Cloud Engineer

**Cloud Engineer – Dublin City Centre \| Blended Working \| 2 Year Contract \| €65,000** **Application Deadline: 1st October 2026** Our client is seeking a **Cloud Engineer with strong hands\-on Azure experience** . This role combines practical cloud engineering with technical investigations, helping assess **cloud interoperability, switching and regulatory compliance** across the data processing services industry. **WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING** • Provide **technical cloud expertise** across investigations, complaints, disputes and policy work. • Develop technical resources for assessing **cloud interoperability and switching compliance** . • Support **testing, technical analysis and evidence handling** . • Work across **cloud infrastructure, networking, databases, storage and automation** . • Provide technical input to engagements with **industry, government and other regulators** . **MUST\-HAVES** • **Third\-level qualification in Cloud Services, Cloud Engineering or a directly relevant discipline** . • At least **3 years of operational experience managing cloud workloads and deployments** , ideally within **Azure** . • Working knowledge and experience managing **AKS, Azure Virtual WAN, Cosmos DB and Entra ID** . • Familiarity or hands\-on experience with **GCP core services** . • Practical experience **packaging applications with Docker and deploying to Kubernetes** . • Experience with **scripted automation of cloud operations** . • Hands\-on experience setting up and administering **local/private cloud environments using open\-source platforms such as OpenStack** . • Strong **communication and technical drafting skills** for internal and external audiences. **NICE TO HAVE** • Experience with **cloud databases, object storage and cloud networking** , including subnets, firewalls and cross\-cloud environments. • Knowledge of **Terraform, CI/CD and Azure DevOps or similar** . • Understanding of **Azure AD, Entra ID and GCP IAM** . • Experience with **AI workloads, heterogeneous compute environments or custom platforms** . • Experience within a **regulated industry or regulatory environment** . • Relevant **Azure or GCP certifications** .