Lead Cloud Engineer

I am looking for a Lead Cloud Engineer with 5+ years’ experience to design, build and optimise highly available, scalable cloud infrastructure across Azure and GCP. You’ll be hands-on with Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible and Python, driving cloud automation, CI/CD, observability and cloud-native engineering practices. This is a senior technical role offering the opportunity to influence architecture, mentor engineers and work closely with development and engineering teams to improve the reliability, security and performance of a global SaaS platform. Key Requirements - 5+ years’ experience in Cloud Engineering, DevOps, SRE or Infrastructure Engineering. - Strong hands-on experience deploying and supporting SaaS products across Azure and GCP. - Proven ability to design, implement and optimise highly available, scalable and resilient cloud infrastructure. - 4+ years’ experience with one or more programming/scripting languages, including Python, Java, Go or Bash. - Hands-on experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and configuration management, particularly Terraform and Ansible. - Strong experience developing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, including build, test, packaging and deployment processes. - Strong understanding of cloud-native architecture, microservices and containerised environments. - Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes in production. - Strong Unix/Linux systems administration background. - Experience with observability, monitoring, troubleshooting and performance optimisation. - Strong understanding of cloud security, SecOps and compliance best practices. - Experience working with development teams to implement and maintain CI/CD tools and processes. - Ability to conduct code/technical reviews and promote engineering best practices. - Experience providing technical guidance and mentoring to other engineers. - Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to identify and resolve complex infrastructure and scalability challenges. Key Skills - Cloud: Azure, GCP - Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes - CI/CD: Jenkins, Git, Artifactory - Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible - Programming/Scripting: Python, Java, Go, Bash - Cloud Native: Microservices, SaaS, High Availability, Scalability - Databases & Distributed Systems: MongoDB, Elasticsearch, MySQL, ScyllaDB, Redis, Kafka - Systems: Unix/Linux Administration - Observability: Monitoring, Logging, Troubleshooting, Performance Optimisation - Security: Cloud Security, SecOps, Compliance - Automation: Infrastructure Automation, Operational Efficiency, Deployment Automation - Development Practices: Agile, Kanban, CI/CD, Code Reviews - Leadership: Technical Mentoring, Peer Reviews, Engineering Best Practices Must hold Stamp 4, EU or Irish passport - this is a hybrid role in Dublin shane.doolin@realtime.jobs with your CV or Direct message me to chat