Cloud Platforms Lead

Location: London, United Kingdom, with travel between sites when required; hybrid and flexible working policies are available.

Company

hirify.global is an energy company delivering customer-focused energy services in the UK.

What you will do

• Lead, coach and develop Engineering Managers and more than 15 Cloud, DevOps and AI Platform Engineers.
• Define and own the multi-year platform strategy across cloud infrastructure, developer tooling, CI/CD, AI platforms and cloud cost optimisation.
• Deliver self-service tools, automated developer portals and reusable templates to improve how engineering teams build, test and deploy products.
• Drive platform reliability, security and operational excellence, including technical debt management, incident response and cloud performance.
• Partner with Security and Architecture teams on cloud security, identity and access management, compliance and Zero Trust capabilities.
• Influence executive and Group stakeholders, manage budgets and vendor relationships, and drive collaboration and continuous improvement.

Requirements

• Significant engineering experience, including a proven track record of leading engineering leaders, developing Engineering Manager talent and building high-performing teams.
• Deep understanding of cloud platforms, multi-cloud architecture, platform engineering and developer experience, with experience across AWS, GCP or Azure.
• Experience defining long-term technology roadmaps, building scalable platform capabilities and making strategic technology investment and supplier partnership decisions.
• Confident and credible leadership, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, communicate complex technical concepts clearly and connect platform strategy to business outcomes.
• Understanding of Infrastructure as Code, GitOps, CI/CD, cloud security and FinOps, with commercial awareness of budgets, cloud spend and resources.

Nice to have

• Experience building Internal Developer Platforms with Backstage, golden paths, self-service cloud tooling and reusable CI/CD pipelines.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, Terraform, serverless technologies and GitOps tools such as Argo CD or Flux.
• Knowledge of AI and GenAI platforms, including AWS Bedrock, GPU infrastructure or AI-powered developer tools.
• Experience implementing Zero Trust security, identity and access management, automated compliance and cloud cost optimisation across complex environments.
• Experience driving platform transformation and building inclusive engineering cultures that support experimentation, collaboration and continuous improvement.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent full-time employment with a competitive salary and bonus opportunities.
• 26 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, a generous pension, life cover and 20 flexible benefits with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Excellent parental leave and family-friendly flexibility.
• Inclusive workplace recognised among the Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers, with fertility-friendly, menopause-friendly and disability-support provisions.
• Inclusive talent networks and development programmes to support professional growth.
• Employment is subject to a basic DBS check conducted through a third-party provider.

Hiring process

• Applications may close earlier due to high application volume.
• Successful candidates undergo a basic DBS check.