Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead — AWS & Azure

Centrica plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car Allowance

Energy Allowance 15%

Pension Plan

Healthcare

25 days holiday

Flexible benefits

Job summary

Centrica plc in Greater London is seeking a Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead to shape and strengthen delivery of cloud and DevOps across AWS and Azure. This hands-on leadership role focuses on secure, scalable infrastructure and advanced CI/CD pipelines, with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure security, cost efficiency, and alignment with business goals in a fast-paced energy context.

Qualifications

• Significant cloud architecture and DevOps experience.
• Proven leadership in DevOps or cloud infrastructure roles.
• Deep expertise across AWS and Azure with relevant certifications (AWS/Azure Solutions Architect).
• Hands-on IaC with Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable, secure multi-cloud solutions (AWS and Azure).
• Implement advanced CI/CD pipelines across tools (Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitHub Actions).
• Create and manage IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM and Ansible.
• Establish monitoring using CloudWatch and Azure Monitor; define incident response and support for critical infra.
• Develop and enforce security practices (IAM, encryption) and cost-optimisation measures.
• Lead DevOps practices across teams and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with developers, QA and operations to align with business goals.

Skills

Cloud architecture

DevOps leadership

AWS

Azure

Terraform

CloudFormation

Ansible

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

CI/CD tooling

Monitoring

Tools

Terraform

CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

CodePipeline

CodeBuild

Job description

Centrica plc in Greater London is seeking a Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead to shape and strengthen delivery of cloud and DevOps across AWS and Azure. This hands-on leadership role focuses on secure, scalable infrastructure and advanced CI/CD pipelines, with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible.

You will mentor engineers, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and ensure security, cost efficiency, and alignment with business goals in a fast-paced energy context.