AWS Cloud Infrastructure Lead

A career without limits

As the nation’s flag carrier, we take great pride in connecting Britain with the world and the world with Britain.

It’s something we’ve been doing for over 100 years, ever since we launched the world’s first international scheduled air service between London and Paris.

This originality has been in our blood since day one. It’s the spirit we share with the people that fly with us, our partners, and our colleagues.

So, whether you are a reassuring voice on the end of a phone, a smile at the door, under a wing keeping the turbines spinning or landing us gently in far-flung places, a job at British Airways is yours to make.

We know great things can happen when you’re inspired to think big and bring your ambition to work every day, which is why, at British Airways the sky is never the limit.

The role: AWS Cloud Infrastructure Lead

Join the technology team at British Airways as a Lead Cloud Engineer and contribute to crafting secure and scalable cloud infrastructure solutions. This role focuses on influencing the direction of our cloud ecosystem.

What You’ll Do:

Design, develop, and implement end-to-end AWS cloud infrastructure solutions, ensuring scalability, resilience, and alignment with business objectives. Lead the development of cloud infrastructure across SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS platforms, promoting standard methodologies in coding, testing, deployment, and operations. Collaborate closely with tech and internal collaborators to assess solution options, including off-the-shelf and custom, through prototyping and cost evaluation. Produce and maintain logical and physical cloud architectures, guiding technical policy and test strategy decisions. Build robust, automated test environments, promoting a culture of Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment. Embed DevSecOps ways of working into cloud engineering processes, ensuring security and compliance at every layer. Coach and mentor junior engineers, encouraging collaboration, learning, and innovation across the team.

What You’ll Bring to British Airways:

Deep expertise in AWS infrastructure and a passion for bringing to bear its services to build innovative solutions. Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure design, including experience with SaaS, PaaS, and IaaS. The ability to navigate ambiguity and tackle sophisticated business problems with innovative, data-informed thinking. Excellent collaborator leadership skills and a collaborative, communicative approach to delivery. Leadership presence with the ability to influence, encourage, and inspire change across teams and partners.

Your Experience:

Proven track record in the technical design, build, test, and support of large-scale or sophisticated AWS-based infrastructure solutions. Extensive experience developing cloud services in agile or DevSecOps environments, with a focus on automation and continuous improvement. Hands-on experience in programming, scripting, and infrastructure-as-code practices. Proven success working with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced, evolving environment. Experience translating high-level business requirements into scalable, secure, and resilient cloud architecture.

What we offer:

We believe that all the people who work with us should feel valued for the part they play. It’s one of the reasons our rewards go far beyond a competitive salary.

From the day you join us, you’ll get access to brilliant staff travel benefits including unlimited basic and premium standby tickets on British Airways flights. You’ll also receive up to 30 discounted ‘Hotline’ airfares per year for yourself, friends, and family.

At British Airways you’ll have the chance to take on new challenges and move forward in a way that feels right for you. We encourage all those who work for us to consider opportunities right across our business to help you develop and progress.

We never stand still, and we don’t expect our people to either.

Inclusion & Diversity

At British Airways we all have a part to play in creating an inclusive place to work. Diverse representation among our people is really important to us and we recognise that all our colleagues are uniquely different and bring their own originality, creativity and identity to work.

Inclusion and diversity is a key driver of innovation and we’re committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they can be themselves. We’re looking for people from all backgrounds and cultures to join us and be a part of our journey to become a Better BA as we continue to connect Britain with the world and the world with Britain.