Manchester/Stockport (Hybrid - 3 days onsite) £(Apply online only) per day | Inside IR35 Contract length TBC (Likely 12 months+)
PCR Digital are delighted to be partnering with an exciting FinTech company who are a global leader in payment technology, on the appointment of a Cloud Systems Engineer II to join their growing cloud infrastructure team based in Manchester.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Cloud Infrastructure or Platform Engineer looking to work across both Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and AWS, helping to design, automate and optimise highly available cloud environments that underpin mission-critical financial services platforms used by businesses around the world.
You'll be joining an established engineering function where automation, Infrastructure as Code and modern DevOps practices are central to how technology is delivered.
The Opportunity
You'll take ownership of designing, building and supporting cloud infrastructure whilst working closely with software engineering and platform teams to improve scalability, security and operational excellence.
This role offers plenty of variety, covering infrastructure design, automation, cloud networking, security, reliability and continuous improvement across a modern multi-cloud estate.
Key Responsibilities
Design, build and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure across GCP and AWS
Develop Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
Create and maintain Ansible playbooks for automation and configuration management
Build resilient, secure and highly available cloud environments
Work closely with development teams to support application deployments
Improve automation, monitoring and operational efficiency
Optimise cloud performance and spend across multiple environments
Support incident response, troubleshooting and root cause analysis
Implement networking, security and disaster recovery best practices
Produce clear technical documentation and infrastructure standards
We're looking for experience in:
Commercial experience as a Cloud Engineer, Systems Engineer, Platform Engineer or Infrastructure Engineer
Strong hands-on experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Good commercial experience with AWS
Terraform (essential)
Ansible automation
Linux administration
Docker and Kubernetes
Bash and/or Python scripting
Cloud networking (VPCs, IAM, Load Balancers, routing)
Infrastructure automation and CI/CD
Strong understanding of cloud security and best practices
Highly desirable
Any experience with the following would be advantageous:
GKE and/or Amazon EKS
Prometheus, Grafana or CloudWatch
GitOps (ArgoCD / Flux)
Service Mesh technologies
PCI DSS or regulated financial environments
FinOps or cloud cost optimisation
ELK Stack or centralised logging
Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning
Professional AWS or GCP certifications
Why apply?
Join one of the world's leading payment technology organisations
Work with modern cloud technologies across both AWS and GCP
Highly collaborative engineering culture
Long-term programme with strong extension potential
Hybrid working from the Manchester officeIf you're an experienced Cloud Systems Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer or DevOps Engineer with strong Terraform, GCP and AWS experience, we'd love to hear from you.
Please apply with your latest CV and one of the PCR Digital team will be in touch to discuss the opportunity in more detail
Salary description
£475.00 - £500.00 per day