AWS Cloud Team Leader

Digital Waffle; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days of holiday

Salary sacrifice schemes

24/7 Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible benefits

Bonus scheme

Regular socials and learning forums

Job summary

A leading IT recruiting firm in the UK is seeking a Cloud Operations Team Leader to manage cloud environments, ensuring performance, availability, and security. This mid-senior level role requires proven AWS experience and the ability to lead teams while driving automation and governance best practices. The position offers a supportive culture and a range of benefits, including 25 days of holiday and flexible perks.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of hands-on AWS experience required.
• Proven leadership of cross-functional teams and cloud projects.
• Knowledge of cloud security, governance, and compliance best practices.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily cloud operations including monitoring and incident response.
• Lead and plan projects using Agile methods.
• Implement cloud governance, security, and compliance policies.
• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code.
• Manage cloud costs and performance.

Skills

AWS experience

IaC and configuration management

Leadership of cross-functional teams

Monitoring and performance tuning

Cloud security and governance knowledge

CI/CD workflows experience

Excellent communication skills

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

GitHub

SQL Server

Windows Server

Active Directory

DNS

IIS/Nginx

Linux

PowerShell/Bash

AWS Lambda

ECS

Job description

Overview

Specialist IT and Infrastructure Recruiter across the UK (Contract & Permanent)

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• 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
• 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

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development and IT Services and IT Consulting