Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer Oxford (Hybrid – 3 days onsite, 2 remote) Contract 6 months Rate: Up to £450 We are working with a global, research-driven organisation at the forefront of digital innovation within a highly regulated scientific environment. As part of a growing Digital, Data & IT function, they are investing heavily in modern cloud and data platforms to enable high-value, data-led products. This is a newly created role, offering genuine influence over cloud and data foundations, alongside the freedom to experiment with new technologies in an agile, collaborative setting. The Role As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, building and optimising scalable cloud-based data platforms. You’ll work across multiple projects, each supporting different business and research use cases, and collaborate closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders. Key responsibilities include: • Designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code • Building and supporting scalable batch and streaming data processing systems • Driving optimisation, testing, CI/CD and tooling to improve stability and data quality • Working closely with software engineers, data engineers, data scientists and domain experts • Supporting business intelligence use cases, including dashboards and reporting • Operating within Agile / DevOps / DataOps ways of working Required Experience • Strong hands-on experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure) • Experience with cloud services for storage, ingestion, transformation and serverless workloads • Strong programming skills, ideally Python • Solid SQL and database experience • Containerisation experience (e.g. Docker, Singularity) • Good understanding of data modelling and storage techniques • Strong fundamentals in object-oriented programming and system design • Excellent communication skills and ability to work with diverse stakeholders What’s on Offer • A key role in shaping a growing cloud and data function • Exposure to large-scale datasets (terabytes and beyond) • A collaborative, research-focused environment If you’re a senior cloud engineer looking for impact, autonomy, and technically interesting work in a mission-driven environment, this is an excellent opportunity.