Lead Cloud Engineer

Salary: £90,000 - 90,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant prior experience in a cloud engineering leadership role, with a strong foundation in successfully building and deploying services in the cloud
• Deep knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure and GCP
• Hands-on experience delivering software using multiple programming languages, and a thorough understanding of modern software engineering best practices
• Deep experience with containerisation and orchestration tools such as Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience architecting cloud infrastructure and taking it through to deployment and support
• Experience working within multidisciplinary teams with product, design, and technical disciplines successfully collaborating
• Understanding of DevOps, SRE and Platform Engineering, and their places within a modern digital organisation
• Eligibility for SC clearance
• 5 years continuous UK residency and 5 years employment history, or back to full-time education
• Relevant cloud certifications are desirable, including AWS Cloud Practitioner, Developer, DevOps Engineer, Security, Advanced Networking, or Azure Developer, Security, DevOps, Network Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deliver high-quality cloud-based technical solutions for our clients
• Act in a leadership capacity in cross-functional teams, particularly where cloud engineering functionality forms an integral part of the teams output
• Act as a final decision maker on difficult technical issues, working in consultation with team members and the client
• Collaborate within cross-functional teams to design cloud architectures that meet client requirements around scalability, performance, and security
• Deploy and manage cloud resources, containers, and related services using Infrastructure as Code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Configure and maintain networking, security, and access control in the cloud environment
• Implement and maintain robust security practices to protect data and resources in the cloud environment
• Develop and maintain automated processes for provisioning, monitoring, and scaling cloud resources, including CI/CD pipelines to streamline application deployments
• Monitor cloud infrastructure for performance bottlenecks and proactively optimise resource usage
• Implement load balancing, caching, and content delivery solutions to ensure high availability and performance
• Design and maintain backup and disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity in the event of system failures or data loss
• Provide high tier support for client applications and infrastructure, including occasional on-call cover
• Ensure necessary compliance standards are met and certifications are maintained
• Act as a trusted specialist within Made Tech, consulting with clients and helping enhance the companys profile and reputation
• Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, and share knowledge with the team
• Collaborate with other teams within Made Tech to ensure alignment with cloud best practices
• Line manage and mentor more junior colleagues to support their development, career goals, and performance
• Act as a key member of our Cloud Practice, working as a thought leader and driving growth of our internal community

Technologies:

• AWS
• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Docker
• GCP
• Support
• Kubernetes
• Load Balancing
• Network
• Security
• Terraform
• Bash
• JavaScript
• Kanban
• Python
• Slack
• TDD
• XP

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We are Made Tech, and our aim is to use human-centred technology to improve our society. We believe that putting people at the heart of designing, building, and delivering public services leads to better outcomes for everyone. Our Cloud & Engineering Practice helps public sector organisations deliver digital services that are highly available, reliable, resilient, and secure. We are committed to building a happy, inclusive, and diverse workforce, with communities of practice, special interest groups, and a supportive culture that values mental health, neurodiversity, and reasonable adjustments. Our benefits include 30 days of paid annual leave plus bank holidays, flexible working hours, flexible parental leave, part-time remote working, a flexible benefit platform, a Smart Tech scheme, a Cycle to Work scheme, an individual benefits allowance for health care cash plan or pension, and paid counselling as well as financial and legal advice.

last updated 34 week of 2026