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Head of Cloud & Infrastructure
Permanent | London W1 – Hybrid, normally 3 days per week
Up to £160,000 base + up to 30% bonus
A major global organisation is looking for a senior Cloud & Infrastructure technology and people leader to own and transform its Cloud & Infrastructure portfolio, supporting more than 30,000 users across a complex international environment.
This is not a generic Head of IT role. The successful candidate will combine strong strategic leadership with genuine technical depth across Microsoft Azure, enterprise infrastructure and Identity services, while leading the move from traditional datacentre-centric operations towards a more cloud-first, automated and Platform Engineering-led model.
Key areas of responsibility:
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Microsoft Azure, hybrid cloud and datacentre infrastructure
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Windows/Linux platforms, storage, backup and disaster recovery
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Active Directory, Entra ID, SSO, MFA and wider Identity services
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Platform Engineering, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD and automation
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Observability, SRE, resilience and AIOps
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FinOps, cloud cost optimisation and lifecycle management
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Leadership of technical teams, managers and strategic partners
We are looking for:
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Leadership of a large-scale Cloud & Infrastructure function
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Major datacentre-to-cloud or legacy infrastructure transformation experience
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Strong direct Azure and Identity ownership
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Practical Platform Engineering, IaC and automation experience
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Leadership of sizeable technical teams xsabvtc (20,000+)
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Strong stakeholder, investment and vendor-management capability
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Clear measurable outcomes across cost, resilience, automation, service quality or delivery speed
The right person will be comfortable discussing technology and engineering detail with technical teams while also setting strategy, leading people and influencing senior stakeholders.
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