Head of Cloud Platform Engineering

Head of Cloud Platform Engineering | AWS | Fully Remote I’m currently working on an exciting opportunity for a hands-on Head of Cloud Platform Engineering to take ownership of a critical AWS cloud estate supporting technology at national scale. This is a role for someone who enjoys being both the technical leader and the engineer. You’ll have the opportunity to shape cloud architecture, lead a high-calibre platform team and influence the wider engineering strategy — while still getting hands-on with the technology. The Role You’ll take ownership of: • AWS cloud architecture and platform engineering • Cloud-native infrastructure and open-source technologies • Kubernetes & Infrastructure as Code • Terraform and CI/CD • Cloud security, IAM and compliance • FinOps and cloud cost optimisation • High availability, resilience & disaster recovery • Observability, incident management & SRE practices • Technical standards and engineering guardrails • Building and developing a small platform engineering team The environment supports critical energy and smart-metering infrastructure, so reliability, security, scalability and operational excellence are fundamental to the role. What I'm Looking For I'm particularly interested in speaking with people who have: • Deep, hands-on AWS experience • Strong cloud/platform engineering experience • Excellent Terraform / IaC skills • Kubernetes experience • Strong CI/CD knowledge • Experience designing highly available, production-scale platforms • Cloud security & IAM experience • FinOps / cloud cost optimisation experience • Experience with incident management and SRE practices • Previous technical leadership or team management experience Energy/utilities experience would be highly advantageous, particularly experience within a regulated or critical-infrastructure environment. The Key Thing This isn't a role for someone who has moved completely away from engineering. I'm looking for someone who can comfortably move between: Strategic leadership → Architecture → Team leadership → Keyboard time Someone who can speak to senior stakeholders about the future of the platform in the morning and then get hands-on with AWS, Terraform or Kubernetes when required. Location: Fully Remote | UK Salary: Competitive salary, dependent on experience If you're a Head of Cloud, Head of Platform, Cloud Engineering Manager, Principal/Staff Engineer or senior AWS engineer ready to step into a Head-of-level position, I'd be keen to have a confidential conversation. Drop me a message or connect with me and I'll share the full details.