Cloud Engineer

The Role

As a Cloud Engineer, you'll design, build and operate scalable, reliable cloud-native infrastructure and platform services. You'll work closely with software engineers, architects and delivery teams to develop reusable platform capabilities, improve developer workflows and implement modern DevOps practices.

This role is suited to engineers who enjoy solving complex infrastructure challenges, automating software delivery and creating platforms that empower development teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build and operate scalable, secure cloud-native infrastructure and platform services.
• Design, implement and optimise GitLab CI/CD pipelines and build and release workflows.
• Build, test and maintain reusable GitLab CI/CD Components that can be adopted across multiple engineering teams.
• Deploy, manage and troubleshoot Kubernetes clusters and containerised workloads.
• Develop and maintain infrastructure as code and automation solutions using modern DevOps practices.
• Improve developer experience by delivering platform capabilities, automation and self-service tooling.
• Contribute to Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs), including technologies such as Backstage or similar developer portals.
• Write clean, maintainable automation, including complex modular Bash scripts with reusable functions.
• Develop and maintain unit and integration tests for platform tooling and automation.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve platform reliability, security and operational excellence.

Skills and Experience

We're looking for candidates who can demonstrate experience in most of the following:

• Designing, building and operating cloud-native infrastructure and platforms.
• Designing, implementing and optimising GitLab CI/CD pipelines.
• Recent experience building and supporting reusable GitLab CI/CD Components for multiple consumers.
• Hands-on Kubernetes experience, including deployment, scaling, cluster operations and troubleshooting.
• Strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code, automation and DevOps best practices.
• Experience improving developer experience through platform engineering or developer enablement initiatives.
• Exposure to Internal Developer Platforms (such as Backstage) or developer self-service tooling.
• Experience writing unit and integration tests across a range of programming or scripting languages.
• Strong Bash scripting skills, including modular, reusable scripting techniques.
• Excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills.

Desirable Experience

• Experience working with AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience supporting enterprise-scale engineering platforms.
• Knowledge of observability, monitoring and platform reliability practices.
• Experience working within secure or regulated environments.

Benefits

Why people choose to grow their careers at UBDS Group

Professionals choose to grow their careers at UBDS Group for its reputation as a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation that is deeply committed to both innovation and employee development. At UBDS Group, employees are given unique opportunities to work on cutting-edge projects across a diverse range of industries, exposing them to new challenges and learning opportunities that are pivotal for professional growth. The Group’s culture emphasises continuous improvement, offering ample training programs, mentorship, and the chance to gain certifications that enhance their skills and marketability.

UBDS Group fosters a collaborative environment where creativity and innovation are encouraged, allowing employees to contribute ideas and solutions that have a tangible impact on the company and its clients. This combination of professional development, a culture of innovation, and the opportunity to make meaningful contributions makes UBDS Group an attractive place for those looking to advance their careers and be at the forefront of technological and operational excellence.

Employee Benefits

• Training – All team members are offered a number of options in terms of personal development, whether it is technical led, business acumen or methodologies. We want you to grow with us and to help us achieve more
• Private medical cover for you and your spouse/partner, offered via Vitality
• Discretionary bonus based on a blend of personal and company performance
• Holiday – You will receive 25 Days holiday, plus 1 day for Birthday and 1 day for your work anniversary in addition to UK bank holidays
• Electric Vehicle leasing with salary sacrifice
• Contributed Pension Scheme
• Death in service cover

About UBDS Group

At UBDS Group our mission is to support entrepreneurs who are setting new standards with technology solutions across cloud services, cybersecurity, data and AI, ensuring that every investment advances our commitment to innovation, making a difference, and creating impactful solutions for organisations and society.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer and do not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age.