https://jobs.co.uk/job/cto-head-private-cloud-principal-engineer-vallum--5e5901fd-4bb6-461b-8f2c-39516eb650ab RSS feed for CTO - Head Private Cloud Principal Engineer at Vallum. en-gb Mon, 17 Aug 2026 13:41:23 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/cto-head-private-cloud-principal-engineer-vallum--5e5901fd-4bb6-461b-8f2c-39516eb650ab https://jobs.co.uk/job/cto-head-private-cloud-principal-engineer-vallum--5e5901fd-4bb6-461b-8f2c-39516eb650ab Mon, 17 Aug 2026 11:51:17 GMT Location: Sheffield | Salary: 10000-500000 Annual | Type: Contract | The Role: Head Private Cloud Principal Engineer Location: Sheffield, UK Position Type: Contract Inside IR35 Remote work option Available: Hybrid - 3 Days Onsite Job Description: Key responsibilities Technical leadership andamp; engineering excellence Set engineering direction for private cloud capabilities spanning virtualisation, containers, Kubernetes, Kafka/event streaming, and microservices enablement. Act as a senior technical authority, review designs, challenge assumptions, and ensure solutions are supportable, secure, and cost-effective. Define and promote engineering standards, reference architectures, patterns and guardrails (think: paved roads, not speed bumps). Lead the end-to-end design and evolution of private cloud platform components (compute, storage, networking, orchestration, platform services). Drive consistent platform capabilities across environments (dev/test/prod), improving reliability, scalability, performance and operability. Influence platform roadmaps with Product Owners; translate business and technology needs into actionable engineering plans. Kubernetes andamp; container platform Own key decisions around Kubernetes platform design: cluster architect... Contract