Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

Lead Cloud Platform Engineer - Leeds - £75K - Hybrid I am looking for a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer for a pharmaceutical company based in Leeds. You will be in the office 2 days a week. The Lead Cloud Engineer will provides strategic technical leadership for the companies cloud-native platform engineering initiatives, establishing architectural standards and operational practices that enable scalable SaaS product delivery. Responsibilities Lead, mentor and develop the Platform Engineering team, defining the vision, strategy and roadmap to ensure platform initiatives align with organisational priorities and long-term objectives. Lead and develop the Platform Engineering team, shaping its vision, strategy and roadmap to deliver against broader business and technology objectives. Mentor engineers in Kubernetes, Docker, Helm and GitOps, ensuring infrastructure changes follow robust engineering standards and best practices. Ensure the reliability and resilience of production SaaS infrastructure, providing third-line support for complex incidents and escalations. Key skills the Lead Cloud Platform Engineer will have: Excellent Kubernetes experience Very proficient with AWS 4 years experience as a Cloud, DevOps or Platform Engineer AWS or Kubernetes certifications are desirable Previous experience managing/mentoring a small cloud/platform team Excellent stakeholder management experience Benefits: 34 days holiday plus bank holidays Can sell up to 5 days holidays and can ..... full job details .....