Cloud Engineer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Hours / week
- 37.5
- Posted
- 10/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a talented and experienced Cloud Engineer to join Public Health Wales Digital Services Cloud team. You will be crucial in maintaining, optimising, and securing cloud environments and infrastructure, primarily using Azure technologies. The position involves ensuring reliability, scalability, performance, and compliance with NHS Wales security standards. You will contribute to shaping Azure cloud environments and delivering associated roadmaps and strategies for Public Health and NHS Wales.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level in computer science or related field or equivalent level of knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of data security, governance, and compliance regulations.
- Excellent knowledge of building and configuring Azure environments.
- Knowledge of Azure cost management tools and techniques for optimising cloud spending.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the technical and legislative environment specific to the NHS in Wales.
- Recognised qualifications as a Cloud Specialist and/or equivalent certification
- ITIL Foundation or Practitioner
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
- Advanced experience as a cloud engineer/consultant gained while working in an enterprise environment.
- Implementing and scaling out Azure Landing Zone.
- Experience of cloud networking, security and Azure Firewall.
- Demonstrable experience in an IT role at third line tier within an enterprise environment.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) projects.
- Skills and attributes
- Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud security, hybrid infrastructures, secure architecture designs, and technology management.
- Enterprise cloud infrastructure monitoring, administration, and remediation skills.
- Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud security, hybrid infrastructures, secure architecture designs, and technology management.
- Scripting skills using PowerShell, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, terraform) or similar. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.
- Advanced identity management design, administration, and support skills, namely Microsoft Entra (AzureAD).
- Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Azure landing zone architectures and best practices for cloud adoption.
- Training and supporting colleagues to develop competencies within the team.
- Other
- Be willing to work outside of normal contracted hours to meet the needs of key milestones.
- Qualifications and Knwoledge
- Educated to degree level in computer science or related field or equivalent level of knowledge and skills
- Knowledge of data security, governance, and compliance regulations.
- Excellent knowledge of building and configuring Azure environments.
- Knowledge of Azure cost management tools and techniques for optimising cloud spending.
- Knowledge of the technical and legislative environment specific to the NHS in Wales.
- Recognised qualifications as a Cloud Specialist and/or equivalent certification
- ITIL Foundation or Practitioner
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate.
- Advanced experience as a cloud engineer/consultant gained while working in an enterprise environment.
- Implementing and scaling out Azure Landing Zone.
- Experience of cloud networking, security and Azure Firewall.
- Demonstrable experience in an IT role at third line tier within an enterprise environment.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) projects.
- Skills and attributes
- Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud security, hybrid infrastructures, secure architecture designs, and technology management.
- Enterprise cloud infrastructure monitoring, administration, and remediation skills.
- Enterprise-scale technical experience with cloud security, hybrid infrastructures, secure architecture designs, and technology management.
- Scripting skills using PowerShell, Infrastructure as Code (Bicep, terraform) or similar. Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates.
- Advanced identity management design, administration, and support skills, namely Microsoft Entra (AzureAD).
- Ability to effectively communicate complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with Azure landing zone architectures and best practices for cloud adoption.
- Training and supporting colleagues to develop competencies within the team.
- Other
- Be willing to work outside of normal contracted hours to meet the needs of key milestones.
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £50,129 – £57,365 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Public Health Wales
Cloud Engineer
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
Job Title: Cloud Engineer
Pay Band: B7
Hours of Work: 37.5 per week
Duration of Contract:Permanent
Division/Directorate: Research, Data & Digital (RDD)
Department: Digital Services
Base: No 2 Capital Quarter - Public Health Wales Cardiff Office
We are recruiting a talented and experienced Cloud Engineer to join Public Health Wales Digital Services Cloud team. This role is crucial inmaintaining,optimisingand securing our cloud environments & infrastructure that support essential healthcare services. You will work with Azure cloud technologies, ensuring reliability, scalability and performance whilstmaintainingcompliance with NHS Wales security and governance standards.
You will be working alongside other technical service teams and report to the 365 Engineering Lead. The Cloud Engineer is a new, permanent role at Public Health Wales that will help contribute to the delivery of our cloud strategy.
Appropriate training plans will be provided for successful candidates to cloud based roles to enhance existing skills and knowledge.
Ifyou'dlike to discuss the role further, please contact [contact details removed], Lead Cyber Security [email removed]
Main duties of the job
As Cloud Engineer, you will help shape our Azure cloud environments and assistin the delivery of associated roadma
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