DevOps & Platform Engineering
Cloud Automation Engineer Jobs & Careers
Looking for your next Cloud Automation Engineer opportunity?
HOK Consulting connects Cloud Automation Engineers with organisations automating cloud infrastructure, deployment and operational processes across permanent, contract and interim opportunities.
Whether your experience covers Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, CI/CD or infrastructure as code, explore current opportunities or upload your CV to join HOK’s technology talent network.
Current Cloud Automation Engineer Jobs
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What Does a Cloud Automation Engineer Do?
Cloud Automation Engineers design and build automated processes for provisioning, configuring, deploying and operating cloud infrastructure.
The role commonly involves infrastructure as code, CI/CD, cloud platforms and configuration automation, helping organisations replace manual processes with repeatable and scalable engineering workflows.
Cloud Automation Engineers often work alongside DevOps Engineers, Platform Engineers, Site Reliability Engineers and Cloud Engineers to improve deployment speed, consistency, resilience and operational efficiency.
Cloud Automation Engineer Skills & Experience
The exact technical requirements vary between organisations, but Cloud Automation Engineer roles commonly involve experience across areas such as:
- Cloud Automation
- Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Microsoft Azure
- Google Cloud Platform
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- CI/CD
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI/CD
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- Helm
- Argo CD
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- Datadog
- Monitoring and Observability
Cloud Automation Engineers may specialise in a particular cloud platform or infrastructure-as-code technology, while others work across multi-cloud and hybrid environments.
Strong automation, troubleshooting and systems engineering skills are particularly important when creating repeatable infrastructure that needs to remain secure, scalable and reliable.
Typical Cloud Automation Engineer Responsibilities
- Automating cloud infrastructure provisioning and configuration
- Building reusable infrastructure-as-code modules using Terraform
- Supporting AWS, Azure and Google Cloud environments
- Automating deployment and configuration processes
- Building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
- Supporting Kubernetes and containerised platforms
- Reducing manual operational processes through automation
- Improving cloud infrastructure consistency and repeatability
- Implementing monitoring, logging and observability
- Investigating infrastructure and deployment issues
- Supporting secure and resilient cloud engineering practices
- Working with DevOps, platform, infrastructure and software engineering teams
Responsibilities vary depending on the organisation, cloud environment and whether the role focuses on infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, deployment automation or wider cloud platform engineering.
Cloud Automation Engineer Salary Expectations
Cloud Automation Engineer salaries vary according to experience, location, cloud platform, automation expertise, sector and the complexity of the technology environment.
Permanent Cloud Automation Engineer
Around £65,500 per year
UK median advertised salary
Contract Cloud Automation Engineer
Around £375 per day
Current exact-title UK contract benchmark
Senior Cloud Automation Engineers and professionals with specialist Terraform, Kubernetes, multi-cloud, security or large-scale platform experience may command higher salaries or contract rates.
Salary information is provided as a general UK market guide and can vary significantly between individual roles. Current exact-title contract data is based on a very small sample, so individual market rates may differ materially from the quoted figure.
Cloud Automation Engineer Career Progression
Cloud Automation Engineering can lead into senior DevOps, platform engineering, architecture and wider technical leadership positions.
Typical Cloud Automation Engineer Career Path
Alternative Career Paths
Cloud Automation Engineers may also progress into roles such as:
- Senior DevOps Engineer
- Platform Engineer
- Site Reliability Engineer
- Kubernetes Engineer
- Platform Architect
- DevOps Lead
The right progression depends on whether you want to deepen your cloud automation expertise, specialise in platforms or reliability, move into architecture or take responsibility for wider engineering teams and strategy.
Your Next Move
Looking for Your Next Cloud Automation Engineer Opportunity?
If you’re considering your next permanent position, contract assignment or interim opportunity, send HOK Consulting your CV.
Tell us about the cloud environments you’ve automated, the infrastructure-as-code and delivery technologies you work with and the type of opportunity you’re looking for.
Specialist Recruitment
DevOps & Platform Engineering Recruitment
Cloud Automation Engineering forms part of HOK Consulting’s wider DevOps & Platform Engineering recruitment expertise, connecting organisations with specialists across automation, cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, site reliability, continuous delivery and technical leadership.
Hiring?
Recruiting Cloud Automation Engineers?
HOK Consulting supports organisations looking for experienced Cloud Automation Engineers across permanent, contract and interim requirements.
Whether you’re automating infrastructure provisioning, standardising cloud environments, introducing infrastructure as code or improving deployment and operational efficiency, speak to HOK about your requirements.