Cloud / Platform Engineer – Azure or AWS - Galway

Cloud / Platform Engineer – Azure or AWS - Galway

Hybrid - 2 days per week in the office

Key Technologies: Azure / AWS, Kubernetes (AKS / EKS), Linux, Windows, SRE, Automation

We are currently looking for an experienced Cloud / Platform Engineer to join an established technology organisation that develops and supports cloud-based software platforms.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on building, maintaining and improving cloud infrastructure, supporting production environments and working closely with development teams. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in either Azure or AWS, alongside practical knowledge of Kubernetes, infrastructure automation and production troubleshooting.

Key Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience designing, deploying and supporting Azure or AWS infrastructure.
• Good knowledge of cloud networking, compute, storage and identity/access management.
• Experience building, managing and troubleshooting Kubernetes environments (AKS or EKS).
• Strong production support experience, including investigating complex infrastructure, connectivity and application issues.
• Experience working with Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Good understanding of Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, incident management and root cause analysis.
• Experience with monitoring, logging, observability and performance optimisation.
• Practical experience with scripting, automation and reducing manual operational processes.
• Understanding of cloud security, permissions and infrastructure best practices.
• Ability to work closely with software developers to deliver reliable and scalable platform solutions.

Nice to Have

• Python scripting experience.
• Exposure to Backstage or similar internal developer platforms.
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude for scripting, automation and troubleshooting.

This role would suit an engineer who enjoys being hands-on, solving complex technical problems and taking ownership of cloud platforms from implementation through to production support.