Cloud Engineer

Company: TechYard
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Location: Manchester
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Job Description

About the Role

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We're looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer to join a fast-growing consultancy at the forefront of Data & AI transformation. You'll design, build, and automate secure, scalable cloud infrastructure that powers modern data platforms for enterprise clients — working hands-on with cutting-edge tools across AWS and Azure to deliver the infrastructure backbone behind next-generation analytics, machine learning, and AI initiatives.

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This is a client-facing, consultancy-based role for someone who wants to work at the intersection of cloud engineering and the data/AI world — helping organisations stand up the platforms (including Databricks) that power their AI ambitions.

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What You'll Do

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  • Design, deploy and manage cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure for enterprise Data & AI clients
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  • Build reusable, production-grade Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Terragrunt
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  • Architect secure, scalable cloud environments tailored to each client's data platform needs
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  • Implement and maintain CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure and application deployments
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  • Automate cloud provisioning, patching, and infrastructure lifecycle management
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  • Deploy and manage Databricks workspaces, clusters, and networking as part of modern lakehouse architectures
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  • Implement monitoring and observability using OpenTelemetry or similar tooling
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  • Produce clear technical documentation, runbooks, and operational playbooks to support long-term platform reliability
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What We're Looking For

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  • 3–5+ years' experience in Cloud Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, or DevOps
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  • Strong commercial experience with Terraform and Terragrunt
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  • Solid hands-on experience across both AWS and Azure
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  • Proven experience designing and managing Infrastructure as Code
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  • Experience implementing CI/CD pipelines and cloud automation
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  • Experience deploying and managing Databricks infrastructure
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  • A solid understanding of modern data platforms, lakehouse architectures, and data warehousing concepts
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Nice to Have

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  • AWS Associate certification or above
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  • Azure Associate certification or above
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  • HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification
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  • Python scripting for automation
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  • Experience supporting CI/CD for Data Engineering workloads
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  • Experience with OpenTelemetry or other modern observability platforms
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Posted: August 16th, 2026