Senior Cloud Engineer
The Senior Cloud Engineer is part of the Data Platform Infrastructure team and is responsible for designing, building, and operating the cloud infrastructure and deployment capabilities that power evoke’s Smart Data Platform (SDP). The role owns and supports critical platform capabilities across AWS, Kubernetes/EKS, Terraform/Terragrunt, GitLab CI/CD, Python automation, Apache Flink, OpenSearch, observability, monitoring, alerting, cost optimisation, and operational support. The engineer will help ensure that real-time data processing workloads are deployed reliably, monitored effectively, and operated safely across environments. The role directly supports platform resilience, scalable data infrastructure, real-time data processing, and strategic data initiatives such as Event Broker. Working closely with Data Engineering, Framework, Platform, and product-aligned teams, the engineer will contribute to reusable infrastructure patterns, reliable deployment capabilities, and operational excellence. The role includes ownership of Kubernetes and CI/CD platforms, evolution of Flink deployment patterns across AWS Managed Flink and EKS, contribution to OpenSearch infrastructure and security, and continuous improvement of observability, reliability, and cost efficiency across the platform. As a senior technical contributor, the engineer will provide hands-on guidance to other teams, lead technical discussions where required, support the design of streaming-based solutions, and promote knowledge sharing and documentation. The role also embraces modern AI-assisted engineering practices, leveraging tools such as Codex, Copilot, Claude, or equivalent technologies to improve productivity, delivery quality, automation, and engineering workflows.
- Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure for the Smart Data Platform (SDP).
- Manage and optimise AWS, Kubernetes/EKS solutions, and Terraform/Terragrunt code.
- Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
- Support and improve real-time data processing platforms, including Kafka/MSK and Flink.
- Ensure platform reliability through monitoring, observability, alerting, and incident support.
- Drive infrastructure scalability, resilience, security, and cost optimisation.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to create reusable platform patterns and deployment standards.
- Provide technical leadership, knowledge sharing, documentation, and support for AI-assisted engineering practices.
- AWS infrastructure engineering and operations in production environments (required).
- Kubernetes and Amazon EKS administration, scaling, and optimisation (required).
- Terraform/Terragrunt and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) (required).
- CI/CD pipeline design and automation using GitLab CI/CD (required).
- Python scripting and automation for cloud/platform engineering (required).
- Industry-leading maternity and paternity leave and paid time off if you have caring responsibilities.
- Discounts at a range of high-street retailers.
- Financial compensation, pension, and bonus schemes.
- Health & wellbeing Tools and services to help support your well-being, including support with mental health and financial education. You will also have access to gym discounts and our cycle to work scheme.
- Hybrid working Our employees can work from home up to 80% of the time with 20% of office time built in to ensure we get some face-to-face collaborative team time - and the chance for a coffee and a catch-up!
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