Cloud Engineer

FDM is a global business and technology consultancy seeking a Cloud Automation Engineer to work for our client within the Financial Services sector. This is initially a 6-12 month contract with the potential to extend and will be a hybrid role that will be based in Edinburgh.

We’re looking for an experienced Cloud Automation Engineer to help design and build the Azure infrastructure underpinning a growing portfolio of technology and AI initiatives.

You'll focus on creating secure, resilient and scalable cloud services and automating the infrastructure used by engineering teams. Working across engineering, architecture, security and application teams, you'll also help establish the standards, patterns and guardrails used to build and operate Azure environments.

The position sits within a Global Infrastructure Engineering function with a focus on strategic direction, implementation and third-line support.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build and automate secure and scalable Microsoft Azure infrastructure.
• Translate application, platform and business requirements into repeatable infrastructure patterns.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using tools such as Terraform and Bicep.
• Support automated configuration management using technologies such as Ansible, Puppet or Azure Automation.
• Implement cloud governance and Policy as Code controls.
• Build security controls covering identity, networking, secrets and access.
• Develop automation and tooling using PowerShell, Python or Go.
• Work with Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins and Git to support automated delivery.
• Support containerised workloads using technologies including Docker, Kubernetes/AKS and Azure Container Apps.
• Monitor and troubleshoot cloud environments using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics.
• Support infrastructure requirements for emerging AI and data services

About You

• In-depth experience with Microsoft Azure, including compute, networking, storage and identity/Entra ID.
• Strong understanding of infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Terraform and/or Bicep experience.
• Knowledge of Policy as Code, including technologies such as Azure Policy, Open Policy Agent or Terraform Sentinel.
• Strong understanding of Azure security controls, including:
• Identity and access management
• Network segmentation
• Private endpoints
• Azure Key Vault
• Microsoft Defender for Cloud
• Strong scripting experience using PowerShell, Python or Go.
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tooling.
• Understanding of container technologies.
• Good knowledge of Windows and Linux fundamentals, diagnostics and monitoring.
• Understanding of systems development and product lifecycles.
• Experience translating requirements into automated infrastructure solutions.

Desirable / additional technical knowledge

Exposure to some of the following would be particularly valuable:

• Azure AI Foundry
• Azure OpenAI Service
• Microsoft Fabric
• Semantic Kernel
• LangChain
• Azure Machine Learning
• GPU-enabled Azure virtual machines
• GPU-enabled AKS environments

About Us

FDM is an award-winning global leader in tech and business talent solutions, backed by more than 35 years of industry experience. We have centres across Europe, North America, and Asia-Pacific, and a global workforce of over 2500 employees. FDM has shown exponential growth throughout the years, firmly establishing itself as an award-winning employer, currently listed on the FTSE4Good Index and as a 2026 Financial Times UK ‘Best Employer’.

Diversity and Inclusion

FDM Group is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or any other status protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

Why join us

• Career coaching, mentoring and access to upskilling throughout your entire FDM career
• Assignments with global companies and opportunities to work abroad
• Opportunity to re-skill and up-skill into new areas, develop non-linear career paths and build a skillset within your field
• Annual leave and work-place pension