Cloud Service Team Lead

Aviva Direct Ireland Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - GBP 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services company seeks a Cloud Service Team Lead to join their Cloud Platform Engineering team. This role involves leading and guiding a team of Cloud Engineers, ensuring the smooth operation of key cloud services and driving improvement. Candidates should have proven leadership experience and strong knowledge of AWS, along with excellent communication skills. This position offers competitive pay based on location and experience, along with various benefits including a pension scheme and generous holiday allowance.

Benefits

Generous pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution

29 days holiday plus bank holidays

Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit

Up to 40% discount on Aviva products

Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares annually

Flexible benefits options

Wellbeing support and tools

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading technical teams, ideally in a cloud or platform engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud platform, with hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead a group of talented Cloud Engineers.
• Own key cloud services for large-scale financial platforms.
• Drive change to improve cloud service performance.

Skills

Experience leading technical teams

Knowledge of AWS cloud platform

Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)

Stakeholder management

Ability to manage multiple streams of work

Passion for developing people

Job description

Overview

Cloud Service Team Lead

Salary: National £70K; London £85K (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).

Location: Norwich, London, Eastleigh, Bristol or York.

Are you someone who loves leading people and shaping the future of cloud technology?

This is a great job for someone who enjoys taking ownership, guiding engineers, and making cloud services stronger, safer and better every day.

The role

We’re looking for a Cloud Service Team Lead to join our growing Cloud Platform Engineering team. You’ll lead a group of talented Cloud Engineers and own key cloud services that keep our large-scale financial platforms running smoothly. Your work will have real impact — supporting millions of customers, improving how our cloud services perform, and driving change that helps Aviva grow securely and efficiently. You’ll balance people leadership with hands-on technical direction, helping your team deliver great solutions while ensuring our services are reliable, secure and always improving. You’ll work closely with engineering leaders, architects and stakeholders to shape service roadmaps and contribute to our cloud strategy.

Skills and experience

• Proven experience leading technical teams, ideally in a cloud or platform engineering environment.
• Strong knowledge of AWS cloud platform, with hands-on experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform preferred).
• Ability to manage and prioritise multiple streams of work, balancing delivery and operational responsibilities.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across teams and a passion for developing people and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• A track record of owning and improving services, ensuring they deliver value and meet compliance requirements.

What you’ll get for this role

• Salary: National £70K; London £85K (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity – 10% of annual salary (actual amount depends on performance and Aviva’s).
• Generous pension scheme – Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
• Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Parental and carer’s leave policies.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work, and volunteering days.
• Wellbeing support and tools.
• We also provide guidance on total rewards with our rewards calculator.

Aviva is for everyone

• We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we encourage applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Flexible working options, including part-time and job shares, are considered.
• We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending at least 50% of their time in offices each week.
• To learn more about working at Aviva, visit our site.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please contact Kirthi Kanikireddy at [phone] or [e-mail]