Job Title: Cloud Engineer Location: Essex (hybrid- 1-2 days onsite) Industry: Financial Services / FintechSalary: (phone number removed) per annum Overview: We are seeking a skilled and motivated Cloud Engineer to join our dynamic IT team at a leading finance company based in Essex. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in designing, implementing, and supporting scalable and secure cloud infrastructure to meet evolving business needs in a highly regulated environment. Key Responsibilities:Design, build, and maintain secure and resilient cloud infrastructure, primarily in Microsoft Azure (or AWS/GCP depending on stack).Collaborate with development, security, and operations teams to support cloud-native applications and services.Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform, ARM templates, or CloudFormation.Monitor system performance, availability, and cost efficiency, and make recommendations for optimization.Ensure compliance with industry regulations (e.g., FCA, GDPR) and internal security policies.Implement backup, disaster recovery, and high availability strategies in the cloud.Manage identity and access management (IAM), security groups, and networking configurations.Automate deployment pipelines and configuration management using DevOps practices and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins).Support incident response, root cause analysis, and post-mortem documentation for cloud-related issues. Essential Skil