- Senior
- Office in Milton Keynes
As the Cloud Operations Team Leader, you will be responsible for the day-to-day management of our cloud environment, ensuring performance, availability, and security. You’ll lead a team of engineers, drive automation and governance best practices, and support the development teams through robust CI/CD infrastructure. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances strategic vision with technical execution.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee day-to-day cloud operations, including monitoring, incident response, troubleshooting and optimisation
- Lead & manage both short & long term project planning (Agile, Sprints, Iteration Planning)
- Develop and implement cloud governance, security and compliance policies & procedures
- 3+ years of experience in at least one cloud platform (AWS)
- Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code improvements using Terraform and Ansible and an AI first approach.
- Collaborate with development teams to support CI/CD pipelines.
- Knowledge of cloud cost optimisation strategies and monitoring tools (FinOps)
- Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
- Provide mentorship and professional development opportunities for cloud engineers
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- 3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS.
- Strong knowledge of IaC and configuration management tools
- Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and managing cloud infrastructure projects.
- Proficiency in cloud monitoring, alerting, and performance tuning.
- Solid understanding of cloud security, governance, and compliance best practices.
- Experience with CI/CD tools and supporting development workflows.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong knowledge of Terraform, Ansible, GitHub & Web Application Firewalls.
Nice to have experience:
- SQL Server
- Windows Server
- Active Directory
- DNS
- Remote Desktop Services
- IIS / Nginx
- Linux Server
- IDS/IPS
- PowerShell & Bash
- Serverless technologies (AWS Lambda, Elastic Containers)
- Agentic and Generative AI especially applied to Infrastructure as Code (IAC)
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Benefits
As part of the Kinetic team, you will benefit from:
· Working for an organisation where people and culture genuinely matter.
· Excellent training and support with the opportunity for further professional development.
· Performance-related bonus scheme.
· 25 days annual holiday allowance plus bank holidays off.
· 2 wellbeing days a year to rest and recharge.
· Christmas shut-down period for a well-deserved break.
· Christmas shut-down period for a well-deserved break.
· Company contribution to pension.
· A flexible benefits package, which is customisable by you. You can choose from private health care, life assurance, personal development, cinema tickets, wide range of discounts at retailers and so much more!
Kinetic provides excellent working environments at its offices, including kitchens with free breakfast, tea, coffee, and refreshments. Our social committee organises activities and events throughout the year, and you’ll have the opportunity to do charitable work within the local community.
Kinetic is an equal opportunity employer, fostering diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Kinetic provides excellent working environments at its offices, including kitchens with free breakfast, tea, coffee, and refreshments. Our social committee organises activities and events throughout the year, and you’ll have the opportunity to do charitable work within the local community.
Kinetic is an equal opportunity employer, fostering diversity and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
