Lead AWS DevOps Engineer

Lead AWS DevOps Engineer Hybrid | 2 Days per Week in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham or Glasgow | Up to £77,500 We're looking for a Lead AWS DevOps Engineer to join a growing managed services function supporting the delivery and operation of secure, scalable cloud platforms. This is a senior technical leadership role for someone who enjoys combining hands-on engineering expertise with architectural ownership, mentoring and stakeholder engagement. You'll work closely with engineering teams, technical leaders and senior business stakeholders to shape cloud strategy, improve platform reliability and drive engineering excellence across complex AWS environments. The Role You'll lead the design, delivery and continuous improvement of cloud infrastructure and DevOps practices across multiple digital platforms. Balancing strategic technical leadership with hands-on engineering, you'll help teams build secure, resilient and highly automated environments while driving best practice across infrastructure, deployment and operational processes. This role is hybrid, requiring approximately 2 days per week onsite in either Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham or Glasgow, with flexibility to support business requirements when needed. The role also includes participation in an on-call support rota. What You'll Do Design and evolve secure, scalable AWS cloud architecturesLead infrastructure automation initiatives using Infrastructure as CodeDevelop and enhance CI/CD pipelines and deployment processesProvide technical leadership and mentoring to DevOps engineersDrive cloud security, governance and operational best practiceAct as a trusted technical advisor to senior stakeholdersSupport complex cloud migrations, modernisation and transformation programmesChampion cloud-native technologies and platform engineering principlesContribute to technical strategy, architectural decision-making and delivery assuranceSupport critical production services as part of an on-call rota Skills & Toolkit Extensive experience in senior DevOps, Platform Engineering or Cloud Architecture rolesDeep expertise across AWS services and cloud-native architecturesStrong Infrastructure as Code experience using TerraformAdvanced scripting and automation skills with PythonHands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS)Strong CI/CD engineering experience and modern deployment practicesExcellent understanding of cloud security, networking and governanceProven ability to influence technical direction and engage senior stakeholdersExperience leading engineers and mentoring technical teamsStrong knowledge of Agile delivery environmentsPrevious experience within consulting, managed services or customer-facing environmentsComfortable using AI-assisted tooling to improve engineering efficiency Application Information Your personal information will be processed solely to assess your suitability for the role. If progressed, it will be stored securely in our CRM and may be used to contact you regarding this or future relevant opportunities.