Lead Cloud Engineer

We are partnering with a forward-thinking organisation looking for a highly skilled Lead Cloud Engineer to manage and enhance their cloud infrastructure. The successful candidate will work closely with cloud architects and engineering teams to design, maintain, and innovate within scalable cloud environments. This is a leadership position where you’ll mentor a growing team while driving operational excellence and ensuring cloud solutions are efficient, secure, and cost-effective.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Cloud Infrastructure Management:
   • Take ownership of cloud environments, optimising and maintaining systems to ensure high performance, scalability, and reliability, focusing on AWS services such as EC2 and Lambda.
   • Collaborate with architecture teams to implement cloud-based solutions aligned with business objectives.
   • Ensure that cloud resources are optimized for cost, performance, and security.
2. Automation and Scripting:
   • Develop and maintain automation scripts for various environments, ensuring smooth and efficient deployment processes.
   • Use Python and other scripting languages to automate workflows, integrate APIs, and manage infrastructure as code (IaC).
3. Leadership & Team Development:
   • Lead and mentor a team of cloud engineers, delegating tasks and ensuring project milestones are achieved on time.
   • Oversee recruitment and onboarding of new team members, fostering a collaborative and high-performing team culture.
   • Provide ongoing support and guidance to both junior engineers and contractors.
4. Cloud Optimisation and Innovation:
   • Keep up with the latest advancements in cloud technologies, continuously suggesting improvements to existing systems.
   • Identify and drive opportunities for optimizing cloud infrastructure, performance, and cost management.
5. Change & Operations Management:
   • Manage change management processes in live environments, ensuring minimal disruption to service.
   • Automate routine tasks such as deployments, scaling, and monitoring to improve operational efficiency.

Qualifications and Skills:

Required:

• At least 3 years of hands-on experience in AWS environments specifically with EC2 and Lambda.
• Strong expertise in infrastructure as code (IaC) and automation using tools such as Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Proven ability to lead and manage teams, including task delegation and workload management.
• Proficient in scripting (e.g., Python, Bash, PowerShell) for automation and cloud management.
• Experience with change management, ensuring minimal disruption during cloud updates and production releases.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, with a collaborative approach to problem-solving.

Preferred:

• Relevant cloud certifications (e.g., AWS Certified Solutions Architect, Google Cloud Professional, etc.).
• Familiarity with cloud monitoring tools (e.g., CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus).
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) and microservices architectures.
• Familiarity with cost optimization strategies for cloud infrastructure.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, agile development environment.