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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