Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Circle Recruitment; Leeds; Híbrido; GBP 64.000 - 86.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

34 days holiday + bank holidays

Flexible working

Pension 8%/12%

Descripción de la vacante

Circle Recruitment seeks a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer in Leeds, offering hybrid working with 2 days in the office. The role provides strategic technical leadership for cloud-native platform engineering and SaaS delivery, setting standards and operational practices.

Key requirements include strong Kubernetes and AWS expertise, 4+ years in cloud/platform roles, and experience mentoring a small team. Attractive benefits and a £75K+ package are on offer.

Formación

• Excellent Kubernetes experience.
• Very proficient with AWS.
• 4 years experience as a Cloud, DevOps or Platform Engineer.
• AWS or Kubernetes certifications are desirable.
• Previous experience mentoring a small cloud/platform team.
• Excellent stakeholder management experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead, mentor and develop the Platform Engineering team, defining the vision and roadmap for platform initiatives.
• Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team to deliver against business objectives.
• Mentor engineers in Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and GitOps, ensuring robust engineering standards.

Conocimientos

Kubernetes

AWS

Team mentoring

Cloud/DevOps

Herramientas

Docker

Helm

GitOps

Descripción del empleo

Lead Cloud Platform Engineer - Leeds - £75K - Hybrid

I am looking for a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer for a pharmaceutical company based in Leeds. You will be in the office 2 days a week. The Lead Cloud Engineer will provides strategic technical leadership for the companies cloud-native platform engineering initiatives, establishing architectural standards and operational practices that enable scalable SaaS product delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop the Platform Engineering team, defining the vision, strategy and roadmap to ensure platform initiatives align with organisational priorities and long-term objectives.
• Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team, shaping its vision, strategy and roadmap to deliver against broader business and technology objectives.
• Mentor engineers in Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and GitOps, ensuring infrastructure changes follow robust engineering standards and best practices.
• Ensure the reliability and resilience of production SaaS infrastructure, providing third-line support for complex incidents and escalations.

Key skills the Lead Cloud Platform Engineer will have:

• Excellent Kubernetes experience
• Very proficient with AWS
• 4 years experience as a Cloud, DevOps or Platform Engineer
• AWS or Kubernetes certifications are desirable
• Previous experience managing/mentoring a small cloud/platform team
• Excellent stakeholder management experience

Benefits:

• 34 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Can sell up to 5 days holidays and can carry over 6 days holidays into the next year (You can end up with 40 days holiday + Bank holidays)
• Flexible working, 37.5hrs Mon-Friday but flexibility
• Pension - 8%/12%
• Non contractual bonus every July (Last year was £2.5K)
• Free healthcare cashback and entitled to Sovereign - Not just for you but for your family as well
• Free Private medical - You and your Family
• Free onsite parking
• Company events (Summer BBQ) and Christmas meal.

Commutable from Leeds, Manchester ,Halifax, Huddersfield, York, Harrogate, Wakefield, Doncaster and Bradford