Hybrid Cloud Engineer

Salary: £57,000 - 97,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience working with AWS in a hybrid infrastructure environment.
• Experience supporting, building and maintaining Windows Server environments, VMware platforms and Active Directory-related identity services.
• Understanding of Entra ID and its role in a hybrid identity environment.
• Experience supporting infrastructure migration or transformation activity, ideally involving the movement of on-premise services to cloud platforms.
• Solid understanding of infrastructure security, resilience, monitoring and operational best practice.
• Understanding of network technologies in a hybrid cloud and on-premise environment.
• Experience supporting infrastructure security hardening, including applying CIS Benchmarks, NIST guidance or comparable security standards.
• Collaborative approach, with a willingness to share knowledge and support colleagues.
• Able to participate in the out-of-hours support rota, one week in three, with a paid on-call allowance.

Responsibilities:

• Support, maintain and develop our hybrid infrastructure environment, focusing on AWS and migrating on-premise services to the cloud.
• Implement best practice across systems and help maintain platform standards.
• Liaise with IT management and wider technology teams, presenting designs and discussing issues, ideas and improvements.
• Translate complex technical issues, designs and requirements for colleagues and stakeholders with varying levels of technical knowledge.
• Provision, implement and manage AWS infrastructure components, including virtual machines, storage, networking, managed services and related cloud-native tooling.
• Support physical and virtual infrastructure, including servers, storage and related platform services.
• Use automation to improve operational efficiency across cloud and on-premise environments.
• Develop, manage and maintain Infrastructure as Code and automation tooling where appropriate.
• Participate in the out-of-hours support rota to troubleshoot and resolve issues.

Technologies:

• AI
• AWS
• Active Directory
• Cloud
• Support
• Network
• Security
• VMware
• Windows
• DevOps

More:

We are the Guardian, a diverse and inclusive global organisation delivering fearless, investigative journalism and holding power to account. Our team brings together award-winning journalists, commercial professionals and digital experts from a wide range of backgrounds. We offer an exciting environment for career development, training and growth, and we are committed to an inclusive culture. We are seeking a Hybrid Cloud Engineer to join our collaborative Hybrid Cloud team, which implements, innovates and supports infrastructure services underpinning Guardian News & Media corporate IT operations. Our cloud-first strategy focuses on migrating on-premise infrastructure to AWS while maintaining and improving our hybrid estate. This is a full-time hybrid role, based in our Kings Cross office two days a week, including Thursdays, with three days working remotely. We consider requests for flexible working and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds. The roles minimum full-time salary is £30,000, with salary ranges dependent on skills and experience. We offer 30 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, the option to purchase five additional days, a generous pension, volunteering days, healthcare and other insurance options, enhanced family leave, wellbeing resources, fitness classes, a gym membership, a cycle-to-work scheme, and learning and professional development support. We are a London Living Wage employer and the first major media organisation to achieve B Corp status. Applications should include a CV and cover letter; the closing date is Friday 9 October 2026. Our recruitment team reviews every application without AI-assisted technology.

last updated 40 week of 2026