Cloud Infrastructure Manager AWS

Location: Hybrid - Travel to Northampton once per week. Occasional travel to Tangmere and Crawley.

Salary: Up to 80,000 +10% bonus

Hours: 37.5

We are looking for a Cloud Infrastructure Manager to lead a team of System Engineers and DBAs. Working with the Head of Infrastructure & Cloud, Service Delivery and the wider Implementations team to deliver an ongoing infrastructure services vision.

You will have hands on technical leadership, experience with various cloud providers, especially AWS, and proven ability to improve service, platform and infrastructure resiliency.

The role:

• Day to day technical leadership and line management of a team of System Engineers and DBAs.
• Ensure that best practices are used for managing the availability and the security of our cloud based services
• Ongoing cost management and optimisation of the cloud environment and services
• Work on strategic projects focused on the overall improvement of the Company s operational processes and frameworks.
• Hands-on technical work with the Cloud Operations team with direct oversight over on-going operations, problem-solving leadership, participation for complex infrastructure implementation, system upgrades and time-critical operational troubleshooting.
• Team leadership for delivery of service operations and KPI compliance.
• Close working relationship with the development teams for the implementation of new functionality, services and systems, and ensure that all changes are fully documented and that the release processes are followed.
• Work with the Head of Infrastructure & Operations and the wider Implementation, Service Delivery, Development and Support functions to deliver an on-going infrastructure services vision, to enable innovation, and seek to leverage IT trends that can create business value.

Skills / experience required:

• Experience of leading technical teams within a fast-paced environment.
• Experience within the Cloud Technologies and Platforms, including but not limited to :
• AWS Cloud
• AWS services (Identity Management, Service Principles, Security Groups, Role Management, MFA)
• Cloud Security and Connectivity (vNet, DNS, Firewalls, Express Route / Direct Connect, VPN, GTM, NSG)
• Subscription Management (Resource Groups, cost management)
• Cloud Monitoring
• DevOps (git Repository / Deployment pipeline)
• Shared Services (Kubernetes, API Management)
• CloudFlare
• High Availability (Zones and Regions, Service Recovery)
• Understanding of Security technologies and log management (SIEM)
• Excellent communicator, able to influence decision makers and work successfully in cross-functional teams
• Ability to solve complex technical, managerial, or operational problems and evaluate options based on relevant information, resources, well-rounded experience, and knowledge
• Ability to operate at advanced levels of authority and manage significant activities and resources to produce and take responsibility for results
• Good commercial awareness and business acumen