Overview
Cloud Operations Team Leader – to manage the cloud environment, ensuring performance, availability, and security. You’ll lead a team of engineers, drive automation, enforce governance best practices, and support development teams through strong CI/CD infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategy with execution.
What you’ll do
* Oversee daily cloud operations—monitoring, incident response, optimisation
* Lead and plan projects using Agile methods
* Implement cloud governance, security, and compliance policies
* Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, AI-first approach)
* Support development teams with CI/CD pipelines
* Manage cloud costs and performance using monitoring tools (FinOps)
* Mentor and develop cloud engineers
What you’ll bring
* 3+ years’ hands-on AWS experience
* Strong IaC and configuration management skills (Terraform, Ansible, GitHub)
* Proven leadership of cross-functional teams and cloud projects
* Expertise in monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning
* Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance best practices
* Experience with CI/CD workflows
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Nice to have
SQL Server, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, IIS/Nginx, Linux, IDS/IPS, PowerShell/Bash, RDS, serverless tech (AWS Lambda, ECS), and applied AI for IaC.
What’s on offer
* 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), rising with service
* Salary sacrifice schemes (EVs, cycle-to-work)
* 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and annual health check
* Flexible benefits, retail discounts, and bonus scheme
* Regular socials, learning forums, and conferences (UK & abroad)
* A supportive, people-first culture with a welcoming office and great perks
Seniority level
* Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Full-time
Job function
* Information Technology
Industries
* Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting
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