Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Howdens Joinery Co.; Northampton; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading kitchen supplier in Northampton is seeking a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer to lead a cloud engineering team. In this role, you will manage cloud platforms, ensuring efficiency through automation and support escalation. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with AWS/Azure, team leadership, and excellent communication skills. This position offers a competitive salary, company perks, and the opportunity to work in an inclusive environment.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual company bonus

Company car or allowance

Private medical insurance

Excellent pension scheme

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Staff Discount

Employee Assistance Programme

Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

Qualifications

• Experience leading a technical team.
• Experience with Cloud Technologies and Platforms.
• Excellent communicator.

Responsibilities

• Lead the cloud engineering team for platform accountability.
• Manage platform life cycle and support escalation.
• Improve cloud landscape efficiency through automation.

Skills

Team leadership

Cloud Technologies (Azure, AWS)

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Cloud Security

Cross-functional communication

Problem-solving skills

Tools

Azure

AWS

Terraform

Powershell

Job description

Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Exciting opportunity in the Cloud team to join us as the new leader of the cloud engineering team. Working closely with and supporting the architectural and commercial functions, as well as the wider IT Infrastructure teams by managing and optimisation of the cloud landscape.

This is a permanent opportunity working onsite in Northampton 2 days per week.

What you will be doing:

• Leading a team of cloud engineers who are accountable for Cloud Platforms, their foundational capabilities, and the framework to support the deployment of services
• Manage the life cycle of the platform, onboarding and transitioning to support while continuing to provide escalation for incident & problem.
• Improving the cloud landscape consistency and efficiency through automation.
• Ensuring documentation is up to date and enforcing the governance of Howdens Standards and Patterns, while promoting adoption of them through training of Support and Development teams.

What we need from you:

• Experience leading a technical team.
• Experience within the Cloud Technologies and Platforms, including but not limited to: Azure / AWS Cloud, Azure Landing Zone, Azure Active Directory (Identity Management, Service Principles, Security Groups, Role Management, MFA), Key Vault, Cloud Security and Connectivity (vNet, DNS, Firewalls, Express Route / Direct Connect, VPN, GTM, NSG), Subscription Management (Resource Groups, cost management), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Ansible), Cloud Monitoring, DevOps (git Repository/ Deployment pipeline), Shared Services (Kubernetes, API Management), CDN (Akamai), High Availability (Zones and Regions, Service Recovery), Understanding of Security technologies and log management (SIEM), Understand and be able to code in at least one scripting language such as (Powershell, Javascript)
• Excellent communicator, able to influence decision makers and work successfully in cross-functional teams
• Ability to solve complex technical, managerial, or operational problems and evaluate options based on relevant information, resources, well-rounded experience, and knowledge
• Ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and manage significant activities and resources to produce and take responsibility for results
• Good commercial awareness and business acumen

What we can offer you:

• Competitive salary and annual company bonus
• Company car or car allowance
• Private medical insurance
• Excellent pension scheme (company contribution of up to 12%)
• 25 days holiday + bank holidays with the option to buy additional days
• Staff Discount
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional Reward and Recognition events

About Howdens:

Howdens Joinery is the UK's number one trade kitchen supplier providing thousands of products across kitchens, joinery, and hardware. We have over 900 depots throughout the UK and Europe - making us the first choice for more than 460,000 loyal trade professionals. Last year our sales reached circa 2.3bn, and we have an ambitious growth agenda.

Howdens is founded on the principle of being Worthwhile for ALL concerned. We're working hard to ensure we provide an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome. We will do everything we can to support you during your application. If you need us to make any adjustments to our recruitment process, please email [e-mail] with the job title and location, and we will be happy to help you.