Cloud engineer in infrastructure

At Macmillan Cancer Support, we do whatever it takes to support people living with cancer. Reliable, secure and resilient technology plays a vital role in helping us deliver on this mission, and we’re looking for a skilled Cloud Engineer to help us build and maintain the infrastructure that makes this possible. As our Cloud Engineer, you’ll play a key role in keeping our technology services stable, secure and performing effectively.

• Designing and developing infrastructure solutions that support business needs and development projects, aligning with Macmillan’s technology standards and strategies.
• Maintaining reliable and secure services, ensuring our cloud, hybrid and on-premises infrastructure remains operational, resilient and fit for purpose.
• Supporting our technology transformation, helping Macmillan modernise its infrastructure and make effective use of cloud technologies.
• Driving automation and DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, integrations and improvements to how we build, deploy and manage services.
• Troubleshooting complex technical issues, identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions across hybrid cloud environments.
• Strengthening security and governance, ensuring infrastructure meets our security standards and that technical environments are appropriately documented and managed.
• Optimising performance and costs, identifying opportunities to improve efficiency and ensuring our technology investment delivers value.
• Collaborating across teams and with external partners, providing technical expertise, translating requirements into practical solutions and supporting effective supplier relationships.
• Contributing to our technology strategy, keeping up to date with emerging technologies and advising on opportunities to improve our infrastructure and ways of working.
• The role may also involve participating in an out-of-hours support rota, including weekends and public holidays, to help keep Macmillan’s critical services running.

• Extensive knowledge of infrastructure technologies, enterprise networking and the delivery of technology services.
• Experience designing and developing high-volume, resilient and secure platforms.
• Experience working with public cloud providers, hybrid cloud environments and the technologies that support them.
• Strong knowledge of networking, security services, databases and storage technologies.
• Experience with DevOps, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD), automation, orchestration and APIs.
• An understanding of Agile ways of working, including Scrum and Kanban.
• The ability to diagnose and resolve technical issues, assess risks and evaluate different solution options.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• A collaborative mindset and the ability to work effectively with multidisciplinary teams, suppliers and technology partners.
• An interest in emerging technologies and a commitment to continuous improvement.

• Permanent
• Full time (34.5 hours)we are open to a conversation about how you work these hours
• Hybrid - Split between home and our London Office / Shipley Office / Glasgow office: Our Hybrid model for this role will mean 1 day per month in the office.
• Salary - £66000 - £72000