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Cloud Operations Team Lead

Posted 11 days 19 hours ago by Digital Waffle

Permanent
Full Time
Other
Buckinghamshire, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, MK1 1
Job Description
Overview

Cloud Operations Team Leader - Milton Keynes (Hybrid)
Salary: £70,000 - 80,000

My client are 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
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