Security-Cleared Private Cloud Operations Lead

WeAreTechWomen; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Google Public Sector’s UK Sovereign Operations team delivers, operates, and secures private cloud services with high security requirements. You will lead a multidisciplinary group of infrastructure, systems, and network engineers to ensure operational readiness and stability while driving automation and hardening standards.

The role includes participating in a manager on-call schedule. As a Technical Operations Manager, you will balance day-to-day operations with strategic planning,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience with Linux and operating systems architecture, compute infrastructure, and enterprise cloud environments.
• 5 years of experience leading technical engineering teams in a live production or operational environment.
• Experience designing, deploying, and managing enterprise infrastructure solutions.
• Active, or the ability to obtain, a Developed Vetting (DV) UK security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor teams of infrastructure and systems development engineers to design and execute robust enterprise architectures.
• Manage the deployment, end-to-end configuration, and continuous maintenance of air-gapped cloud computing solutions.
• Act as a senior technical point of contact during critical operational incidents, troubleshooting complex issues across Linux/operating systems environments, hypervisors, and networking stacks.
• Coordinate directly with internal product, development, and external vendor engineering teams to escalation core software or hardware issues and advocate for the needs of the operator. Act as a point of contact for customers to ensure smooth onboarding and integration of technical and non-technical requirements.
• Drive modern, automated approaches to platform operations, systems provisioning, and infrastructure monitoring to maximize availability and reduce operational toil.

Skills

Linux

Compute infrastructure

Enterprise cloud environments

Leadership

Infrastructure design

DV Clearance

High-security projects

Data center operations

Kubernetes

Linux/Unix

Networking (LAN/WAN)

Automation

Security clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

Google Public Sector’s UK Sovereign Operations team delivers, operates, and secures private cloud services with high security requirements. You will lead a multidisciplinary group of infrastructure, systems, and network engineers to ensure operational readiness and stability while driving automation and hardening standards.

The role includes participating in a manager on-call schedule. As a Technical Operations Manager, you will balance day-to-day operations with strategic planning,