Our IT Practice Area is a key part of our success and our clients include many large household name companies. We now have an exciting opportunity for a Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering to join our London office. As Head of Cloud and Platform Engineering, you will lead and build our Cloud and Platform engineering capabilities, overseeing architecture, data, security, SRE and incident management. We are looking for someone who is a skilled leader with deep experience in cloud infrastructure and modern methodologies, who thinks “cloud-first” and can bring simplicity and efficiency to our platforms. We need an exceptional people leader who can recruit and develop top talent, fostering growth and adaptability within our teams as we embrace cloud-native systems and DevSecOps methodologies. We are looking for someone who can guide our existing teams in learning and adapting to cloud-based approaches, while building a team culture that prioritizes excellence and innovation. As an advocate for building fantastic technical and engineering team, you will position Barnett Waddingham as a trusted partner for the financial services sector, recognized for driving operational excellence, system resilience and reliability, enabling innovative solutions, and supporting the continuous development of our engineering teams. Responsibilities Lead, build and develop a high performing infrastructure and operational team Modernise operations and incident management Build and develop an SRE function Integrate security into DevOps practices Enhance developer experience Guide data and architecture teams We would love to hear from if you have: Degree-level education with 5 years of experience in technical leadership roles. Proven track record as a senior engineering manager, director of engineering, or leader in a tech sector growth or scale-up business. Comprehensive knowledge of DevOps and DevSecOps methodologies with hands-on experience working in Agile team environments. Expertise in modern observability practices and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), including best practices, implementations, and familiarity with observability vendors. Demonstrated experience building SRE teams and improving reliability and stability through these approaches. Deep hands-on cloud experience, with 5 years working with Azure, AWS, or GCP. You understand what it takes to design and implement modern, distributed, robust cloud-native system architectures. Experience managing and building teams across operations, site reliability, data, and security functions. Strong understanding of how Developer Experience adds value to the business, and experience collaborating with enterprise and cloud architects to deliver optimal technical solutions. Technical proficiency in both software development and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), with familiarity in engineering best practices associated with software development. Experience with Terraform is a bonus. What’s in it for you: Competitive discretionary annual bonus Generous pension scheme Core benefits for you including private medical cover, life assurance, group income protection, and up to 30 days holiday per year with holiday trading A comprehensive range of voluntary benefits to suit you (and your family) including an electric car leasing scheme, tech scheme, cycle to work scheme, dental cover, healthcare cash plan, health assessments, critical illness cover, Sports Allowance – we pay up to 50% of your gym/sports membership (up to £50 pm), travel insurance, paid volunteering, and a broad range of retailer discounts For a full list of benefits, please click or call us on (phone number removed). Postal applications should be sent to: Resourcing & Talent Acquisition, Barnett Waddingham, St James's House, St James Square, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, GL50 3PR To find out more about us, please click : Not quite the right opportunity for you this time? Follow Barnett Waddingham on