TL;DR

Cloud Platform Engineering Senior Manager (Cloud/DevOps): Delivering a secure, scalable, and resilient cloud platform for a large UK financial services company with an accent on strategy, architecture, automation, and compliance. Focus on optimizing performance, cost, and reliability while improving developer experience and velocity.

Location: Hybrid in London, UK (2-3 days a week in office). Cannot provide employment sponsorship.

Company

%hirify_global% is the UK's number one investment platform for private investors, trusted by over 1.8 million clients and managing £130+ billion in assets.

What you will do

Collaborate with senior Digital stakeholders to shape the cloud platform strategy and roadmaps.
Drive the design and delivery of reusable cloud services and platform capabilities.
Build and manage a high-performing management team, fostering accountability and collaboration.
Improve developer experience and velocity using DORA metrics.
Monitor platform performance, cost optimisation, and operational resilience.
Deliver rapid, reliable build and release processes by championing Infrastructure-as-Code, CI/CD, DevOps, and SRE practices.
Maintain robust compliance with security, regulatory, and governance standards.
Evaluate and incorporate new AWS services and technologies.

Requirements

Extensive experience in cloud platform engineering and operations with a deep understanding of cloud-native architectures.
Strong technical expertise in AWS services and ability to translate business requirements into scalable cloud solutions.
Proven leadership and people management skills to build and motivate high-performing, cross-functional teams.
Excellent problem-solving, decision-making, and conflict resolution capabilities.
Commitment to continuous learning and implementation of innovative cloud technologies.
Demonstrated leadership in building and developing high-performing cloud platform engineering or architecture teams.
Hands-on experience with large-scale cloud migrations and platform modernisation initiatives.
Relevant qualifications such as a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field; cloud certifications are highly desirable.
Must be based in the UK and have legal right to work.

Culture & Benefits

Hybrid working model (2-3 days a week in the London office).
Access to modern workspace amenities at Paddington Central offices, including rooftop gardens, basketball court, and on-site café.
Discretionary annual bonus and annual pay review.
25 days holiday plus bank holidays and 1 additional Christmas closure day.
Enhanced parental leave, pension scheme (up to 11% employer contribution), Income Protection, and Life insurance.
Private medical insurance and health care cash plans (optical, dental, outpatient care).
Health screening programme and confidential support services (mental health counselling, remote GP).
Wellhub access for fitness providers and wellness coaching.
Variety of travel-to-work schemes with secure bike storage and shower facilities.

Hiring process

3-stage interview process: Meet with Digital Platforms and Services Director.
Technical Interview.
Leadership/Culture Interview.

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