Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience

Lead Cloud Platform Engineer ensuring AWS platform security and reliability for Psychiatry UK. Collaborating with teams to enhance digital psychiatry services and support mental health care access.

Posted 7/13/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomSenior💰 £90,000 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates extensive expertise in AWS cloud platform management, including Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, container orchestration with Docker and ECS/Fargate, and cloud networking. Proven ability to lead technical teams, optimize cloud costs, and ensure platform security and compliance.

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AWS Cloud Platform ManagementInfrastructure as Code (Terraform)Container Orchestration (Docker, ECS/Fargate)CI/CD Pipeline Development (GitHub Actions)Cloud Networking and Security

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Hard Skills

AWSTerraformDockerECSFargateCI/CDGitHub ActionsDatadogAWS RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL)Cloud Networking

Soft Skills

Excellent CommunicationCollaborative MindsetPragmatic Problem SolvingAttention to Detail

Tools & Technologies

AWS ECSAWS FargateDatadogALBCloudFrontRoute 53TLSIAMSecure SDLCDSPT

Industry Keywords

Cloud EngineeringDisaster RecoveryBusiness ContinuityHigh-Availability PlanningVulnerability Management

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDockerHerokuMySQLPostgresPythonSDLCTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Ensure the day-to-day health, availability, performance, and security of our AWS cloud platform.
Operate and support containerised workloads on AWS ECS/Fargate, managing deployments, scaling, health checks, secrets, and rollbacks.
Maintain and improve cloud networking, including VPCs, Route 53, load balancing, TLS, and certificate management.
Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to ensure consistent, version-controlled environments.
Manage our multi-account AWS landing zone, including environment separation, centralised logging, and shared platform standards.
Improve platform resilience through incident response, disaster recovery, backup testing, business continuity, and high-availability planning.
Enhance CI/CD pipelines, observability (Datadog), and operational monitoring to enable reliable, low-risk deployments.
Maintain a secure, compliant platform through IAM, network security, Secure SDLC practices, and support for DSPT and Cyber Essentials requirements.
Optimise cloud costs, document platform processes, and share technical knowledge across engineering teams.
Lead and coordinate platform delivery by managing priorities, maintaining the team backlog, supporting on-call activities, and guiding engineers and technical partners.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Significant senior-level experience (5+ years) in cloud/platform engineering, designing, building, and operating production AWS environments.
Strong expertise in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and managing AWS multi-account environments.
Hands-on experience with Docker, ECS/Fargate, ALB/CloudFront, including deployments, scaling, monitoring, troubleshooting, and rollback.
Proven experience migrating applications to AWS with minimal disruption, ideally from platforms such as Heroku.
Strong CI/CD knowledge, ideally using GitHub Actions, with scripting and automation skills (Python/Bash).
Solid understanding of cloud networking, IAM, security, vulnerability management, encryption, and secure handling of sensitive data.
Experience implementing backup, disaster recovery, and observability solutions, including tools such as Datadog and AWS RDS (MySQL/PostgreSQL).
Experience leading small technical teams, managing backlogs, Agile delivery, and coordinating priorities across stakeholders.
Collaborative, service-oriented mindset with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence and support cross-functional teams.
Pragmatic problem solver with strong attention to detail, balancing reliability, security, cost, and delivery outcomes.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health Cash Plan
Well Hub Subscription
Access to an Employee Assistance Programme
Annual Volunteering Day
Enhanced Sickness and Family Leave pay
Length of Service Bonus
Work from Home allowance
Pension options