Cloud Operations Team Lead

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