Head of Infrastructure & Cloud
Location: Hybrid | Permanent
ClearCourse is seeking an experienced Head of Infrastructure & Cloud to lead our hosting strategy and cloud platform capability across our growing portfolio of software businesses.
Reporting to the Director of Platform Operations, this is a senior leadership role responsible for shaping and managing a secure, scalable, and cost-effective infrastructure estate across cloud and hosted environments. You'll lead a team of Cloud and Infrastructure Engineers, driving platform reliability, governance, and operational excellence while working closely with Security, SRE, Platform Engineering, and Finance teams.
This is an exciting opportunity for a technically credible leader who enjoys balancing strategic direction with hands‑on operational oversight in a complex, multi‑environment technology landscape.
What you’ll do
* Define and deliver ClearCourse's hosting and cloud infrastructure strategy
* Lead and develop a team of Cloud and Infrastructure Engineers
* Oversee the design, provisioning, and management of cloud and hosted environments
* Drive Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) standards and cloud architecture best practices across the Group
* Ensure infrastructure environments are secure, resilient, and highly available
* Partner with Security teams to maintain robust access controls, logging, and compliance standards
* Support disaster recovery, backup, and business continuity planning
* Collaborate with Platform Engineering to support CI/CD infrastructure requirements
* Manage cloud spend, optimisation initiatives, and FinOps activities alongside Finance teams
* Ensure effective monitoring and operational governance across the infrastructure estate
* Experience within a PE-backed, acquisitive, or multi-product technology organisation
* Knowledge of CI/CD infrastructure requirements and platform engineering practices
* Experience supporting disaster recovery and business continuity programmes
* Exposure to M&A activity, including integration of acquired infrastructure environments
* Competitive salary + benefits
* 25 days holiday + your birthday off
* Private medical insurance (Bupa) & health cash plan
* Life assurance & income protection
* Enhanced parental leave & family wellbeing support
* Perkbox discounts & perks
* Generous pension contributions
* Hybrid working model
This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of infrastructure and cloud operations within a fast-growing technology group. If you're passionate about building resilient, scalable platforms and leading teams through growth and transformation, we'd love to hear from you.
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