Senior Cloud Platform & DevOps Leader

Manchester Digital; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

None

Job summary

Manchester Digital is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead UKHSA's cloud platform engineering and DevOps capabilities. You will shape strategy, standards and roadmaps, ensuring secure, scalable digital services and cost-effective delivery across government programmes.

You will manage multidisciplinary teams, drive workforce development, and collaborate with senior executives to balance security, resilience and value for money in technology decisions.

Qualifications

• This role requires expert knowledge of cloud platform engineering and DevOps with enterprise cloud experience.
• Ability to lead technical strategy, roadmaps and governance across multiple programmes.
• Experience in secure, scalable, compliant cloud services and cost management.

Responsibilities

• Define engineering standards, roadmaps and reference architectures for cloud platforms.
• Provide governance across IaC, CI/CD, automation, observability and resilience.
• Lead Cloud Platform Engineering teams and coach senior engineers.
• Represent UKHSA in cross-government engineering communities and partnerships.

Skills

Cloud platform engineering

DevOps practices

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

CI/CD

Security by design

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Strategic planning

Education

Degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Manchester Digital is seeking a Principal DevOps Engineer to lead UKHSA's cloud platform engineering and DevOps capabilities. You will shape strategy, standards and roadmaps, ensuring secure, scalable digital services and cost-effective delivery across government programmes.

You will manage multidisciplinary teams, drive workforce development, and collaborate with senior executives to balance security, resilience and value for money in technology decisions.