Senior Cloud Engineer

Role: Senior Cloud Engineer

Salary: £65,000 - £68,000

Location: Aberford, Leeds

Hybrid: 3 days in the office

As MICHELIN Connected Fleet, a division of the Michelin Group, leader in sustainable mobility for 130 years, we specialise in connected fleet management services and solutions. We are a market leader with over 30 years expertise in a high-growth, competitive mobility technology industry. Today we serve 70,000 customers and over 600,000 vehicles globally, growing more than 10% per year, and entering at the rate of 3 new markets a year. Our AI (artificial intelligence) technology and ML (machine learning) algorithms ensure all fleet data delivers tangible benefits to our customers. Our insights transform operational efficiency, reducing costs, ensuring the safety of drivers and goods while reducing environmental impact, paving the way to predictive fleet management. Backed by Michelin Group and operating under the Michelin Connected Fleet name, we will be a major player in this market in the coming years.

OUR DREAM

We know our planet is at risk and we urgently need to find innovative ways to protect it. At Michelin, pioneering is what we do: We are innovating constantly, to explore new opportunities, with, around and beyond tires to lead the way in sustainable mobility. Our people act for change, with respect, and as leaders. We care about giving people a better way forward. Our dream is rooted in a single purpose: by 2050, Michelin will be recognised as a critical innovation leader that helped humanity conquer new frontiers. And we all work hard every day to realise this dream.

OUR PEOPLE & WAYS OF WORKING

At MICHELIN Connected Fleet, agility is not a word - it’s a lifestyle. We gather entrepreneurial minds who are not afraid to fail fast and learn quickly, every day. We think long term and act short term, we grow fast and love what we do. We believe in an inclusive working environment, building teams with a variety of backgrounds, skills, views and opinions. Among our 400 employees in Europe, we proudly benefit from around 30 nationalities. We thrive because of the diverse background and talent of our people. We nurture our team's growth with several company wide development programs - including our Diversity, Mentoring and Sustainability programs.

THE ROLE IN SHORT

The Senior Cloud Engineer will be part of the CxS Cloud function within the DAP team at MCF.

You will be the architectural backbone and automation lead for our multi-cloud ecosystem. You aren't just managing infrastructure; you are engineering highly resilient, scalable, and automated environments across Azure and AWS. You will utilize Infrastructure as Code methods developing and maintaining complex, modular infrastructure using Terraform to ensure consistency across Azure and AWS environments.

Partnering with Architectural, Development and DevOps teams you will take a lead with projects and ensure that delivery is achieved on time and with quality. Acting as an expert in your field you will also look to support other members of the DAP team with deployments and mentoring to share knowledge and promote empowerment. Assisting with on premise environments and future cloud migration strategies and monitoring solutions. Utilizing change management, you will ensure high quality documentation is always detailed ensuring all modifications are compliant and any risks are assessed.

WHAT WILL I BE DOING:

• Multi-Cloud Engineering: Serve as the architectural lead for Azure and AWS, building resilient, scalable, and automated cloud environments.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Develop and maintain complex, modular infrastructure exclusively using Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins to ensure cross-platform consistency.
• Collaborative Leadership: Partner with Architecture, Development, and DevOps teams to drive project delivery with a focus on high quality and strict timelines.
• Mentorship & Expertise: Act as a subject matter expert, supporting the wider DAP team through technical deployment assistance and knowledge sharing.
• Hybrid Cloud: Support existing on-premises environments (VMWare, Linux, Windows) while contributing towards future cloud migration strategies and integrated monitoring solutions (PRTG/Grafana)
• Governance & Documentation: Execute strict Change Management protocols, ensuring all infrastructure modifications are risk-assessed, compliant, and thoroughly documented. (JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint)
• Supporting changes out of hours when required

TO BE SUCCESSFUL YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE:

• Multi Cloud Proficiency – 5+ years of hands-on experience managing enterprise grade environments in both Azure and AWS (VM, Azure Storage, AKS, EC2, S3, Lamda
• Networking and Security – Deep Understanding of VNET/VPC peering, ExpressRoute, Azure Premium Firewall, NSGs/Security Groups, DNS and IAM Policy least-Privilege Models
• Infrastructure as Code – Expert level in Terraform, as well as configuration management using Ansible
• CI/CD Pipelines – GIT Hub / Jenkins
• API Management – Hands on experience with Gravtiee to manage API Gateways, rate limiting and developer portals
• Event Streaming – Experience managing or integrating with Confluent Cloud or Apache Kafka
• Operational experience with on premise environments (VMWARE, Linux, Windows)
• Experience with infrastructure and platform monitoring tools, including PRTG, Nagios, cloud-native monitoring solutions, and Grafana.
• Experience with service management and change management processes, using platforms such as JIRA.
• Ability to produce and maintain comprehensive technical documentation, with demonstrable examples.
• Experience producing clear, detailed operational and performance reporting for technical and non-technical stakeholders

Work-life balance is important to us at Michelin Connected Fleet, so we offer our teams as much flexibility as possible in line with the needs of their role. We trust our teams to know how they work best, combining remote and collaborative working, with a flexible approach to hours. This allows our people the time and space for life outside of work.