Overview

Specialist IT and Infrastructure Recruiter across the UK (Contract & Permanent)

My client are looking for a Cloud Operations Team Leader to manage their cloud environment, ensuring performance, availability, and security. You’ll lead a team of engineers, drive automation, enforce governance best practices, and support development teams through strong CI/CD infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategy with execution.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily cloud operations—monitoring, incident response, optimisation
• Lead and plan projects using Agile methods
• Implement cloud governance, security, and compliance policies
• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, AI-first approach)
• Support development teams with CI/CD pipelines
• Manage cloud costs and performance using monitoring tools (FinOps)
• Mentor and develop cloud engineers