Cloud Platform Lead: AWS, Terraform & Service Reliability

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

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.