Cloud Engineer

GXO Logistics, Inc.

Cloud Engineer at GXO designing and maintaining secure cloud infrastructure across GCP and assisting with AWS/Azure. Collaborating with teams to optimize performance and cost efficiency.

Posted 5/8/2026full-time🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSenior💰 £75,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AnsibleAWSAzureChefCloudDNSDockerGoogle Cloud PlatformLinuxPerlPuppetPythonRubyTCP/IPTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Design, build, and maintain secure and scalable cloud infrastructure across GCP (with exposure to AWS/Azure where needed)
Develop and improve Infrastructure as Code using tools such as Terraform and CloudFormation
Enhance CI/CD pipelines and automate deployments to improve speed, consistency, and quality
Monitor performance, availability, and cost, implementing optimizations and proactive alerts
Troubleshoot production issues, perform root cause analysis, and support incident response alongside platform and DevOps teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong experience in a Cloud Engineering role
Practical expertise in GCP, Terraform, GitHub, containers (Docker), and Linux environments
Solid understanding of networking and security fundamentals (TCP/IP, DNS, BGP, load balancing, SSL, IAM)
Proficiency in scripting or programming (e.g. Python, shell, Ruby, or Perl) and configuration management tools such as Ansible, Puppet, or Chef
A collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, and the confidence to coach and support teammates transitioning into cloud engineering roles

Benefits

Comp & perks

25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
Company sponsored pension scheme
Private medical cover
Car allowance of £505 per month

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Hard Skills & Tools

Cloud EngineeringInfrastructure as CodeTerraformCloudFormationCI/CDGCPDockerLinuxscriptingconfiguration management

Soft Skills

collaborative mindsetstrong communication skillscoachingsupporting teammates