Platform Engineering Manager | Azure, Terraform & DevOps | Cloud Transformation in Financial Services
- Location: London (Hybrid, typically 3 days onsite)
- Permanent, full-time
- Salary: £95k - £100k + bonus and benefits
- Visa sponsorship: Not available
The Role
You’ll lead the strategy, delivery, and operation of a hybrid platform across Azure and IaaS.
The focus is on building and running a secure, scalable platform while driving the shift toward cloud-native. You’ll define the platform roadmap, implement Azure landing zones, and ensure engineering teams can deliver reliably and at pace.
This is a leadership role with accountability across platform engineering, governance, security, and operational performance.
Non-Negotiables
- Platform engineering leadership in enterprise environments
- Cloud platforms (Azure preferred, but open to AWS or GCP backgrounds)
- Azure (landing zones, governance, IaaS/PaaS) or equivalent in other cloud environments
- Architecture governance and design authority
- Security-by-design and Zero Trust
- Terraform or Bicep (production IaC)
- CI/CD and infrastructure automation
- Observability (SLOs, monitoring, incident management)
- Disaster recovery and resilience planning
- Vendor and third-party management
- Strong stakeholder communication
What You’ll Work With
- Azure (landing zones, shared services)
- Terraform / Bicep
- CI/CD pipelines
- Kubernetes (AKS)
- Observability tooling (logs, metrics, tracing)
- Networking (VNets, ExpressRoute, private endpoints)
- Security controls and compliance frameworks
- Event Hubs, Service Bus, API Management
- Hybrid Windows/Linux infrastructure
Nice to Haves
- FinOps (cost control, budgeting, optimisation)
- Financial services or regulated environments
- ISO27001 / NIST or similar frameworks
- Payments or financial messaging exposure
- Azure or Kubernetes certifications
Why Join / Projects
- Define and deliver the Azure platform strategy
- Build enterprise landing zones and shared services
- Improve developer experience through self-service platforms
- Drive automation, standardisation, and reliability
- Own platform resilience, security, and compliance
You’ll have clear ownership of the platform and how it evolves.
Platform Engineering Manager | Azure, Terraform & DevOps | Cloud Transformation in Financial Services
