R&D Manager, Cloud Operations & Infrastructure in Cambridge

AVEVA’s Cloud Operations & Infrastructure team plays a critical role in how our cloud products are built, deployed, and operated. As R&D Manager, Cloud Operations & Infrastructure, you will lead a team of DevOps engineers responsible for CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, security posture, and operational readiness of AVEVA’s cloud solutions. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, balancing people leadership with deep collaboration across R&D, architecture, and product teams to ensure our platforms are secure, scalable, and reliable.

Key responsibilities

• Lead a DevOps-focused engineering team responsible for CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, monitoring, and operational readiness.
• Drive infrastructure-as-code, automation, and standardised cloud practices across Azure (and AWS where needed).
• Partner with development teams to ensure solutions meet availability, security, disaster recovery, and scalability expectations before production.
• Oversee cloud operations including incident management, root cause analysis, cost optimisation, and operational metrics.
• Coach and develop engineers, supporting skills growth, agile delivery, and continuous improvement.

Essential requirements

• Proven experience leading DevOps or Cloud Operations engineering teams in a product development environment.
• Strong hands-on background with Microsoft Azure (AWS experience desirable).
• Experience with CI/CD and infrastructure automation (e.g. Azure DevOps, Terraform, ARM/Bicep, scripting).
• Solid understanding of cloud security, monitoring, availability, and disaster recovery principles.
• Experience working in agile / PI-based delivery models, collaborating closely with product and R&D stakeholders.

Desired skills and competencies

• Impact: Improves reliability, deployment speed, security posture, and cloud efficiency through automation and standard practices.
• Aspiration: Builds strong DevOps engineers and raises technical standards through coaching and example.
• Curiosity: Continuously explores better tools, patterns, and cloud practices to modernise platforms.
• Trust: Operates transparently, embeds security-by-design, and works collaboratively across global teams.

UK Benefits include: Flexible benefits fund, emergency leave days, adoption leave, 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays), pension, life cover, private medical insurance, parental leave, education assistance program.

By default, employees are expected to be in their local AVEVA office three days a week, but some positions are fully office-based. Roles supporting particular customers or markets are sometimes remote.

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software with more than 6,500 employees in over 40 countries. Our cutting-edge solutions are used by thousands of enterprises to deliver the essentials of life – such as energy, infrastructure, chemicals, and minerals – safely, efficiently, and more sustainably.

We are committed to embedding sustainability and inclusion into our operations, our culture, and our core business strategy.

AVEVA requires all successful applicants to undergo and pass a drug screening and comprehensive background check before they start employment. Background checks will be conducted in accordance with local laws and may, subject to those laws, include proof of educational attainment, employment history verification, proof of work authorization, criminal records, identity verification, credit check. Certain positions dealing with sensitive and/or third-party personal data may involve additional background check criteria.

AVEVA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to being an exemplary employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. We value diversity and the expertise that people from different backgrounds bring to our business. AVEVA provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate.