The Company

RightShip is the maritime industry's leading safety and risk intelligence platform. We exist to advance the vision of a Zero Harm maritime industry by enabling better safety decisions across the ecosystem.

By combining trusted standards, AI-native technology, rich maritime data and industry expertise, RightShip transforms complex safety and operational risk into intelligence our customers can act on with confidence.

More than 1,000 organisations worldwide rely on RightShip to strengthen safety, improve resilience, simplify compliance and raise standards across global shipping. As RightShip evolves into a scalable intelligence platform, we continue to connect the global supply chain around a shared ambition: safer people, safer vessels and a safer, more sustainable industry.

To find out more visit RightShip.com.

What we offer

We offer a place where you know you are contributing to an organization who are constantly working to ensure ships are safe as possible so that crew and cargo are protected. We are passionate about maritime efficiency, safety and sustainability practices.

We offer generous rewards. Our base salary is competitive, we support employee wellbeing and provide our employees with a Healthy Living Allowance and our annual incentive scheme is awesome. We have some great talent who are happy to share their experience and skills to help you on your way and we are committed to professional development to make sure your career keeps growing while you’re working with us.

What makes RightShip a great place to work at

RightShip is an equal opportunity employer, and we champion diversity. Our teams are composed of individuals from different geographies, cultures, religions, ethnicities, races, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, and generations. We believe that a diversity of experiences makes us stronger—as individuals, as communities and as an organization.

Don’t meet every single requirement of this role? Still apply! Research tells us that that women and underrepresented groups are less likely to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At RightShip we believe that the right hire is someone who makes an addition to our culture, rather than someone who fits in and conforms to our status quo. We want to add team members who not only value RightShip standards and workplace culture, but also bring an aspect of diversity that positively contributes to our work environment. If you are excited about this role, or about our company in general, we would love to hear from you!

Working with the Head of IT and Cybersecurity, IT service providers, and the broader business, the Cloud Engineer is responsible for ensuring a stable, secure, and compliant cloud-based IT environment for our staff across the globe. The role is pivotal in meeting our SOC 2, ISO/IEC 27001:2022, and Essential Eight obligations while enabling a modern Microsoft 365 and Azure-first workplace.

Major Responsibilities

TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Plan, document, migrate, and deliver change management and post-implementation support for IT projects across cloud and on-prem services.
Advise on secure configuration of the Microsoft 365 stack (Entra ID/Azure AD, Exchange Online, Defender, Intune, SharePoint/OneDrive, Teams).
Coordinate and manage activities of local and overseas IT Service Providers to agreed SLAs/OLAs.
Champion adoption of digital workplace practices, automation, and self-service.
Partner with the business on cloud provider technology reviews and cost-optimization (FinOps basics).

SECURITY & COMPLIANCE

Backups & Recovery: Policy-based backups for cloud and on-prem workloads; quarterly restore tests; maintain RPO/RTO targets and documented BC/DR playbooks.
Vulnerability & Patch Management: Intune/Defender-anchored cadence for OS, apps, and firmware; SLAs by severity; application allow-listing where feasible.
Hardening & Configuration: Apply CIS/Microsoft baselines for endpoints, browsers, and Office; restrict macros and legacy auth.
Identity & Access: Enforce MFA and conditional access; least-privilege, JIT/JEA admin; quarterly access reviews; automated JML controls.