Step 1: Define Role Clusters & Your Keyword Map

Cloud titles vary by employer. Build clusters so your searches catch synonyms & adjacent roles.

Cloud Engineering & Platform

• Titles: Cloud Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer.

• Keywords: AWS/GCP/Azure, VPC/VNet, IAM, KMS, S3/Blob/GCS, Lambda/Cloud Functions/Azure Functions, API Gateway, load balancers, auto scaling.

DevOps & SRE

• Titles: DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Reliability Engineer, Systems Engineer.

• Keywords: Kubernetes (EKS/AKS/GKE), Docker, Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep/Pulumi, GitHub Actions/GitLab CI/Jenkins, Argo CD/Flux, Prometheus/Grafana, OpenTelemetry, SLOs & error budgets.

Cloud Architecture & Consulting

• Titles: Solutions Architect, Cloud Architect, Pre-Sales Architect, Cloud Consultant.

• Keywords: Well-Architected, multi-account/landing zone, network segmentation, migration waves, cost models, reference architectures.

Cloud Security

• Titles: Cloud Security Engineer, Security Architect (Cloud), DevSecOps, Cloud Governance.

• Keywords: IAM, least privilege, KMS/Key Vault/Cloud KMS, Secrets Manager/Vault, CSPM (Wiz/Prisma/Lacework), SIEM (Sentinel/Splunk), OPA/Gatekeeper, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001, SOC 2.

FinOps

• Titles: FinOps Analyst/Engineer, Cloud Cost Optimisation, Cloud Economics.

• Keywords: tagging/chargeback, rightsizing, Savings Plans/Reserved Instances/Committed Use, Spot, Budgets, forecasts, unit economics, CloudHealth/Cloudability.

Data & ML Platforms (Cloud)

• Titles: Data Engineer (Cloud), Analytics Engineer, ML Platform Engineer, MLOps Engineer.

• Keywords: BigQuery/Snowflake/Redshift/Lake Formation/Databricks, Pub/Sub/Kinesis/Event Hubs, Kafka, Airflow/Prefect/Dagster, feature store, model registry.

Networking & Edge

• Titles: Cloud Network Engineer, Edge Engineer, CDN Engineer.

• Keywords: Transit Gateway/Cloud Router/ExpressRoute/Direct Connect, PrivateLink/Private Service Connect, CloudFront/Cloudflare/Akamai, WAF.

UK Locations & Modes

• London, Manchester, Bristol, Cambridge, Oxford, Reading, Slough, Birmingham, Leeds, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Belfast.

• Modes: Remote UK, Hybrid, On-site. Security-sensitive work may require on-site or clearance.

Modifiers that matter

• “Visa sponsorship”, “Skilled Worker visa”, “Security clearance”, “Graduate”, “Internship”, “Permanent”.

Capture these in a notes file—your keyword map fuels alerts, feeds & ChatGPT prompts.

Step 2: Build Precise Boolean Searches (Copy & Paste)

Use these strings in Google & on job boards. Start broad, then refine with site: filters as you learn where signal lives.

General UK Cloud Search

("Cloud Engineer" OR "DevOps Engineer" OR "SRE" OR "Platform Engineer" OR "Cloud Architect")
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP)
(UK OR "United Kingdom" OR London OR Manchester OR Bristol OR Edinburgh OR Cambridge)
("Permanent" OR "Full-time") -site:indeed.co.uk -site:glassdoor.co.uk

DevOps & SRE

("DevOps Engineer" OR "Site Reliability Engineer" OR "SRE")
(Kubernetes OR EKS OR AKS OR GKE OR "infrastructure as code" OR Terraform OR "GitHub Actions" OR "GitLab CI" OR Jenkins OR "Argo CD" OR Flux)
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Platform/Kubernetes

("Platform Engineer" OR "Cloud Platform Engineer")
(Kubernetes OR "cluster autoscaler" OR "service mesh" OR Istio OR Linkerd OR "ingress" OR "Helm" OR "Kustomize")
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR London OR "Remote UK")

Cloud Architecture & Consulting

("Solutions Architect" OR "Cloud Architect" OR "Pre-sales Architect" OR "Cloud Consultant")
(Well-Architected OR "landing zone" OR "reference architecture" OR "cloud migration")
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR London OR Manchester)

Cloud Security

("Cloud Security Engineer" OR "Security Architect" OR DevSecOps)
(IAM OR "least privilege" OR KMS OR "Key Vault" OR "Secrets Manager" OR "CSPM" OR "SIEM" OR "CIS Benchmark" OR "ISO 27001" OR "SOC 2")
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

FinOps

(FinOps OR "Cloud Cost" OR "Cloud Economics" OR "Cloud Optimisation" OR "Cloud Optimization")
(tagging OR chargeback OR "Savings Plans" OR "Reserved Instances" OR "Committed Use" OR "Spot" OR "unit cost")
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Data & ML Platforms

("Data Engineer" OR "Analytics Engineer" OR "ML Platform Engineer" OR "MLOps")
(BigQuery OR Snowflake OR Redshift OR Databricks OR "Lake Formation" OR Airflow OR Kafka)
(AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Graduate & Early Career

("Graduate" OR "Junior" OR "Internship") (cloud OR DevOps OR SRE OR "platform") (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Visa sponsorship (optional)

("Cloud Engineer" OR DevOps OR SRE) ("visa sponsorship" OR "Skilled Worker visa") (UK)

ATS & Employer Career Sites (cuts aggregator noise)

("Cloud Engineer" OR DevOps OR SRE OR "Cloud Architect" OR "Cloud Security")
(site:boards.greenhouse.io OR site:lever.co OR site:workable.com OR site:ashbyhq.com OR site:smartrecruiters.com OR site:icims.com OR site:successfactors.com)
(UK OR "Remote UK")

Add exclusions like -"Senior" if you’re targeting mid-level, or -contract if you want permanent.

Step 3: Turn Searches Into Google Alerts & RSS

Let fresh postings come to you.

Setup (quick):

1. Open Google Alerts.

2. Paste a Boolean string.

3. Click Show options → choose At most once a day (daily is ideal) or As-it-happens if you’re sprinting.

4. Deliver to: select RSS feed (then paste the URL into Feedly/Inoreader) or email.

5. Create separate alerts per cluster: DevOps/SRE, Platform/Kubernetes, Architecture, Security, FinOps, Data/MLOps, Graduate.

Good alert examples (copy-paste):

("DevOps Engineer" OR "SRE") (Kubernetes OR Terraform OR "GitHub Actions" OR "GitLab CI" OR Jenkins) (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

("Cloud Security Engineer" OR DevSecOps) (IAM OR KMS OR "CIS Benchmark" OR "ISO 27001" OR "SIEM") (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

("Platform Engineer") (Kubernetes OR Istio OR Linkerd OR Helm OR "cluster autoscaler") (UK OR London OR "Remote UK")

(FinOps OR "Cloud Cost") (tagging OR chargeback OR "unit cost" OR "Savings Plans" OR "Reserved Instances") (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Pro tips

• Keep one alert per intent to reduce noise.

• Pair locations sensibly: London + “Remote UK” catches most UK-based roles.

• Use -site: to mute noisy domains that flood your feed.

Prefer RSS? Tag/star items & export starred roles as CSV—perfect for feeding ChatGPT a weekly planning batch.

Step 4: Use ChatGPT as Your “Cloud Job Scout”

Alerts & RSS deliver raw listings. ChatGPT turns them into a shortlist with actions so you apply faster & better.

Reusable system prompt (edit to your targets):

System role: You are my Cloud Job Scout for UK roles. Parse pasted job listings (title, company, location, link, snippet), remove duplicates by company+title+location, and produce a ranked shortlist that matches my criteria. Then provide tailored actions for each role.

My criteria:
• Target clusters: DevOps/SRE, Platform/Kubernetes, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Security, FinOps, Data/MLOps.
• Must-haves (choose per cluster):
  - DevOps/SRE: Kubernetes, IaC (Terraform/CloudFormation/Bicep/Pulumi), CI/CD, observability, SLOs.
  - Platform: Kubernetes platform ops, Helm/Kustomize, GitOps (Argo CD/Flux), multi-tenant clusters.
  - Architecture: Well-Architected, landing zones, network design, migration waves.
  - Security: IAM, KMS/Key Vault/Cloud KMS, secrets management, CSPM/SIEM, CIS/ISO 27001.
  - FinOps: tagging/chargeback, rightsizing, commitment management, unit economics.
  - Data/MLOps: Databricks/Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift, Airflow, Kafka, feature store, model registry.
• Location: Remote UK or London/Manchester/Cambridge/Bristol hybrid.
• Salary: £XX–£YY (flex if exceptional).
• Exclude: pure sales, contract <3 months, agency spam.

Output:
1) Summary: counts & duplicates removed; scoring logic (2 lines).
2) Ranked Shortlist (max 10): Title — Company — Location — Link — Score (0–100) — 1–2 line fit rationale.
3) Per-role actions:
   - 3 tailored CV bullets (impact-led, tools & outcomes).
   - 6–10 keywords to mirror (cloud services, IaC, metrics).
   - A 3-sentence message to the hiring contact referencing one concrete requirement.
4) Today plan: order to apply with time estimates.

Daily run (paste your feed)

Here are today’s roles (Title — Company — Location — Link — Snippet):
1) ...
2) ...
Apply the Cloud Job Scout system prompt.

Deep-dive on a single role (for the perfect match)

Analyse this spec for must-haves, repeated terms & implied priorities. Then:
• Write 3 CV bullets that mirror the spec (DevOps/SRE/Platform/Architecture/Security/FinOps/Data/MLOps), each ending with a measurable outcome.
• Draft a 120-word cover note referencing the company’s stack/product & one 30-day quick win.
• List 10 keywords/phrases to include naturally (services, IaC, metrics, controls).
• Provide 6 likely interview questions with succinct model answers using my background.

Job spec: [paste]
My background: [4–8 bullets with stack, outcomes]

Fast CV tailoring prompts (cluster-specific)

DevOps/SRE

Using this spec, output 5 “Recent Impact” bullets showing Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD & SLOs with clear metrics (uptime, latency, error budget burn). One line each, UK spelling.
Spec: [paste]

Platform/Kubernetes

Create 5 bullets for multi-tenant Kubernetes platforms (Helm/Kustomize, Argo CD/Flux, autoscaling, service mesh). Include a reliability or cost metric in each bullet.
Spec: [paste]

Architecture

Write 5 bullets on Well-Architected design, landing zones, VPC/VNet topology, migration waves, DR/RTO. Each bullet ends with a quantified improvement (cost, resilience, throughput).
Spec: [paste]

Security

Produce 5 bullets highlighting IAM hardening, KMS/Key Vault, secrets rotation, CSPM/SIEM, CIS alignment. Include reduced risk or compliance outcomes.
Spec: [paste]

FinOps

Draft 5 bullets covering tagging/chargeback, rightsizing, commitment management, Spot usage & unit cost dashboards—each with £ savings or % reduction.
Spec: [paste]

Data/MLOps

Output 5 bullets for Databricks/Snowflake/BigQuery/Redshift pipelines, Airflow orchestration, model registry & monitoring—each with runtime, cost or accuracy gains.
Spec: [paste]

Step 5: Optional No-Code Automation (Email, Slack, Notion)

• Email filters: Route alert emails into a “Cloud-Jobs” label. Each morning, paste the best items into ChatGPT & run your Job Scout prompt.

• RSS rules: Tag feeds by cluster (DevOps/SRE, Platform, Architecture, Security, FinOps, Data/MLOps). Star the best & export weekly as CSV for a planning pass in ChatGPT.

• Notion/Sheets: Keep one tracker & paste it into ChatGPT for daily prioritisation & follow-up drafting.

• Slack/Discord: If your reader supports webhooks, post starred roles into a private channel for quick triage.

Step 6: A Simple Pipeline Tracker That Wins Interviews

Suggested columns

• Date found

• Role

• Company

• Location

• Link

• Cluster (DevOps/SRE/Platform/Architecture/Security/FinOps/Data)

• Match score (0–100)

• Status (To apply / Applied / Interview / Offer / On hold / Rejected)

• Deadline / due date

• Contact (name, LinkedIn/email)

• Notes (keywords, services, metrics)

• Next action (what & when)

Follow-up rhythm

• T+3 days: polite nudge if no acknowledgement.

• T+10 days: request an update; include a short proof point (e.g., brief note on a cost saving or reliability win—no confidential data).

• Post-interview: thank-you within 24 hours; reference one spec requirement & a 30-day quick win.

Shareable Prompt Library (Cloud-Specific)

1) Role Decoder

Explain this cloud role in plain English: the first 90-day deliverables, 3 hardest problems & the exact skills they truly need (services, IaC, metrics). Then list the top 12 CV keywords they will search for. [paste spec]

2) Company Fit Snapshot

From the spec & site notes, infer environment (AWS/Azure/GCP), maturity (startup/scaleup/enterprise), priorities (cost, reliability, security), & migration posture. Output a 6-bullet “Why me, why now” pitch.
[spec + brief company notes]

3) CV Bullet Rewriter (Impact-led)

Rewrite these bullets with action+tool+metric, mirroring the spec vocabulary (services, IaC, CI/CD, SLOs, controls). One line each, UK spelling.
[bullets + spec]

4) Outreach Message (120 words)

Draft a concise message for the hiring contact that references one stack detail from the spec (e.g., EKS+Terraform) & proposes a 30-day quick win. Mirror 3 spec keywords. Confident tone, no fluff.
[spec + company notes]

5) Interview Pack Generator

Produce 8 technical questions + short model answers tailored to this spec (DevOps/SRE/Platform/Architecture/Security/FinOps/Data), plus 5 behavioural questions with STAR hints using my background.
[spec + background]

6) Offer & Salary Prep (UK)

Given the role, my years of experience & market norms, suggest a negotiation range in GBP, non-salary levers (training budget, on-call, certifications, equity), & 3 crisp value statements I can use.
[spec + experience]

Keyword & Query Bank (Use Across Alerts, Feeds & Boards)

Titles
Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Platform Engineer, Cloud Architect, Solutions Architect, Cloud Security Engineer, Security Architect, FinOps Analyst/Engineer, Data Engineer (Cloud), ML Platform Engineer, Cloud Network Engineer, Cloud Consultant, Graduate Cloud Engineer.

Cloud Services
AWS (EC2, ECS/EKS, Lambda, S3, RDS/Aurora, DynamoDB, API Gateway, CloudFront, VPC, Transit Gateway, CloudWatch),
Azure (AKS, Functions, Storage, SQL/Cosmos DB, API Management, Front Door, VNets, ExpressRoute, Monitor, Key Vault),
GCP (GKE, Cloud Run, GCE, GCS, BigQuery, Cloud SQL/Spanner, Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Cloud Armor, Cloud Logging/Monitoring).

IaC & Platform
Terraform, CloudFormation, Bicep, Pulumi, Helm, Kustomize, Argo CD, Flux, Packer, Terragrunt, Checkov, Terratest, OPA/Gatekeeper.

Containers & CI/CD
Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, CircleCI, Argo Workflows, Tekton.

Observability
Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Tempo, OpenTelemetry, CloudWatch/CloudTrail, Azure Monitor, GCP Cloud Monitoring, Sentry.

Security
IAM, KMS/Key Vault/Cloud KMS, Secrets Manager/Vault, Security Hub/Defender/SCC, CIS Benchmarks, ISO 27001, SOC 2, SIEM (Sentinel/Splunk), WAF, zero trust.

Networking & Edge
VPC/VNet, subnetting, route tables, NACLs/NSGs, peering, PrivateLink/PSC, load balancers, CDN, DNS (Route 53/Cloud DNS/Azure DNS).

Data & MLOps
BigQuery/Snowflake/Redshift/Databricks, Airflow/Prefect/Dagster, Kafka/Pub/Sub/Kinesis/Event Hubs, feature store, model registry, MLflow.

FinOps
Tagging/chargeback, rightsizing, RI/SP/CUD, Spot/Preemptible, budgets/alerts, showback, dashboards, unit cost.

Modifiers
Remote UK, Hybrid, On-site, Permanent, Contract, Graduate, Internship, Visa sponsorship, Security clearance.

Sample Daily Workflow (7–12 Minutes)

1. Open your alert folder/RSS. Skim titles; bin obvious mismatches.

2. Paste 10–30 items into ChatGPT with your Cloud Job Scout prompt.

3. Review the shortlist. Open the top 3–5 high-score roles.

4. Run the deep-dive prompt on your favourite; generate tailored CV bullets & a 120-word cover note.

5. Update your tracker & set deadlines.

6. Apply in one sitting—mirror 6–10 keywords naturally (services, IaC, metrics).

7. Schedule follow-ups right away.

Consistency beats weekend blitzes.

Troubleshooting & Tuning

“Still getting noise.”
Tighten your Boolean with stack terms (EKS, Terraform, GitHub Actions) & exclude agency spam via -site: or -"recruitment agency".

“All senior roles.”
Include (Junior OR Mid OR "2-4 years") & exclude (Senior OR Principal OR Lead).

“Remote isn’t really UK-based.”
Use ("Remote UK" OR "UK-based remote" OR "right to work in the UK") & exclude "anywhere" if needed.

“I want regulated/secure environments.”
Force ISO 27001, SOC 2, CIS, NCSC, security clearance, or sector tags (Public Sector, Defence, FS).

“I want cost-first roles.”
Bias searches toward FinOps, unit cost, RI, SP, CUD, rightsizing, chargeback.

Lightweight Tracker Template (Copy Text)

Date Found | Role | Company | Location | Link | Cluster | Match (0–100) | Status | Deadline | Contact | Notes | Next Action

Status: To apply / Applied / Interview / Offer / On hold / Rejected

Daily command for ChatGPT:
“From my tracker (below), propose today’s top 5 applications, fill missing ‘Next Action’, & draft follow-ups where Status=Applied & T+3 days.”

Copy-Paste Pack (Everything in One Place)

1) Google Alerts seeds

("DevOps Engineer" OR "SRE") (Kubernetes OR Terraform OR "GitHub Actions" OR "GitLab CI" OR Jenkins) (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Platform Engineer") (Kubernetes OR Helm OR "Argo CD" OR Flux OR "service mesh") (UK OR London OR "Remote UK")
("Solutions Architect" OR "Cloud Architect") (Well-Architected OR "landing zone" OR "cloud migration") (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK)
("Cloud Security Engineer" OR DevSecOps) (IAM OR KMS OR "Secrets Manager" OR "CSPM" OR "SIEM" OR "ISO 27001") (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")
(FinOps OR "Cloud Cost" OR "Cloud Economics") (tagging OR chargeback OR "Savings Plans" OR "Reserved Instances" OR "Committed Use" OR Spot) (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Data Engineer" OR "MLOps" OR "ML Platform") (Databricks OR Snowflake OR BigQuery OR Redshift OR Airflow OR Kafka) (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")
("Graduate" OR "Junior" OR "Internship") (cloud OR DevOps OR SRE OR platform) (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK)

2) ATS-focused Google search

("Cloud Engineer" OR DevOps OR SRE OR "Cloud Architect" OR "Cloud Security")
(site:boards.greenhouse.io OR site:lever.co OR site:workable.com OR site:ashbyhq.com OR site:smartrecruiters.com OR site:icims.com OR site:successfactors.com)
(UK OR "Remote UK")

3) Cloud Job Scout (short version)

You are my UK Cloud Job Scout. From pasted listings, remove duplicates, rank by fit to my criteria, and output:
• Summary (counts + scoring)
• Top 10 roles (Title — Company — Location — Link — Score — 1-line why)
• Per-role actions (3 CV bullets, 6–10 keywords, 3-sentence outreach)
Criteria: [paste your clusters & must-haves]

4) Deep-dive tailoring

Analyse this spec. Return: 3 tailored CV bullets (action+tool+impact), 10 keywords, a 120-word cover note referencing their stack & a 30-day quick win, & 6 interview Qs with model answers.
Spec: [paste]  |  Background: [paste]

5) Follow-up message

Please draft a concise follow-up for my application submitted on [date], referencing [one service/IaC/metric] from the spec & reaffirming my fit in 2 sentences.

Final Thoughts

Your time is best spent demonstrating value—not chasing postings. Put discovery on autopilot with alerts & RSS, let ChatGPT act as your Job Scout, & channel your energy into one high-quality application each day. Keep the pipeline tight, mirror the stack & metrics the spec cares about, & measure your own process like an SRE: short feedback loops, small daily improvements, steady throughput.

If you want a fast start, create this alert now:

("DevOps Engineer" OR "SRE") (Kubernetes OR Terraform OR "GitHub Actions") (AWS OR Azure OR GCP) (UK OR "Remote UK")

Paste the first batch into ChatGPT with your Cloud Job Scout prompt—& enjoy your first hour back this week.