Head of Cloud Platforms

Head of Cloud Platforms

£85,000 - £95,000

We're partnering with a forward-thinking organisation to appoint a Head of Cloud Platforms, a senior leadership role at the heart of their cloud and integration strategy.

You'll take ownership of the Cloud Platform and Integration teams, defining the long-term technical roadmap and overseeing the day-to-day delivery of AWS and Azure environments, DevOps tooling, CI/CD pipelines, and systems integration. Working closely with software development, infrastructure, cyber security, and business stakeholders, you'll align platform engineering with the wider digital strategy and act as a technical leader and mentor to your team.

What you'll be doing

• Leading and developing the Cloud Platform and Integration teams, driving collaboration and delivery
• Defining and implementing cloud architecture, automation strategies, and CI/CD pipelines across AWS, Azure, and M365
• Driving adoption of infrastructure-as-code (IaC) and automated deployment practices
• Overseeing systems integration across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• Leading incident response, disaster recovery planning, and BCP/DR testing
• Establishing KPIs and SLAs for platform availability, security, and uptime
• Leading security audits, risk assessments, and vulnerability management alongside the Cyber Security team
• Mentoring senior technical leads and supporting their professional growth
• Translating business requirements into scalable, secure technical solutions
• Evaluating emerging tools and technologies to drive efficiency and scalability

What we're looking for

• Deep hands-on knowledge of AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS) and Microsoft Azure
• Proven experience managing and delivering in multi-cloud environments
• Strong CI/CD and GitOps experience (Jenkins, Bitbucket, Terraform)
• Experience deploying and maintaining Linux systems (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Amazon Linux)
• Solid understanding of containerisation, Docker and Kubernetes
• Familiarity with middleware technologies including AWS SQS/SNS and API Gateway
• Scripting ability in Bash and/or Python
• A track record of leading technical teams and delivering clear direction
• Strong communication skills, comfortable engaging technical and non-technical audiences

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