SENIOR MANAGER – CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE | LONDON

Are you ready to write your next chapter?
Make your mark at one of the biggest names in payments. With proven technology, we process the largest volume of payments in the world, driving the global economy every day. When you join Worldpay, you join a global community of experts and changemakers, working to reinvent an industry by constantly evolving how we work and making the way millions of people pay easier, every day.
What makes a Worldpayer? It’s simple: Think, Act, Win. We stay curious, always asking the right questions to be better every day, finding creative solutions to simplify the complex. We’re dynamic, every Worldpayer is empowered to make the right decisions for their customers. And we’re determined, always staying open – winning and failing as one.
We’re looking for Cloud Infrastructure Senior Manager to join our ever evolving Cloud Infrastructure team to help us unleash the potential of every business.
Are you ready to make your mark? Then you sound like a Worldpayer.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Worldpay powers 2.2 trillion payments annually across 146 countries in over 135 separate currencies with over a million-merchants supported globally. Worldpay is the largest acquirer by volume globally, we provide a reliable, secure, and scalable payments platform 24x7 365 day a year.
Being part of the 200 strong Infrastructure Services organization, you’ll help to engineer and deliver the core infrastructure services that power our payments platform. We’re responsible for running some very critical systems, maintaining 20,000 servers via an automation platform, thousands of databases and petabytes of storage hosted from our data centres and public cloud.
We are looking for talented individuals to join the Infrastructure Services organisation; you’ll be a self-starter, possess an analytical mindset and be a change agent.
The Infrastructure Cloud Engineering team would be responsible for designing, engineering, and building a mix of on-prem, private-hybrid or multi-cloud IaaS IT systems.
Aims to provide the Infrastructure Services & Technology organization with a standardized, efficient, and scalable platform, tools, and services for development and deployment.

WHAT YOU’LL OWN

We are seeking a highly experienced and motivated Senior Manager to lead our Cloud Infrastructure engineering teams focussing on Public & Private Cloud within the financial services sector. The ideal candidate will be responsible for managing a diverse team of cloud engineers and architects, ensuring the efficient, secure, and reliable operation of our private cloud infrastructure. This role requires deep expertise in AWS, Azure, OpenShift, and Kubernetes, and involves overseeing the design, implementation, and architecture of cloud services tailored to meet our business’s complex needs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leadership & Strategy: Lead and manage the private cloud team, providing strategic direction and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the architecture, deployment, and operation of public cloud solutions using AWS, Azure, OpenShift, and Kubernetes to ensure scalability, security, and high availability.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Work closely with internal teams (security, application development, operations) and external partners to align cloud strategies with organizational goals.
• Innovation & Optimization: Identify, recommend, and implement innovative cloud-based solutions to improve business processes, reduce costs, and increase system reliability.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure that cloud solutions comply with industry standards, data privacy regulations, and company security policies.
• Performance Monitoring: Establish metrics and monitor system performance, reliability, and scalability. Utilize data to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Cost Management: Optimize cloud resource utilization to ensure cost-effective operations and budgeting for cloud services.
• Team Development: Mentor and develop team members, building skills in cloud management, automation, and security best practices.

• Leadership & Strategy: Lead and manage the private cloud team, providing strategic direction and fostering a high-performance culture.
• Cloud Infrastructure Management: Oversee the architecture, deployment, and operation of public cloud solutions using AWS, Azure, OpenShift, and Kubernetes to ensure scalability, security, and high availability.
• Collaboration & Stakeholder Management: Work closely with internal teams (security, application development, operations) and external partners to align cloud strategies with organizational goals.
• Innovation & Optimization: Identify, recommend, and implement innovative cloud-based solutions to improve business processes, reduce costs, and increase system reliability.
• Security & Compliance: Ensure that cloud solutions comply with industry standards, data privacy regulations, and company security policies.
• Performance Monitoring: Establish metrics and monitor system performance, reliability, and scalability. Utilize data to make informed decisions and drive continuous improvement.
• Cost Management: Optimize cloud resource utilization to ensure cost-effective operations and budgeting for cloud services.
• Team Development: Mentor and develop team members, building skills in cloud management, automation, and security best practices