Cloud Platform & Networking Engineering Lead

Role Purpose

Flutter Technology are recruiting a Cloud Engineering Manager, responsible for leading a team of engineers that will drive the implementation, automation, and operation of our greenfield AWS cloud platform. The platform will underpin the global services consumed by the groups well-known betting brands.

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to influence the technology choices across Flutter’s cloud hosting platforms. You will work with all brands across the group to migrate and modernize their services, deliver technology solutions to meet their needs, and promote knowledge sharing within the engineering community. You will also contribute to the evaluation and selection of AWS services, code and configuration management tools, and other components essential for achieving our group’s strategic objectives.

You must be effective at articulating technology requirements, promoting cloud enablement, migrations and the methodologies required to reduce risk and achieve desired outcomes. You should be comfortable working with cross functional global teams in dynamic organisations, as the role will have interdependencies with teams in AWS, our partners, and our own engineering teams across various functions in various brands.

The right candidate will have experience working with enterprise organisations on large scale migration/modernisation transformation projects. This will have involved a customer-obsessed and collaborative approach, coupled with a strong technical understanding to provide confidence and answer questions, an ability to engage and help crystallise business benefits of migrations, demonstrate an excellent technical understanding of cloud solutions, and a passion for helping to transform using cloud technologies.

• Lead and scale engineering teams of 5+ members, demonstrating ability to hire, develop, and retain high-performing talent
• Manage performance reviews, capability assessments, and conduct difficult conversations (performance improvement plans, terminations)
• Build psychological safety and foster collaborative team cultures in technically demanding environments
• Communicate complex technical concepts and infrastructure decisions to non-technical audiences

• Support the implementation of scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud network solutions across multiple AWS regions based on approved architectural designs
• Build and operate Flutter's global hybrid network infrastructure, utilizing primarily AWS-native services alongside on-premises solutions, implementing advanced routing architectures, IP address management, centralized ingress/egress control, and enterprise-wide network security services.
• Spearhead network deployment and operations using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) methodologies with tools such as CDK, Type Script, Terraform or Cloud Formation
• Ensure compliance with security frameworks, regulatory requirements, and industry standards across all network implementations
• Contribute to network technology roadmaps and strategy based on hands-on implementation experience and operational insights
• Set technical implementation standards, enforce networking best practices, and provide mentorship to engineering teams
• Support cloud architecture and Flutter Function leads with developing the cloud technology roadmap and strategy.

• Create and drive adoption of standard operating procedures, policies, runbooks, and operational manuals
• Assume guardianship of network infrastructure code and artefact repositories, ensuring adherence to best practices
• Proactively identify and mitigate network risks, ensure robust disaster recovery strategies, and lead major incident response efforts
• Write and review platform code, offering constructive feedback to ensure code quality
• Drive continuous improvement in network monitoring, observability, and performance optimisation
• Build and maintain on-call rotations; manage escalation paths and ensure appropriate coverage for 24/7 operations
• On-call is likely to be introduced in the future.
• Establish and enforce service-level agreements (SLAs) and key…