https://jobs.co.uk/job/head-cloud-principal-engineer-vallum--6e66c299-0e34-4739-9c8c-923d1d51a986 RSS feed for Head Cloud Principal Engineer at Vallum. en-gb Fri, 07 Aug 2026 18:51:28 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/head-cloud-principal-engineer-vallum--6e66c299-0e34-4739-9c8c-923d1d51a986 https://jobs.co.uk/job/head-cloud-principal-engineer-vallum--6e66c299-0e34-4739-9c8c-923d1d51a986 Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:52:21 GMT Location: Sheffield | Salary: 10000-500000 Annual | Type: Contract | The Role: Head 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 architecture, mu... Contract