Senior Cloud Engineer

Reference:  Azure Cloud Engineer Public Sector Client | Strategy, Architecture & Innovation | Scotland-based, Hybrid About the Role We're working on behalf of a well-established public sector organisation to find a Senior Azure Cloud Engineer to join their Strategy, Architecture & Innovation team. This is a business delivering essential services to communities across Scotland, currently going through a significant cloud-first digital transformation.

This is a hands-on engineering role at heart, with room to bring architectural thinking where it's useful. You'll help set up landing zones and subscriptions for major projects, support colleagues after handover, and play a key part in mentoring more junior members of the team as they develop their skills.

What You'll DoDesign, build, and configure secure, scalable Azure landing zones and subscriptions for new and ongoing projects

Own infrastructure delivery through Infrastructure as Code - no manual changes are made outside of this process

Apply networking and security best practice across the Azure estate

Work closely with project teams during setup, then provide ongoing support as needed once delivery is underway

Mentor and support junior colleagues and graduate placements, sharing knowledge and best practice

Collaborate with the wider architecture function to keep infrastructure aligned with broader cloud strategy

Contribute to the team's continuous improvement as we develop our cloud platform

What You'll Need Hands-on Azure experience, with a strong networking and security background

Infrastructure as Code experience is a must
- Bicep is our tool of choice, but strong Terraform experience is equally welcome

DevOps experience, ideally with Azure Dev Ops and Git-based CI/CDComfort and enthusiasm for mentoring less experienced colleagues

Some exposure to architectural thinking is helpful, though this is primarily a hands-on engineering role

No specific industry background required - we welcome applicants from any sector

Practical Details Salary: 45,699 - 51,184

Location:

Based in Scotland, hybrid working across a network of sites

What's In It For You Generous annual leave allowance, with the option to buy and sell Local government-style pension scheme

Annual bonus scheme

Paid volunteering time Family-friendly policies covering adoption, maternity, and parental leave

Additional employee discount benefits

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- The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.