WE’RE HIRING: Cloud Platform Operations Lead

Excis is a global IT support leader driven by innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence. We are looking for a Cloud Platform Operations Lead to oversee the provisioning, management, and optimisation of enterprise cloud environments.

This role plays a critical part in supporting the organisation’s digital transformation, enabling rapid resource deployment, automation of operational processes, and seamless integration with DevOps workflows across multiple cloud platforms.

About Excis

At Excis, we foster an open, supportive, and growth-oriented culture where individual achievements drive team success. From solving complex IT challenges to celebrating milestones together, our people are at the heart of everything we do.

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Role Overview

The Cloud Platform Operations Lead is responsible for managing cloud infrastructure operations across AWS (primary focus), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), and Microsoft Azure .

The role ensures cloud environments are secure, scalable, cost-efficient, and compliant, while enabling modern DevOps and automation practices.

This position leads operational excellence across IaaS, PaaS, hybrid cloud platforms, and cloud-native services , with a strong emphasis on Amazon Web Services (AWS) environments, including EC2-based workloads, PaaS services, VMware Cloud, and Nutanix Cloud deployments .

The Lead will design and implement small-to-mid-scale cloud solutions , act as a technical decision-maker , and mentor cloud engineering teams to deliver reliable and scalable infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

Cloud Infrastructure Leadership

• Lead provisioning, management, and optimisation of cloud infrastructure across AWS (primary), OCI, and Azure
• Design and implement AWS-centric architectures , including:
  • EC2-based compute platforms
  • AWS-native PaaS services
  • Hybrid cloud integrations
• Deploy and manage workloads across:
  • Amazon EC2
  • Cloud-native PaaS environments
  • VMware Cloud
  • Nutanix Cloud
• Oversee infrastructure lifecycle management across multiple cloud platforms
• Design and deliver small-to-mid-scale cloud infrastructure solutions
• Provide technical leadership and architecture direction across cloud operations teams

Cloud Governance & Landing Zones

• Design and maintain cloud landing zones across AWS, Azure, and OCI
• Implement policy-as-code guardrails
• Establish tagging strategies, naming conventions, and quota management standards
• Maintain regional and organisational cloud governance models
• Ensure adherence to organisational security policies and regulatory standards

Infrastructure-as-Code & Automation

• Implement Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) practices using:
  • Terraform
  • CLI-based automation
  • PowerShell / scripting tools
• Maintain IaC pipelines with validation controls such as:
  • terraform validate
  • terraform plan gating
  • Policy enforcement (OPA / Conftest)
• Implement drift detection and automated remediation mechanisms
• Develop automation frameworks for cloud provisioning and operational workflows

Cloud Networking Architecture

Design and maintain secure cloud networking architectures including:

• VPC/VNet design and segmentation
• Hub-and-spoke network architectures
• Routing, peering, and subnet management
• DNS architecture
• Private endpoints and secure connectivity
• Hybrid networking integration
• Global load balancing
• Cross-cloud connectivity

Security & Identity Management

• Design and implement cloud IAM standards
• Configure SSO integration and identity federation
• Enforce least privilege access models
• Implement privileged access management controls
• Manage encryption strategies using:
  • KMS
  • HSM systems
• Implement cloud security baselines aligned with:
  • CIS
  • NIST
  • ISO frameworks
• Support vulnerability remediation and posture management initiatives

DevOps & CI/CD Integration

• Integrate cloud platforms into DevOps pipelines
• Support CI/CD workflows for infrastructure and application delivery
• Enable automated infrastructure provisioning and validation
• Promote infrastructure lifecycle automation across environments

Monitoring, Observability & Operations

• Implement centralised monitoring and observability platforms
• Enable collection of:
  • Logs
  • Metrics
  • Traces
• Integrate monitoring tools with:
  • Incident management systems
  • SIEM/SOAR platforms
• Develop operational dashboards and alerting strategies
• Maintain operational readiness across cloud environments

FinOps & Cost Optimisation

• Monitor cloud usage and budgets
• Implement cost optimisation strategies including:
  • Resource rightsizing
  • Reserved Instances
  • Savings Plans
  • Cost allocation tagging
• Support chargeback and showback models
• Drive continuous cost efficiency initiatives

Operations & Incident Management

• Lead cloud-related incident response activities
• Maintain operational runbooks and recovery documentation
• Define and maintain:
  • RTO (Recovery Time Objective)
  • RPO (Recovery Point Objective)
• Participate in disaster recovery planning and testing
• Support operational continuity initiatives

Container & Cloud-Native Platforms

• Manage Kubernetes clusters including:
  • Amazon EKS
  • Azure AKS
  • Oracle OKE
• Oversee:
  • Cluster lifecycle management
  • Node pool configuration
  • Autoscaling
  • Admission controllers
  • Container security policies

Hybrid Cloud Platforms

• Support and manage hybrid cloud deployments including:
  • VMware-based cloud environments
  • Nutanix Cloud infrastructure
• Enable migration and modernisation strategies across hybrid platforms
• Maintain infrastructure interoperability across multiple cloud platforms

Team Leadership & Technical Mentorship

• Mentor and guide L2 Cloud Support Engineers
• Act as technical lead and solution decision-maker
• Provide architecture guidance for small-to-mid-scale cloud designs
• Organise on-call rotations and support readiness planning
• Promote knowledge sharing across cloud engineering teams
• Support skill development and mentoring programs

Requirements

Cloud Platforms

• Strong experience with:
  • AWS (Primary focus)
  • Microsoft Azure
  • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)

Hands-on experience with:

• AWS EC2 (Advanced level)
• AWS PaaS services
• Multi-cloud environments

Infrastructure Automation

• Terraform (Advanced)
• CLI automation tools
• PowerShell or scripting automation
• Infrastructure-as-Code governance
• Drift management

Cloud Architecture

• Landing zone design
• Cloud architecture best practices
• Small-to-mid-scale solution design
• Hybrid cloud deployments

Networking

• VPC/VNet architecture
• Routing and subnet design
• Peering and connectivity
• DNS architecture
• Private networking models

Security

• IAM and SSO integration
• Privileged access management
• Encryption standards
• Security baseline implementation
• Compliance alignment

Monitoring & Operations

• Cloud monitoring frameworks
• Centralised logging platforms
• Incident management workflows
• Operational reliability management

Hybrid & Virtualisation Platforms

• VMware Cloud environments
• Nutanix Cloud deployments
• Hybrid cloud operations

Leadership Skills

• Strong technical leadership capabilities
• Experience mentoring technical teams
• Ability to act as technical decision-maker
• Capability to design reusable cloud patterns
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills

Benefits

Benefits

At Excis , your work matters. You’ll be part of a dynamic, hands-on team where your technical expertise drives real operational impact.

We offer:

• A supportive environment focused on professional growth and learning

• Collaboration across diverse technologies and global teams

• Competitive compensation

• The opportunity to work with a global IT leader that values innovation and excellence

Ready to lead the future of cloud operations? Apply now and join Excis in Poland.