Project Manager - Cloud & Middleware (PopHealth Record)

About the role

This role manages end-to-end cloud infrastructure and middleware platforms hosted on the Government Commercial Cloud (GCC), combining project delivery and operational management. It covers cloud transformation, infrastructure modernisation, middleware lifecycle management, service enhancement and operational support, working with business stakeholders, architects, application and security teams, operations teams and vendors to keep critical healthcare systems available, secure and resilient.

Key responsibilities

• Lead cloud infrastructure and middleware modernisation, migration, upgrade and transformation on GCC AWS
• Provide technical leadership and governance aligned with architecture, security and operational standards
• Manage end-to-end project delivery, from planning and execution to testing, implementation, transition and closure
• Manage middleware lifecycle: upgrades, patching, migration, performance tuning, security hardening and technology refresh
• Oversee operations of cloud and middleware services for availability, reliability, performance, capacity and security
• Support application onboarding, deployment, integration and production readiness
• Drive automation and platform engineering via IaC, scripting, CI/CD and DevOps
• Lead incident, problem, change and release management, including root cause analysis
• Set up monitoring, observability, logging and performance management
• Lead disaster recovery, resilience testing and business continuity
• Manage stakeholders, vendors, contracts, risks, budgets and service performance
• Develop runbooks, standards and recovery plans, and mentor engineers

Required profile

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or a related discipline
• At least 10 years of experience in cloud infrastructure, middleware platforms or enterprise IT, including project delivery and operations
• Proven experience leading cloud transformation, platform modernisation, technology refresh or large-scale migrations
• Experience managing enterprise-scale, mission-critical platforms with high availability and resilience requirements
• Strong stakeholder engagement, vendor management, communication and leadership skills

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of AWS, cloud architecture, networking, security, storage, backup and disaster recovery
• Hands-on administration of enterprise middleware (web servers, application servers, API gateways, integration platforms)
• IaC, CI/CD, scripting and DevOps
• Capacity planning, service governance and operational support
• Incident, problem and change management; disaster recovery and business continuity
• Professional certifications such as AWS, PMP, CITPM or ITIL are advantageous