Cloud & SysOps / Automation Engineer

Context
As part of the FY27 transformation of Scalian Group's IT Infrastructure operating model, we are looking for a Cloud & SysOps / Automation Engineer within the Platforms & Cloud engineering domain. The role industrialises infrastructure delivery through automation, infrastructure as code and reliable CI/CD practices across cloud and hybrid environments. The position builds reusable capabilities that improve provisioning speed, consistency, security and operability while enabling platform, application and operations teams.
Reporting Line
Reporting to the Platforms & Cloud Lead, you will join the Engineering stream within the Group IT Infrastructure organisation.
Main Responsibilities
• Develop and maintain reusable infrastructure-as-code modules, templates and automated workflows

• Engineer cloud and hybrid provisioning, configuration, patching and compliance automation

• Operate infrastructure CI/CD pipelines, code repositories, artefact management and secrets integration

• Build automated testing, validation, rollback and deployment controls for infrastructure changes

• Integrate automation with cloud APIs, configuration-management tools and operational platforms

• Improve observability, logging and troubleshooting for automated services and pipelines

• Create self-service capabilities and documented patterns for infrastructure and application teams

• Support the adoption of automation by SysOps and operations teams through coaching and reusable components • Maintain versioning, release management, technical documentation and operational runbooks

• Provide Level 3 expertise for complex automation, deployment and cloud-platform issues
Security, Reliability and Continuous Improvement
• Embed security, segregation of duties and secrets management into automation pipelines

• Apply code review, testing, traceability and controlled deployment practices to infrastructure changes

• Automate compliance checks, drift detection, remediation and evidence collection where relevant

• Measure provisioning lead time, reuse, pipeline reliability, deployment failure and rollback rates

• Analyse manual effort and recurring incidents to prioritise high-value automation opportunities

• Maintain an automation adoption and technical-debt backlog and continuously improve developer experience
Technical Environment
• Infrastructure as code: Terraform and reusable module design • Automation and scripting: PowerShell, Python and/or Ansible

• CI/CD and source control: Git-based workflows, pipeline platforms and artefact

Cloud and hybrid platforms: Microsoft Azure, OVH and on-premises infrastructure integrations

• Interfaces: cloud APIs, configuration management, secrets management and identity integrations • Quality: automated testing, validation, policy checks, rollback and release management *

• Operations: monitoring, logging, alerting, troubleshooting and service-management integration

• Documentation: technical patterns, onboarding guides, runbooks and versioned engineering standards

Candidate Profile

You hold at least a two-year higher education qualification in IT and have hands-on experience in cloud, infrastructure automation or platform engineering within an enterprise environment. You are proficient with Terraform or an equivalent infrastructure-as-code approach, Git workflows, scripting and CI/CD configuration. You understand cloud APIs, configuration management, testing, troubleshooting and secure secrets handling. Experience with Microsoft Azure, OVH, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, hybrid infrastructure, observability or policy-as-code would be an advantage. This position is suited to an automation-minded engineer who values reusable design, reliable delivery and close collaboration with operations.
Behavioral Skills
Automation-minded, analytical, methodical, curious, autonomous and collaborative. You create reusable solutions rather than one-off scripts, communicate clearly with both engineering and operations teams, document your work and take ownership from design through adoption. You balance delivery speed with security, maintainability, testing and operational reliability.
Languages
Professional English.