Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (UK)
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Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (UK)
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]
Remote, UK
Full-time | Mid-Senior level
Company Overview
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] helps organizations transform large and complex multi-modal datasets into information-rich geo-spatial data subscriptions that can be used across a wide spectrum of use cases. Currently, [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] focuses on providing high-fidelity data solutions to enable customers to derive insights quickly.
We are a fast-moving, high-performance startup. We value a diverse team and believe inclusion drives better performance. We trust our team with autonomy, believing it leads to better results and job satisfaction.
Team Overview
We are a passionate team of technologists, data scientists, and analysts with backgrounds in operational intelligence, law enforcement, large multinationals, and cybersecurity operations.
Job Responsibilities
- Architect, deploy, and maintain scalable, secure infrastructure across AWS (and potentially Azure) using Infrastructure as Code (Pulumi, Terraform etc).
- Collaborate closely with internal engineering teams to understand product requirements, identify system constraints, and design solutions that balance performance, reliability, and cost.
- Own AWS EKS clusters and Kubernetes workloads, including autoscaling (Karpenter), FluxCD-based GitOps, Helm charts, and custom SDKs for reusable deployments.
- Design and manage core cloud services—VPCs, VPNs, IAM, S3, RDS, ECR, load balancing, and network security controls.
- Build, maintain, and document infrastructure templates and developer enablement tooling to allow teams to deploy independently.
- Implement observability and monitoring systems using Grafana, Prometheus, and Loki for infrastructure and application metrics.
- Establish and contribute to CI/CD best practices using GitHub Actions and related automation pipelines.
- Participate in on-call rotations and respond to infrastructure alerts, RFIs, and external requests.
- Author and review technical design documents and proposals for infrastructure initiatives, architecture changes, and new services.
- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to peers, helping elevate infrastructure craftsmanship across the organization.
Desired Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in DevOps, platform, or infrastructure engineering roles, including 2+ years in a senior or principal capacity.
- Proven experience designing and delivering complete cloud infrastructure solutions independently.
- Expert-level understanding of AWS (EKS, VPC, EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, KMS, Route53, etc.).
- Experience with Azure cloud services (VMs, networking, AKS, identity, monitoring) is a strong plus.
- Proficiency with Pulumi (TypeScript or Python) or Terraform is required.
- Strong Kubernetes expertise: workload management, autoscaling, GitOps (FluxCD), Helm, Kustomize.
- Strong experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or similar).
- Skilled in containerization (Docker) and maintaining image registries and artifact repositories.
- Solid understanding of networking and security fundamentals (VPNs, firewall rules, IAM policies, encryption).
- Familiarity with observability and alerting stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki).
- Excellent communicator, able to write and present technical designs and proposals clearly.
- Experience mentoring others and leading by example in fast-paced, high-autonomy environments.
- Proficiency in Python for automation, scripting, or tooling development. Experience with Go is a plus.
- Display friendliness and empathy towards others :)
Compensation and Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance plans
- Flexible remote work environment
- Additional benefits like flexible hours, work travel opportunities, competitive vacation time and parental leave
While meeting all of these criteria would be ideal, we understand that some candidates may meet most, but not all. If you're passionate, curious and ready to "work smart and get things done," we'd love to hear from you.