AWS Cloud Infrastructure Lead — Hands-On & Automation

Hireful Ltd; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A tech-forward company in the UK is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead to manage their AWS platform and drive automation-first practices. The role requires deep AWS knowledge, experience with Terraform and Ansible, and a proven track record leading high-impact projects. The ideal candidate will excel in shaping deployment and security processes while working closely with product squads. This position offers a competitive salary of £70k - £80k and a range of benefits including a pension and private healthcare.

Benefits

5% pension

25 days holiday

2 wellbeing days

Christmas shutdown

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Cinema tickets

Qualifications

• Deep AWS knowledge with hands-on experience.
• Expertise in infrastructure as code using Terraform and Ansible.
• Proven track record leading high-impact cloud projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and manage the AWS platform.
• Drive automation-first practices.
• Shape deployment, scaling, and security of systems.

Skills

AWS knowledge

IaC expertise with Terraform

Ansible

Cloud security

Performance tuning

CI/CD pipelines

Stakeholder communication

Tools

GitHub

WAFs

Monitoring tools

AWS Lambda

Job description

A tech-forward company in the UK is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure Team Lead to manage their AWS platform and drive automation-first practices. The role requires deep AWS knowledge, experience with Terraform and Ansible, and a proven track record leading high-impact projects. The ideal candidate will excel in shaping deployment and security processes while working closely with product squads. This position offers a competitive salary of £70k - £80k and a range of benefits including a pension and private healthcare.