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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Senior Director Technology - **Company:** Travelport - **Location:** London, UK - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, Information Engineering, Distributed Systems, Cloud Services, Azure Machine Learning, Delivery Pipeline, Data Strategy, Data Lakes, AI Platforms, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Deployment Automation - **Published:** June 20, 2026 - **Apply:** https://ejzg.fa.us6.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/requisitions/preview/2718 ## About the Role * You've led cloud engineering, platform engineering or infrastructure engineering teams running high-scale production systems on AWS. * You have strong practical knowledge of distributed systems, infrastructure as code, automated deployment pipelines, cloud security, observability and operational reliability. * You have managed cloud cost, budget and capacity at scale. * You understand the engineering choices that drive AWS spend. * You have enough exposure to AI/ML platform needs, data engineering and cloud data platforms to guide real architecture decisions. * AWS Bedrock or production GenAI experience would be valuable * You can operate at senior leadership level while staying close enough to the technology to challenge decisions properly. * You know how to build strong engineering teams, create clear standards and improve delivery without adding unnecessary process. ## Description We're hiring a Senior Director, Cloud Engineering to lead the cloud engineering capability behind Travelport's next-generation platform. This role needs someone who has built and operated serious AWS environments, understands large-scale systems, and can create the platform conditions for frontier AI products to work in production. You'll lead the team that defines the engineering approach for AWS, builds our production AWS platform, and onboards development teams and products to this platform. You'll be responsible for driving the move to infrastructure as code, account management, automated pipelines, observability, resilience, operating coverage and cost control. You'll also help define how the platform supports AI, data engineering and high-scale product demand, including where AWS Bedrock and other AI services can be used responsibly in production. The role is about making the platform stronger, simpler and ready for what comes next while managing the pipeline of new products that are moving to or being created in AWS. 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