Head of Cloud Platforms

London
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Head of Cloud Platforms

Salary: up to £95,000

Contract: 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

James Andrews is acting as an employment agency and business in relation to this role.

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If you have not heard back from us within 72 hours, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion.

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