cash plan
• Cycle to work scheme
• Give as you earn