Cloud Engineer
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Our client, a leading organisation in the defence and security sector, is currently seeking a Cloud Engineer to join their team in Harlow, Essex on a hybrid working basis. This is a permanent role with a fixed-term contract for 12 months, full-time at 37 hours per week. The position requires Security Clearance (SC) eligibility.
- Contribute to the design of a hybrid Azure/on-premise architecture ensuring secure, compliant, and high-performing data flows.
- Support creation of a cloud foundation that will extend beyond data workloads into application hosting.
- Work closely with cloud engineers, architecture, and security teams to apply rigorous standards for identity, access management, networking, encryption, and monitoring.
- Work closely with Data Architects to refine designs, challenge assumptions, and contribute engineering insights to architectural decisions.
- Collaborate with wider technology teams, business stakeholders, and programme partners to ensure solutions meet operational needs.
- Implement engineering practices that ensure high data quality, including validation, monitoring, reconciliation, and automated testing.
- Embed secure by design, including encryption, access control, secure data movement, and compliance with regulatory requirements.
- Build resilient, high-performing cloud platforms capable of supporting financial reporting workloads.
- Develop and maintain reusable engineering patterns, components, and frameworks.
- Monitor platform performance, troubleshoot issues, and optimise data processes for efficiency and reliability.
- Proven track record of building foundational cloud capabilities in a large, complex enterprise environment.
- Experience designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud patterns and guardrails.
- Ability to work within structured governance frameworks and contribute to platform engineering standards.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work collaboratively across technology, governance, risk, compliance, and finance teams.
- Strong problem-solving skills with a pragmatic, delivery-focused approach.
- High attention to detail and a strong sense of accountability.
- Competitive salary
- Opportunity to work on a variety of interesting and challenging projects
- Professional development and training opportunities
- Supportive and collaborative work environment
- Employee benefits package
If you are a skilled Cloud Engineer with experience in designing and implementing secure, scalable cloud infrastructure, we would love to hear from you. Apply now to join our client's innovative and purpose-driven team in Harlow.
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⭐ Highlight your Security Clearance eligibility prominently as this role explicitly requires SC clearance
🔒 Emphasise your experience with secure cloud patterns and 'secure by design' principles as mentioned in the governance requirements
☁️ Showcase specific Azure hybrid architecture projects, particularly those involving data flows and financial reporting workloads
🏢 Quantify your enterprise-scale cloud implementations: 'Built foundational capabilities for 500+ users across 12 business units'
🤝 Demonstrate cross-functional collaboration with architecture, security, and finance teams as this role requires extensive stakeholder engagement
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- •Designed hybrid Azure architecture for 15 financial reporting workloads, implementing encryption and access controls that achieved 99.8% uptime compliance
- •Built foundational cloud capabilities supporting 200+ enterprise users, establishing governance frameworks that reduced security incidents by 45%
- •Collaborated with Data Architects and security teams to implement automated testing patterns, improving data validation accuracy by 35% across 8 business units
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Dear Hiring Manager,
Matchtech's Cloud Engineer position perfectly aligns with my expertise in Azure hybrid architecture and secure cloud patterns, particularly for defence sector applications requiring Security Clearance protocols. My background in implementing governance frameworks and working with Data Architects makes me well-suited for this Harlow-based role.
My background in designing foundational cloud capabilities for large enterprises, combined with experience in secure data movement and compliance requirements, positions me to contribute immediately to your financial reporting platform initiatives and cross-functional collaboration requirements.
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Interview questions
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Technical
- ›How would you design a hybrid Azure/on-premise architecture for financial reporting workloads?
- ›What security patterns would you implement for data movement between cloud and on-premise systems?
- ›How do you approach identity and access management in a hybrid cloud environment?
- ›Describe your experience with automated testing and validation in cloud data pipelines
- ›What monitoring and encryption strategies would you implement for compliance requirements?
Behavioural
- ›Tell me about a time you had to challenge architectural assumptions in a complex project
- ›Describe a situation where you had to work with multiple stakeholders across different teams
- ›Give an example of how you've implemented governance frameworks in a previous role
- ›Tell me about a time you had to troubleshoot a critical platform performance issue
- ›Describe how you've contributed to establishing engineering standards in a large organisation
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Tell me about a time you had to challenge architectural assumptions in a complex project
Describe a situation where you had to work with multiple stakeholders across different teams