Cloud Engineer

Overview

We are supporting a leading global financial services organisation on a significant cloud engineering and automation programme and are seeking an experienced Logging & Inventory Cloud Engineer.

This role will focus on enhancing cloud visibility, inventory management, monitoring capabilities and automation across complex multi-cloud environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, implement and maintain logging, monitoring and inventory management solutions across cloud platforms.
• Develop automation solutions to improve operational efficiency and reduce manual processes.
• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
• Develop scripts and tooling using Python and Shell scripting.
• Support cloud engineering activities across AWS and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
• Drive improvements in cloud observability, monitoring and operational reporting.
• Manage and optimise containerised workloads where required.
• Work closely with engineering and platform teams to improve cloud governance and operational controls.
• Support cloud asset discovery, inventory management and configuration management initiatives.

Essential Skills & Experience

• Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Proven experience delivering logging, monitoring and inventory management solutions within cloud environments.
• Strong Python development and automation skills.
• Extensive experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong Shell Scripting capabilities.
• Demonstrated experience driving automation initiatives.
• Experience working with Kubernetes and/or containerisation technologies.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.

Desirable

• Experience within large-scale enterprise or financial services environments.
• Knowledge of cloud governance, compliance, and operational controls.
• Experience with observability and monitoring tooling in cloud-native environments.
• Exposure to DevOps and CI/CD practices.