Cloud Engineering Lead in Norwich

We are recruiting for a Cloud Enablement Engineering Lead in our new Cloud Enablement Engineering function within Group Enterprise Technology to help drive delivering new Cloud technologies and improving the way the Cloud team provides services to its consumers.

At Aviva, we are on an exciting mission to make things simpler for our Cloud Platform consumers and our customers, by building an excellent service that’s low on consumer effort and high on satisfaction. Cloud is fundamental to this mission and we’re looking for someone to lead this new function with us!

A bit about the job:

This role will sit within Hosting and Service Platforms, reporting to the Cloud Enablement Lead. You will be working to support our Cloud Platform consumers onboard quickly, utilise known patterns and constructs & provide subject matter expertise across AWS, Azure & Container platforms. This is a fantastic opportunity that will provide you with a variety of work, supporting all of our Cloud Platform consumers by developing and enhancing our Cloud capabilities.

You’ll be at the forefront of delivering expertise, IaC (Infrastructure as Code) & assurance to market development teams while also working with peers in the Cloud Platform teams to improve service & automation for the best developer experience possible.

Additionally, you will be responsible for leading and supporting a team of Cloud Engineers. As the team leader, you will be expected to guide your engineers through complex technical challenges, mentor them in career development and foster a collaborative culture. You will be expected to set clear objectives, delegate tasks appropriately based on individual strengths and facilitate regular communication within the team to keep everyone aligned. Monitoring progress, providing constructive feedback and managing performance reviews are also crucial elements of this leadership role. Furthermore, you will serve as the main point of contact between your team and other departments, ensuring smooth project delivery and resource coordination.

Skills and experience we’re looking for:

• Proficient in delivering Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for provisioning, Ansible for configuration management, Jenkins for CI/CD pipelines, and Azure DevOps for end-to-end automation.
• Extensive experience with AWS/Azure services including Cloud architectural principles such as Well Architected frameworks.
• Skilled in developing and enhancing cloud capabilities, providing subject matter expertise, and troubleshooting complex cloud infrastructure issues.
• Adept at utilising known patterns and blueprints to streamline consumer onboarding processes and ensure efficient cloud resource management.
• Fantastic stakeholder engagement, you will be able to work with, understand and translate complex challenges/requirements into deliveries for your team.

What you’ll get for this role:

• Starting salary between £60-80k (National), £80-100k (London) (depending on location, skills, experience, and qualifications).
• Bonus opportunity – 12% of annual salary. Actual amount depends on your performance and Aviva’s.
• Generous pension scheme - Aviva will contribute up to 14%, depending on what you put in.
• 29 days holiday plus bank holidays, and you can choose to buy or sell up to 5 days.
• Aviva-funded Private Medical Benefit to help you get expert support when you need it.
• Make your money go further - Up to 40% discount on Aviva products, and other retailer discounts.
• Up to £1,200 of free Aviva shares per year through our Matching Share Plan and share in the success of Aviva with our Save As You Earn scheme.
• Brilliantly supportive policies including parental and carer’s leave.
• Flexible benefits to suit you, including sustainability options such as cycle to work.
• Make a difference, be part of our Aviva Communities and use your 3 paid volunteering days to help others.
• We take your wellbeing seriously with lots of support and tools.

We’re inclusive and welcome everyone – we want applications from all backgrounds and experiences. Excited but not sure you tick every box? Even if you don’t, we would still encourage you to apply. We also consider all forms of flexible working, including part time and job shares.

We flex locations, hours and working patterns to suit our customers, business, and you. Most of our people are smart working – spending around 50% of their time in our offices every week - combining the benefits of flexibility, with time together with colleagues.