Cloud Operations Team Lead

Are you an experienced cloud operations engineer ready to lead critical infrastructure for a growing SaaS business?

You ll be joining a well-established software provider serving the higher education sector, trusted by institutions around the world to deliver critical platforms. As the business scales internationally, you ll take ownership of the cloud operations function - driving platform resilience, scalability, and engineering standards from the ground up.

You ll lead a skilled team of engineers, enhance AWS infrastructure, support the development teams through robust CI/CD infrastructure. With the freedom to challenge technical assumptions and drive improvements, you ll be central to the evolution of the company s operational maturity.

Role: Cloud Operations Team Leader
Location: Milton Keynes / Hybrid (1 day per month in office)
Salary: £70,000 £80,000

Ideally, you ll have:
  • 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience
  • Strong knowledge of IaC and configuration management tools (Terraform & Ansible or similar)
  • Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and managing cloud infrastructure projects
  • Experience in cloud monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning
  • Experience with CI/CD tools and supporting development workflows
  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
If you re seeking a leadership role with real ownership of cloud operations, and you want to influence a global SaaS platform s technical direction click apply to arrange a chat. Interview slots available now.

We are an equal opportunity recruitment company. This means we welcome applications from all suitably qualified people regardless of race, sex, disability, religion, sexual orientation or age.

We are particularly invested in Neurodiversity inclusion and offer reasonable adjustments in the interview process. Reasonable adjustments are changes that we can make in the interview process if your disability puts you at a disadvantage compared with others who are not disabled. If you would benefit from a reasonable adjustment in your interview process, please call or email one of our recruiters.
Company
Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited
Location
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom MK1
Hybrid/Remote Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 70,000 - 80,000 Annual
Posted
Company
Big Red Recruitment Midlands Limited
Location
Bletchley, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom MK1
Hybrid/Remote Options
Employment Type
Permanent
Salary
GBP 70,000 - 80,000 Annual
Posted