Remote AWS Operations Lead - Cloud Reliability & FinOps

InterAct Consulting; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

InterAct Consulting supports a fintech client in the UK that is seeking an Operations Engineering Lead to shape the future of technology and infrastructure. The role is fully remote with monthly meet-ups in Central London.

You will own AWS infrastructure, drive the DevOps function, reliability, security and developer experience, and lead a team of 5–7 Operations Engineers to deliver scalable, secure services.

Qualifications

• 3+ years leading engineering/infrastructure/DevOps or operations teams.
• 10+ years in cloud infrastructure with strong AWS knowledge.
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code.
• Strong monitoring, observability and incident management knowledge.
• Knowledge of Docker and cloud security best practices.
• Ability to set direction and make architectural decisions.
• Collaborative, pragmatic leadership to develop teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of 5-7 Operations Engineers, fostering ownership and collaboration.
• Define and drive the strategy for AWS, cloud infrastructure and DevOps.
• Champion reliability, security, observability and operational excellence.
• Embed You Build It, You Run It principles to empower teams across their lifecycles.
• Drive cloud cost optimisation and FinOps initiatives for efficiency and value.
• Partner with Engineering, Product and Security to deliver scalable, secure solutions.
• Provide hands-on technical direction while enabling the team to deliver results.

Skills

Leadership

AWS Expertise

DevOps Automation

Observability

Security

Cloud Cost Optimisation

Strategy & Architecture

Tools

Docker

Job description

InterAct Consulting supports a fintech client in the UK that is seeking an Operations Engineering Lead to shape the future of technology and infrastructure. The role is fully remote with monthly meet-ups in Central London.

You will own AWS infrastructure, drive the DevOps function, reliability, security and developer experience, and lead a team of 5–7 Operations Engineers to deliver scalable, secure services.