Cloud Operations Team Lead

Cloud Operations Team Leader - Milton Keynes (Hybrid)

Salary: £70,000 - 80,000

My client is looking for a Cloud Operations Team Leader to manage their cloud environment, ensuring performance, availability, and security. You'll lead a team of engineers, drive automation, enforce governance best practices, and support development teams through strong CI/CD infrastructure.

This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategy with execution.

What you'll do:

• Oversee daily cloud operations-monitoring, incident response, optimisation

• Lead and plan projects using Agile methods

• Implement cloud governance, security, and compliance policies

• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, AI-first approach)

• Support development teams with CI/CD pipelines

• Manage cloud costs and performance using monitoring tools (FinOps)

• Mentor and develop cloud engineers

What you'll bring:

• 3+ years' hands-on AWS experience

• Strong IaC and configuration management skills (Terraform, Ansible, GitHub)

• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams and cloud projects

• Expertise in monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning

• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance best practices

• Experience with CI/CD workflows

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have:

• SQL Server, Windows Server, Active Directory, DNS, IIS/Nginx, Linux, IDS/IPS, PowerShell/Bash, RDS, serverless tech (AWS Lambda, ECS), and applied AI for IaC.

What's on offer:

• 25 days holiday (plus bank holidays), rising with service

• Wellbeing days, enhanced pension, volunteering opportunities

• Salary sacrifice schemes (EVs, cycle-to-work)

• 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme and annual health check

• Flexible benefits, retail discounts, and bonus scheme

• Regular socials, learning forums, and conferences (UK & abroad)

• A supportive, people-first culture with a welcoming office and great perks