Senior Cloud Engineer

The Role

As a Senior Cloud Engineer you will be providing technical leadership within Cloud Engineering projects and programmes working at the forefront of enabling secure, scalable and mission-critical cloud capabilities.

Day-to-day, you will work closely with project managers and supporting the development winning proposals and the delivering cloud solutions.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading project teams to deliver solutions managing and guiding junior staff to deliver solutions for new and existing customers
• Providing technical leadership for the delivery of programme, project and bidding activities
• Supporting the development of cloud staff in their technical disciplines and supporting resourcing decisions
• Developing design certifications, technical delivery plans, high level documentation, detailed design documentation and testing schedules
• Understanding marketing requirements and future technology developments applying them to technical solutions
• Performing complex engineering/technical assignments developing creative and practical solutions to customer problems

Essential experience of the Senior Cloud Engineer:

• Previous experience as a Cloud Engineer with a strong knowledge of AWS cloud services
• The ability to develop and manage infrastructure as code (Terraform)
• Proven experience leading, mentoring or managing technical delivery teams
• The ability to engage with senior stakeholders and communicating with non-technical audiences
• Previous experience working within Agile Delivery environments
• Proven experience delivering cloud projects end-to-end

Essential qualifications for the Senior Cloud Engineer:

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

This role is 37 hours per week based Malvern. Hybrid working patterns available.

We value difference and we don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Malvern

The Malvern facility is noted for its work in electronic warfare, surveillance and complex system integration, contributing significantly to the UK’s defence capabilities. Developing technologies for military and civilian applications, including sensors, communications and cyber security

Why Join QinetiQ?

As we continue to grow into new markets around the world, there’s never been a more exciting time to join QinetiQ. The formula for success is our appetite for innovation and having the courage to take on a wide variety of complex challenges.

As a QinetiQ employee, you’ll experience a unique working environment where teams from different backgrounds, disciplines and experiences enjoy collaborating widely and openly as we undertake this exciting and rewarding journey. Through effective teamwork, and pulling together, you’ll get to experience what happens when we all share different perspectives, blend disciplines, and link technologies; constantly discovering new ways of solving complex problems in a diverse and inclusive environment where you can be authentic, feel valued and realise your full potential. Visit our website to read more about our diverse and inclusive workplace culture.

Our Benefits

• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Generous holiday allowance, with the option to purchase additional days
• Options to join Health Cash Plan, Private Medical Insurance and Dental Insurance
• Employee discount portal: Personal Accident Insurance, Travel Insurance, Restaurants, Cinema Tickets and much more
• We are proud to support the Armed Forces community by honouring the Armed Forces Covenant and maintaining our Gold Award standard in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme
• Volunteering Opportunities - helping charities and local community

Our Recruitment Process:

We want to make sure that our recruitment process is as inclusive as possible and we aspire to bring out the best in our candidates by creating an environment where everyone feels valued, heard and supported. If you have a disability or health condition that may affect your performance in certain assessment types, please speak to your Recruiter about potential reasonable adjustments.

Many roles in QinetiQ are subject to national security vetting being completed, applicants who already hold the appropriate level of vetting may be able to transfer it upon appointment. A number of roles are also subject to additional restrictions, which means factors such as nationality or previous nationalities may affect the roles that you can be employed in.