DevOps / Cloud Platform Lead (Azure)

About the role

A hands-on DevOps / Cloud Platform Lead is sought to drive cloud infrastructure engineering, automation and delivery excellence. The role suits a strong technical leader who improves team performance, accelerates delivery and provides architectural direction while staying actively involved in engineering.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a DevOps / Cloud Engineering team, set priorities, drive execution and improve team performance.
• Design, build and optimise Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC).
• Develop and enhance CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning, deployment automation and releases.
• Provide Azure solution architecture guidance on service selection, networking, security and application deployment.
• Establish cloud engineering standards and best practices across Azure core services, identity and access management, networking, security and monitoring.
• Drive DevSecOps by integrating security controls, vulnerability scanning and compliance into pipelines.
• Work with engineering and business stakeholders to remove delivery bottlenecks and improve productivity.

Required profile

• 7+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Platform Engineering or related fields, with strong hands-on Azure expertise.
• Proven team leadership and delivery management experience, with a track record of improving execution speed and team performance.
• Experience in financial services or other regulated environments.
• Proactive, hands-on leadership style with strong problem-solving, decision-making and stakeholder management skills.

Required skills

• Terraform, IaC and CI/CD automation, including reusable infrastructure modules and multi-environment management.
• Solid understanding of Azure networking, core cloud services, identity and access management and infrastructure security.
• Familiarity with DevSecOps, automated security scanning, infrastructure monitoring and production reliability.