Job Title: Head of Infrastructure (Contract)
Location : Liverpool, Hybrid (1/2 day a week on-site)
Contract Duration: 6 - 12 months
Start Date: Immediately
Rate: £450 - 500 per day Inside IR35
The Role
We’re seeking a Head of Infrastructure who thrives in dynamic environments and enjoys building processes, identifying areas for improvement, and driving meaningful change. You’ll collaborate closely with developers and technical leads to manage and enhance our platform’s cloud infrastructure, observability, and compliance readiness for PCI and SOC2 standards.
As the primary owner of our platform, you’ll ensure it remains robust, scalable, efficient, and aligned with industry best practices.
Your key responsibilities will include:
* Infrastructure Management: Take ownership of the companies AWS-based serverless cloud infrastructure, using tools like Terraform to maintain and optimize the environment as being the Head of Infrastructure.
* Observability Strategy: Design and implement a cost-effective strategy to monitor and improve platform performance, reliability, and overall health.
* Proactive Monitoring: Ensure critical metrics are effectively tracked, with actionable monitoring to uphold platform responsiveness.
* CI/CD Pipeline Improvement: Refine our deployment pipeline (currently CircleCI) and explore tools like GitHub Actions to enhance the CI/CD process.
* Compliance Alignment: Support PCI and SOC2 compliance efforts by aligning infrastructure, logging, and monitoring with regulatory requirements.
* Incident Management: Lead operational debugging, manage critical incidents, conduct post-mortems, and drive continuous improvement processes.
* Cost Optimization: Monitor cloud expenditure, identify inefficiencies, and implement cost-effective solutions.
* Team Management: Lead and mentor a team that includes a Support Engineer and a DevOps Engineer, ensuring effective guidance and performance management being the Head of Infrastructure.
It is for a small but ambitious start-up company of 25 people, so we expect the Head of Infrastructure to take a hands-on approach—deploying services, leading incident responses, and driving infrastructure changes. Our tech stack includes AWS cloud services, CircleCI, and Terraform for infrastructure management.
You Should Apply If:
* You have 5–10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, including team leadership and ownership of customer-facing, live production environments whilst being the Head of Infrastructure.
* You are well-versed in AWS, serverless architectures, and infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform), with a strong focus on cost optimization.
* You have a proven track record of implementing observability strategies with tools like Datadog or Sentry to monitor platform reliability, performance, and health.
* You’re skilled in operational debugging, managing critical incidents, and leading effective post-mortems to drive improvements.
* You have experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with tools like CircleCI or GitHub Actions.
* You’ve contributed significantly to PCI or SOC2 compliance efforts.
* You’re comfortable in a small start-up environment, ready to take a hands-on approach to your work.
* You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with developers, stakeholders, and technical leads.
* You’re proactive, adaptable, and thrive in an early-stage setting where your contributions have a tangible impact.
If you are interested, please contact me at tbonfield@pg-rec.com