Lead Cloud Platform Engineer

At Bupa, our purpose is simple: helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. As a healthcare provider with no shareholders, we keep our focus on our customers and our people.

As a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping the platforms that support our digital services. You’ll help build secure, reliable and scalable cloud solutions that enable our teams to deliver high-quality care and support to customers.

This is a leadership role where you’ll guide technical direction, support colleagues and influence how we develop and operate our cloud platforms. You’ll be part of a collaborative environment where your ideas are valued, and you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while continuing to develop your career.

How you’ll help us make health happen

As a Lead Cloud Platform Engineer, you will:

• Lead the design, build and evolution of cloud-based platforms and infrastructure
• Set technical direction and support best practices for platform engineering
• Ensure systems are secure, reliable and scalable
• Drive automation and continuous improvement of platform services
• Collaborate with engineering, security and operations teams
• Support the delivery of applications by providing robust platform capabilities
• Monitor performance and respond to incidents to maintain service quality
• Coach and support other engineers, sharing knowledge and guidance
• Ensure solutions align with internal standards and regulatory requirements

Do you have experience in Software deployment?, * Has strong experience working with cloud platforms (e.g. Azure, AWS or GCP)

• Demonstrates expertise in platform engineering, infrastructure and automation
• Has experience leading or mentoring engineers
• Is confident working with deployment, monitoring and configuration tools
• Has knowledge of scripting or programming languages (e.g. Python, PowerShell or similar)
• Understands security, reliability and performance in cloud environments
• Communicates clearly and works well with a range of stakeholders
• Takes a proactive, solution-focused approach

Pulled from the full job description

• Referral programme
• Employee mentoring programme
• Employee discount
• Gym membership
• Life insurance
• Additional leave
• Private dental insurance, Our benefits are designed to make health happen for our people. Viva is our global wellbeing programme and includes all aspects of our health - from mental and physical, to financial, social and environmental wellbeing. We support flexible working and have a range of family-friendly benefits.

Joining Bupa in this role you will receive the following benefits and more:

• 25 days holiday, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
• Bupa health insurance as a benefit in kind
• An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
• Onsite gyms or local discounts where no onsite gym available
• Various other benefits and online discounts, Employee mentoring programme, Private medical insurance, Cycle to work scheme, Private dental insurance, Additional leave, Financial planning services, Free flu jabs, Paid volunteer time, Health & wellbeing programme, Gym membership, Referral programme, Company pension

We’re a health insurer and provider. With no shareholders, our customers are our focus. Our people are all driven by the same purpose - helping people live longer, healthier, happier lives and making a better world. We make health happen by being brave, caring and responsible in everything we do.

We encourage all of our people to “Be you at Bupa”. We champion diversity, and we understand the importance of our people representing the communities and customers we serve. That’s why we especially encourage applications from people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.

Bupa is a Level 2 Disability Confident Employer. This means we aim to offer an interview/assessment to every disabled applicant who meets the minimum criteria for the role. We’ll make sure you are treated fairly and offer reasonable adjustments as part of our recruitment process to anyone that needs them.