Cloud Engineer

Senior Cloud Engineer – AWS & Azure (Daily Rate Contract)

PFH Technology is working with a large public sector organisation to recruit a highly skilled Senior Cloud Engineer with strong AWS and Microsoft Azure experience.

This is a hands-on engineering role, focused on building, integrating and operating secure, scalable cloud platforms that support critical Digital Evidence Management Systems and related services.

The Role:

You will work as part of a technical delivery team, taking ownership of cloud infrastructure engineering, system integrations and ongoing optimisation. The role requires strong practical experience rather than high-level advisory architecture.

Key Responsibilities

• Engineer AWS and Azure infrastructure using infrastructure-as-code.
• Build and integrate cloud platforms supporting DEMS solutions.
• Design and implement secure networking, identity and access controls.
• Develop and operate APIs, data ingestion pipelines and event-driven integrations.
• Implement monitoring, logging, security controls and operational tooling.
• Optimise performance and cloud spend across AWS and Azure environments.
• Support technical input into tenders and solution designs from an engineering standpoint.
• Troubleshoot complex infrastructure and integration issues.

Required Experience

• Senior-level hands-on experience in cloud engineering.
• Strong practical expertise across AWS and Microsoft Azure.
• Infrastructure-as-code experience (Terraform, Bicep, ARM or CloudFormation).
• Solid background in networking, IAM, encryption and cloud security.
• Experience integrating third-party and internal systems via APIs and data pipelines.
• CI/CD pipeline and DevOps experience.
• Scripting skills (PowerShell, Python or Bash).

Desirable

• Experience in public sector, justice or regulated environments.
• Exposure to Digital Evidence Management Systems or similar platforms.
• Experience building or supporting public-facing upload or submission portals.

PFH Technology is a leading provider of end-to-end ICT solutions and managed services, supporting organisations from SMEs to large enterprises. With a nationwide team of over 450 professionals—including more than 350 certified engineers—PFH delivers the expertise required to design, deploy, and support complex ICT environments.

Our ISO 20000 / ISO 27001 certified Custodian™ Cloud Services and Custodian™ Managed Services provide secure, resilient platforms designed to mitigate risk and reduce operational costs. PFH operates from offices in Dublin, Cork, and Galway.