Senior Cloud Engineer – Edinburgh

A senior cloud engineer in Edinburgh is responsible for designing, implementing, and maintaining Kubernetes infrastructures for AI workloads, ensuring operational excellence through SLOs, monitoring, and incident management. They develop automation pipelines using Terraform, Python, and CI/CD tools, and embed cost and security best practices into platform operations. The role involves working closely with stakeholders to optimise performance, reliability, and compliance in high-traffic, regulated environments. The engineer actively produces operational documentation, knowledge transfer, and facilitates handovers to ensure long-term platform stability. Skills required include extensive experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, and observability tools, alongside a proven track record in high-pressure incident handling and cloud security.