Head of Cloud Platforms

Head of Cloud Platforms

Salary: up to £95,000Contract: Permanent

We are working on behalf of our client to recruit a Head of Cloud Platforms. This is a senior leadership role sitting within the IT department, reporting to the Director of Infrastructure & Operations.

The Role

You will lead the Cloud Platform and Integration teams, taking ownership of the strategic direction and day-to-day management of cloud platforms (AWS & Azure), DevOps tooling, and systems integration (middleware). You will define the long-term technical roadmap, oversee CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure-as-code (IaC), and ensure platforms are secure, reliable, and cost-effective.Working closely with software development, infrastructure, cyber security, and business teams, you will align platform engineering with the wider digital strategy, drive automation, and act as a technical leader and mentor across their team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the Cloud Platform and Integration teams, ensuring effective collaboration and delivery
• Define and implement cloud architecture, automation strategies, and CI/CD pipelines across AWS, Azure, and M365
• Drive adoption of IaC and automated deployment processes
• Oversee systems integration architecture, ensuring compatibility and performance across cloud, on-premises, and hybrid environments
• Lead incident response, disaster recovery planning, and BCP/DR testing
• Monitor platform performance and establish KPIs and SLAs for availability, security, and uptime
• Lead security audits, risk assessments, and vulnerability management, working alongside Cyber Security teams
• Mentor senior technical leads and support their professional development
• Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Evaluate new tools and technologies to improve infrastructure efficiency and scalability

Skills and Experience Required:

• Deep knowledge of AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS) and Microsoft Azure
• Experience managing and delivering within multi-cloud environments
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitOps practices (e.g. Jenkins, Bitbucket, Terraform)
• Experience deploying and maintaining Linux systems (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Amazon Linux)
• Knowledge of containerisation technologies including Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience with middleware technologies, including AWS SQS/SNS and API Gateway
• Scripting skills in Bash and/or Python
• Proven experience managing technical teams and providing clear direction
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to present technical information to varied audiences

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