Senior Cloud Engineer, MOTORS & Cazoo
Salary not provided
+ Discretionary Bonus
Kubernetes
GCP
Terraform
Azure
Prometheus
Grafana
Windows
Senior level
Remote from UK
Online used car marketplace
Job no longer available
Online used car marketplace
101-200 employees
B2BLifestyleMarketplaceCarsConsumer GoodseCommerce
Job no longer available
Salary not provided
+ Discretionary Bonus
Kubernetes
GCP
Terraform
Azure
Prometheus
Grafana
Windows
Senior level
Remote from UK
101-200 employees
B2BLifestyleMarketplaceCarsConsumer GoodseCommerce
Company mission
To better connect buyers and sellers of vehicles and reduce consumer frustrations with the search process through smart, intuitive products.
Role
Who you are
- A top contributor in cloud engineering with several years of experience in designing and building scalable solutions
- You have a proven record of successfully migrating business-critical applications from legacy infrastructure into a modern cloud environment
- Competent technical skills in DevOps and CI/CD, preferably using Azure DevOps
- Experienced with Identity Management & RBAC
- Strong knowledge and working experience with Terraform and the principles of best practice with IaC
- Good Understanding of Azure Security Principals, including Managed Identities & Key Vault
- Proficient in performance monitoring and observability best practices
- Comprehensive understanding of Azure Networking (Hub & Spoke network topology)
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure DevOps
- Azure Entra
- Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)
- Performance monitoring (Azure Monitor, App Insights, Prometheus & Grafana)
- Network configuration (Application Gateway, Front Door)
- Terraform
- PagerDuty
- Windows Servers
Desirable
- Azure Data Lake
- GCP
- SonarCloud
- Palo Alto
What the job involves
- We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer to become part of our Motors business and help support our high-performing Cloud and Security team in Motors
- We are embarking on significant business transformation projects, including modernising our legacy Azure-based technologies
- We need a top-notch Senior Engineer to join our team and help guide the technology teams through this journey
- Reports To: Head of Cloud & QA
- As Senior Cloud Engineer, you’ll be a hands-on contributor supporting our cross-functional development teams
- You’ll be relied on to independently develop and deliver strategies to propel our Cloud Migration
- You’ll focus on extending and improving our high-traffic platform while mentoring engineers around you and maintaining and advocating strong development standards
- As a Strong Contributor, you will play a key role in helping us migrate to a modern cloud-based automotive platform
- Assist in defining and executing cloud strategy, focusing on the migration from a VM-based Azure estate to a scalable, cloud-based solution
- Support refactoring complex systems and resolving issues by balancing technical debt with business priorities
- Maintain and improve VM-based systems in the short to medium-term
- Develop infrastructure on Azure using Terraform, Helm, and Azure services
- Manage Azure VMs and a small GCP footprint in a hybrid cloud environment
- Ensure high-quality code by improving coding standards, best practices, performance, reliability, availability, scalability, and security
- Troubleshoot performance and reliability issues, collaborating across teams
- Engage in design reviews, operational readiness, and service demand forecasting
- Contribute to the wider engineering department through knowledge sharing, fostering continuous improvement
- Support cloud cost management and FinOps
- Monitor cloud services, enhancing efficiency and reducing costs
- Join the cloud on-call team and support agile outcomes
Our take
Used car marketplace MOTORS has had quite the journey, having been founded by a partnership between the Daily Mail and General Trust before its acquisition by Cox Automotive and, subsequently, Gumtree. Now, it’s an independent used car marketplace that hosts hundreds of thousands of used cars, as well as reviews, guides and advice.
With fifteen years of experience behind it, MOTORS has capitalised on its ownership journey to become the go-to used car marketplace for the UK. Operating within a challenging economy, MOTORS is in a strong position, even buying “household name” and competitor Cazoo, which went into administration in 2024. This suggests that MOTORS will continue to maintain its nation-leading position in the sector.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
12% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Discretionary Bonus or Commission based roles
- Pension Scheme - We more than match your commitment to the future, when you contribute 6% to your pension pot , we put in 9%, taking your total up to 15% of your base salary.
- Make an Impact Awards: Quarterly value-led awards with cash prizes and a £1,000 team experience on offer.
- Hybrid and UK Remote working depending on role
- Generous Family Friendly Leave: Maternity/Pregnant Parent Leave: 20 weeks at 100% pay,. Paternity/Non-birth Parent Leave: 12 weeks at 100% pay.
- Private Healthcare Insurance - High-level coverage for you, partners, and dependents—including pre-existing conditions.
- Private Dental insurance through Bupa - Level 2 coverage for cashback on preventative, restorative and emergency care.
- Online private GP service - 24/7 digital access via Help@Hand.
- Generous sick pay support - 13 weeks of sick pay, before going onto Long term Illness cover with Canada Life
- Life assurance policy (x4 Life Assurance)
- Social & Inclusion Calendar - packed with events
- Free food and beverage in our office locations
- 25 days annual leave (Plus Bank Holidays) to start. We reward loyalty: +2 days after 2 years, plus an extra day for every year after (reaching a 30-day max).
- We offer 2 volunteer days a year so you can help out wherever matters to you.
- Specialist Support: Free counseling and menopause/fertility support via Peppy.
- Upskill Budget: Every manager has a dedicated budget for your specific role development.
- Leadership Track: Custom training programs designed for our current managers.
- Tech Choice: Your choice of a MacBook or Windows laptop.
- Perks@Work: Discounts at over 30,000 retailers and entertainment venues.
- Company Events: Annual Ignite Conference (past guests include Damien Hughes, Nick Fry, & Matthew Syed).
- Celebrations: Whether it’s our Summer bash or the annual festive party, we make sure we take the time to bring everyone together and celebrate in style.
- Automotive advocates: We provide tickets to the annual British Motor Show, giving our team a front-row seat to one of the biggest events in the UK car calendar.
- Pitchside Perks: We’re proud partners of Brentford FC, and we share the rewards with you. From tickets to Men’s and Women’s matches to the bucket-list opportunity to actually play on the pitch yourself, we bring you closer to the action.
Company HQ
Richmond, UK
Articles
Leadership
Barry Judge
(CEO)Former CEO & current Board Member at houza. They are also the former CEO of OLX, dubizzle, and dealglobber.com (which they Co-Founded).
People progressing
Head of Account Management.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at MOTORS & Cazoo
Rhys Shipman (Talent Acquisition Partner )
- Here at MOTORS & Cazoo, we’re striving to foster a culture of belonging and empowerment, a place where everyone can be celebrated for who they are, with equal opportunities for growth and career development.
- We understand that having diverse and inclusive teams fuels creativity and stronger performance. That’s why we’re committed to discovering new talent so that when you join us, you can be you! We know we’re not perfect, and true inclusion and belonging is a journey. As part of our commitment to create inclusion for all in 2023, listed below are a few of the things we’re up to. And that’s really just the start!
- Improve equitable hiring processes by removing bias from job applications
- Delivering training on Unconscious Bias, Culture And Identity Awareness, & Inclusive Leadership
- Celebrating diversity through our company-wide inclusion calendar
- Fostering Community Groups (ERGs) with investment for each group
- Continuing our People Ambassador Programme to have more representative voices involved in decision making
- Accelerating diverse talent through a mentoring programme
- Sponsorship to attend an external coaching programme to elevate women’s voices
- Partnering with charitable organisations to drive inclusion and belonging within wider communities
- Reviewing the accessibility of our workplace, practices and policies
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