Overview

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Salary banding: £84,000 - £121,000
Experience: Expert
Working pattern: Full-Time
Reporting to: Director of Cloud
Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Transformative, Visionary, Innovative

Top 3 qualities for this role: Leadership, Organisation, Strategist

Where you’ll work: Depending on the needs of your business area, hub-based people are expected to be in the office at least once a week and attend OVO Connection events in-person. You’ll be assigned to the closest hub office (Bristol, Glasgow, London) unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop and is designed to inspire collaboration.

Everyone belongs at OVO
At OVO, we are on a mission to solve the climate crisis. We value diverse people from all abilities, identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet
Plan Zero guides our work. The Evergreen and CloudOps teams build a scalable and efficient service to host OVO's applications and services. Evergreen aims to make hosting in GCP easier while reducing CO2 usage through efficient cloud usage.

This role in a nutshell: As the Principal Cloud Platform Engineer at OVO, you’ll lead the development and execution of the cloud and platform strategy, focusing on innovation, governance, cost efficiency, and infrastructure excellence. You will influence strategic decisions at team and organisational levels and work with senior management to shape OVO’s technology landscape.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Lead the strategic direction for cloud and platform initiatives, aligning with OVO's goals.
• Architect and oversee scalable, secure, high-performance platform infrastructure, including large-scale Kubernetes environments.
• Drive enterprise-level cost optimisation and establish compliance frameworks.
• Influence senior leadership on strategic decisions and manage third-party platform lifecycle.
• Develop advanced automation, monitoring, and self-service tools to enhance platform efficiency.
• Champion integration of emerging technologies into the platform.
• Ensure platform strategies align with business objectives and promote cross‑organisational synergy.
• Mentor senior engineers, setting practices and standards to drive excellence.
• Lead and grow the Community of Practice, drive industry engagement, contribute to content creation and knowledge exchange, and support upskilling and learning pathways.

You’ll be a successful Principal CloudOps Platform Engineer at OVO if you…

• Extensive experience in cloud platforms (preferably GCP) and large-scale systems, with leadership in driving strategic tech initiatives.
• Expertise in enterprise cloud architecture, governance, and multi-cloud strategies, including advanced Kubernetes management and security.
• Strong track record in cloud economics, cost optimisation at scale, and budget management across regions.
• Proven ability to design and implement disaster recovery (DR) and high-availability (HA) strategies.
• Knowledge in performance optimisation, automation, and orchestration architecture, with hands-on GitOps and CI/CD experience.
• Strong leadership and communication skills to influence senior leadership and align technical strategy with business goals.
• Demonstrated mentorship and coaching abilities, promoting innovation and continuous improvement.
• Recognised subject matter expert with a results-driven, strategic mindset for impactful decisions.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We offer flexible pay ranges and a 15% on-target bonus. There is a single OVO bonus plan focused on collective performance to deliver Plan Zero. We also provide green benefits, progressive policies, and 9% Flex Pay on top of salary (4% enrolled into pension; 5% flexible).

Benefits overview

• 34 days holiday (including bank holidays)
• Health: healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance (depending on career level), critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments
• Wellbeing: gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, etc.
• Lifestyle: extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, charity donations
• Home: up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, discounts on solar, smart thermostats, EV chargers
• Commute: car leasing deals, cycle to work, public transport loans

Belonging
We have 8 Belonging Networks. When you join OVO, you can participate in the networks to support an inclusive workplace.

How to apply

If you think you meet most of what we’re looking for, apply—we’d love to hear from you. If you have additional requirements, you can note them on the application form.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Utilities
• IT Services and IT Consulting

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