Head of Cloud Infrastructure

London

£80,000 - £90,000 + Executive Benefits

A leading Real Estate organization are looking to recruit a Head of Cloud Infrastructure. This is a visible, strategic role tasked with building and maintaining a best in class Technology Infrastructure function that operates with a cloud-first and DevOps mindset.

You will be required to lead, manage and promote all aspects of the Technology Infrastructure function, ensuring the smooth and effective delivery of infrastructure service. You will also be required develop the technical roadmap for infrastructure, deliver infrastructure improvements and lead the migration to an AWS cloud environment.

Duties to include but not limited to;

Assess the IT infrastructure and operations organisation (people, process, and technology) to determine best course of journey towards Cloud, specifically, Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Develop the Infrastructure roadmap and contribute to the wider Technology strategy and architectural plans.
Lead the Technology Infrastructure team towards a primarily Cloud/AWS based operations.
Assess the current deployment process to identify bottlenecks and implement solutions towards a continuous deployment and continuous integration (CI/CD). Evangelise, implement, and manage a robust DevOps function.
Setup and run a site reliability function.
Implement and manage processes and controls that assure maximum uptime and quick service to the user community for both on-prem and Cloud workloads.
Management and continual improvement of Cloud Operations, DevOps, and On-prem IT infrastructure/operations.
Partner with InfoSec and Security team to deliver on key information security and IT risk related initiatives. Furthermore, ensure compliance to patching and vulnerability policies established within the organisation.
Manage third party vendor relationships and hold them accountable for delivery of any hosted or outsourced functions.
Develop and implement a robust Disaster Recovery strategy for critical systems and infrastructure.
Negotiate and manage contracts with key service providers to ensure service levels are met.
Mentor, coach and support other IT professionals within the IT Infrastructure and Support Team developing their capabilities through the sharing of knowledge and role modelling excellent behaviours.
Work collaboratively with direct reports to support their career progression to nurture their development and to help them realise their potential.
Set and monitor SMART objectives for the team that are consistent with the strategic objectives of both the organisation and the Technology department. Establish and review key performance measures and take action to improve performance where required.

Experience Required

Demonstrated experience transforming IT infrastructure and moving an organisation toward a mature cloud-based (AWS) service delivery model.
Proven experience in IT infrastructure management in a complex environment with significant reliability and uptime requirements.
Experience with managing on-prem workloads as well as migrating workloads to Cloud, specifically AWS while optimizing the cost of Cloud based workloads.
Ability to continue to optimise the cost of Cloud based workloads once they are moved to AWS as part of overall infrastructure cost optimisation.
Possess a deep experience in DevOps with proven results enabling continuous deployment and continuous integration (CI/CD).
Possess some experience and background in infrastructure architecture, systems administration, network administration and storage administration.
Extensive experience with instrumentation, enterprise monitoring and reporting tools.
Demonstrates the business and financial acumen necessary to develop and present data-based ideas and solutions in a clear, concise, organised manner.
Experience managing IP based networks, WAN technologies, virtual server technologies, cloud, DHCP/DNS, MS Office 365, SAN/NAS storage.
Experience leading, directing, and mentoring IT professionals.
Solid leadership skills in leading an IT infrastructure function towards Cloud-first operations and DevOps mindset.
Good organisation change management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities concurrently.
Strong analytical capability and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

In addition to a great salary you will receive a car allowance, fantastic pension, private health cover + bonus. The total package with benefits c£100K+. Post COVID restrictions you will need to be located in the office 2-3 days a week, so therefore you need to live a commutable distance from London.

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