AWS Platform Delivery Lead — DevOps, Cloud & SRE

OpenTalent; Greater London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

OpenTalent is seeking an experienced Delivery Lead for our cloud platform, focusing on AWS-based services, security, scalability and well‑architected designs. You will coordinate technical planning with the product team and translate complex concepts into clear delivery decisions.

You will champion DevOps, CI/CD, observability, IaC and release automation, while managing risks, dependencies and stakeholder communication within a multi-disciplinary agile team in the UK.

Qualifications

• Delivery experience on AWS and cloud environments.
• Strong DevOps with CI/CD, observability and automation.
• Experience coordinating technical planning within an agile product team.
• Ability to translate technical information into clear delivery decisions.
• Security-conscious approach to cloud infrastructure and operations.
• Excellent communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Active SC Clearance is essential or willingness to undergo checks.

Responsibilities

• Overseeing delivery of platform capabilities and services built on AWS, ensuring secure, scalable, and well‑architected solutions.
• Coordinating technical planning and roadmap delivery within the product team.
• Ensuring cloud infrastructure, deployments, and environments are appropriately managed and maintained.
• Championing DevOps practices including CI/CD, observability, automation, infrastructure‑as‑code and shift‑left testing.
• Supporting the team to mature the build‑run‑improve cycle, including release automation, incident response, monitoring and alerting.
• Maintaining delivery plans, sprint goals and release schedules for a long‑lived product team.
• Managing risks, issues, blockers and dependencies related to the platform.
• Acting as the main delivery contact point for team stakeholders including product leads, architects, business owners and other platform consumers.
• Translating technical information into clear delivery decisions and communicating progress effectively.

Skills

AWS fundamentals

DevOps practices

CI/CD

Stakeholder communication

Agile delivery

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes/EKS

Terraform/CloudFormation

Job description

OpenTalent is seeking an experienced Delivery Lead for our cloud platform, focusing on AWS-based services, security, scalability and well‑architected designs. You will coordinate technical planning with the product team and translate complex concepts into clear delivery decisions.

You will champion DevOps, CI/CD, observability, IaC and release automation, while managing risks, dependencies and stakeholder communication within a multi-disciplinary agile team in the UK.