Remote Head of Cloud Strategy & Platform Engineering

Rsgroup; Corby; Remote; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension/retirement

Life assurance

Health plans

Job summary

RS Group is seeking a Head of Cloud to lead the Group's cloud capability across AWS, Microsoft Azure and strategic SaaS platforms. You will head the Cloud Competency Centre, Cloud Engineering and DevSecOps, ensuring secure, scalable and cost‑effective cloud services aligned to business goals.

The role drives cloud adoption and modernisation across estate landscapes, partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security and FinOps to optimise run costs and performance.

Qualifications

• Proven senior leadership in Cloud Eng/Platform Eng or DevSecOps.
• Experience leading global teams and talent development.
• Strong knowledge of AWS and Microsoft Azure and cloud governance.
• Experience with automation, CI/CD and infrastructure as code.
• Ability to manage budgets and cloud cost optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the Group cloud strategy, operating model and roadmaps across AWS, Azure, and SaaS platforms.
• Lead the Cloud Competency Centre, Cloud Engineering and DevSecOps capabilities, setting standards and service ownership.
• Ensure cloud platforms and services are secure, resilient, scalable, automated and cost-effective.
• Drive infrastructure as code, policy as code, CI/CD and secure pipelines.
• Lead migration and modernisation of operating company environments into approved cloud.
• Maintain cloud operations, resilience, backup, DR, and continual service improvement.
• Partner with FinOps to manage budgets, consumption and forecasting.
• Own strategic relationships with cloud providers and partners, ensuring value and knowledge transfer.
• Manage risks across operations, security, supplier and financial domains.
• Build a high-performing global team through direction, coaching and development.

Skills

Cloud Leadership

Cloud Strategy

Global Team Leadership

AWS & Azure

DevSecOps

Budget Management

Stakeholder Influence

Security Collaboration

Job description

RS Group is seeking a Head of Cloud to lead the Group's cloud capability across AWS, Microsoft Azure and strategic SaaS platforms. You will head the Cloud Competency Centre, Cloud Engineering and DevSecOps, ensuring secure, scalable and cost‑effective cloud services aligned to business goals.

The role drives cloud adoption and modernisation across estate landscapes, partnering with Enterprise Architecture, Cyber Security and FinOps to optimise run costs and performance.