SC Cleared Cloud Engineer
Summary
Senior cloud engineer role at a technology consultancy, focused on database platform engineering: assessing SQL Server estates, planning and delivering migrations into Azure SQL, and then tuning performance and automating deployments via Azure DevOps CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code. Requires SC security clearance.
Salary: £80,000 - 80,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong hands-on experience with SQL Server and Azure SQL
- Proven delivery of complex database migrations into Azure
- Strong T-SQL skills, including stored procedures, queries, and database objects
- Experience with performance tuning and supporting production database platforms
- Familiarity with Azure DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code
- Strong problem-solving and stakeholder communication skills
- Nice to have: experience with Azure SQL Managed Instance, Azure SQL Database, or SQL Server on Azure VMs
- Nice to have: experience with Terraform or Bicep, and PowerShell or Python for automation
- Nice to have: experience in government, defence, or other regulated environments
- Nice to have: Microsoft Azure or SQL Server certifications
- Lead database discovery and assessment across existing SQL Server environments, mapping dependencies, integrations, and data flows
- Plan and deliver SQL Server and Azure SQL migrations, including schema and data migration, validation, and reconciliation
- Troubleshoot and optimise database performance, availability, and reliability, including post-migration stabilisation
- Support database automation and Infrastructure as Code, integrating deployments into Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines
- Produce migration plans, risk assessments, and technical documentation, and help reduce technical debt
- Azure
- CI/CD
- Cloud
- DevOps
- Support
- PowerShell
- Python
- SQL
- Security
- Terraform
More:
We are a fast-growing technology consultancy delivering cloud, security, and digital transformation programmes for public sector and regulated clients. This hands-on Senior Cloud Engineer role focuses on database platform engineering, migration, and optimisation in Microsoft Azure. You will work alongside our Cloud Architects, Engineers, and delivery teams to assess database estates, plan and deliver migrations, and ensure platforms are secure, reliable, and high-performing. Any remuneration stated in the advertisement is indicative and dependent on the successful candidates experience, skills, and qualifications; final remuneration will be agreed with the successful candidate and subject to the contract terms.
last updated 43 week of 2026