Shape the Future: Lead the ongoing migration to, and optimisation of, our cloud infrastructure environment - make a real impact on digital services that matter.

Inclusive & Innovative: Join a team that values diverse thinking, flexible approaches, and continuous improvement—your unique perspective is welcome here.

Empower & Be Empowered: Mentor others, champion cloud-native technologies and help define the standard for secure, resilient, and efficient cloud operations.

As our Lead AWS Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll play a pivotal role in configuring, managing, and optimising our cloud services. We’ve made excellent progress to date with the migration and (95%) optimisation our enterprise applications into AWS. You’ll provide technical leadership for the migration of our remaining on-premise infrastructure and digital services to the cloud, supporting the wider digital programme whilst championing the latest AWS services and promoting a DevOps culture.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Designing, implementing, and optimising our AWS cloud infrastructure to deliver secure, high-performing, and cost-effective public and colleague-facing services.
• Leading and mentoring a team of high performing, in-house cloud infrastructure engineers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive environment where everyone thrives.
• Driving the migration of on-premise systems and services to the cloud, persisting and improving their security, availability, and compliance.
• Championing automation, CI/CD, and modern DevOps practices to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Collaborating with technical peers and stakeholders to deliver innovative solutions and support organisational goals.
• Ensuring ongoing security, confidentiality, integrity, availability and recoverability of digital services.

We encourage applications from candidates who think differently, including those who are neurodiverse. If you’re passionate about cloud technology, eager to lead, and ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you.

Role location: Hybrid working (on average 2 days working out of our Mansfield office)

Schedule

Application closing date: 20th October 2025

Sifting date: 22nd October

Interviews: w/c 3rd November

Security

Successful candidates must pass basic security checks and will be subject to UK Immigration requirements.

Our Benefits

• A cutting-edge pension scheme with an impressive employer contribution rate of approximately 28.97%.
• Experience our values-based recognition scheme that celebrates your contributions.
• Flexibility in working patterns, whether it's full-time, part-time, or compressed hours.
• Embrace flexible working arrangements tailored to your needs.
• Enjoy a generous holiday allowance of 27.5 days annually, plus the flexibility to add 6 extra days to that, alongside 8 public holidays.
• Benefit from a comprehensive parental leave policy with 26 weeks of full pay (subject to eligibility).
• Get support to further your professional qualifications and payment for one annual professional subscription.
• Access a free, confidential Employee Assistance Programme to support your well-being.
• Unlock exclusive employee discounts
• Ensure your well-being with an annual health check and receive £15 monthly towards well-being activities.
• Enjoy the convenience of on-site free parking, along with complimentary tea, coffee, and soft drinks at our Mansfield office.

Working With Us

We offer different ways to work flexibly, and the following types of flexibility are usually possible: job share, flexible hours, working from home for part of the week and compressed hours.

Who We Are

Here at the Mining Remediation Authority, we really are a great team to work with. We’re united in our passion and commitment to make a better future for people and the environment in mining areas.

Equality, Diversity And Inclusion

We’re proud to be an inclusive employer and are committed to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the communities we serve.