Cloud Operations Team Leader

Cloud Operations Team Leader | Milton Keynes (Hybrid) | £75,000-£85,000 | (AWS/Terraform/CI/CD) | Strong benefits package

Location: Milton Keynes, hybrid (UK)Salary: £75,000 - £85,000 Company: Leading Technology Provider

The Role

We're looking for a Cloud Operations Team Leader to manage and optimise our cloud infrastructure and lead a skilled engineering team. This is a hands-on leadership role balancing strategic planning with technical execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of Cloud Engineers
• Oversee day-to-day cloud operations: monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting, and optimisation.
• Implement and improve Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform, Ansible, and GitHub Actions.
• Support development teams through CI/CD pipelines.
• Explore AI-driven approaches to infrastructure automation.
• Drive cloud security, governance, compliance, and cost optimisation (FinOps).
• Plan and deliver projects using Agile methodologies.

Required Skills & Experience

• 3+ years hands-on experience with AWS.
• Hands on leadership experience, ideally within SaaS environments (this is a huge bonus!)
• Strong experience with Terraform, Ansible, and Infrastructure-as-Code and CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps)
• Solid understanding of cloud security, governance, and compliance.
• Knowledge of cloud cost management and performance monitoring.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Nice-to-have: SQL Server | Windows Server | Active Directory | DNS | IIS / Nginx | Linux | PowerShell / Bash | IDS/IPS | Serverless (AWS Lambda, ECS) | AI applied to Infrastructure-as-Code

Why Join Us

• 25 days holiday + bank holidays, with extra for long service
• Two paid wellbeing days per year with a personal budget
• Enhanced pension contributions
• Two paid volunteering days annually
• Salary sacrifice schemes (EVs, cycle-to-work)
• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and private health checks
• Flexible benefits platform (life assurance, learning, discounts, etc.)
• Performance-related bonus scheme
• Regular team and company events
• Modern office with free breakfast, snacks, and refreshments

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