Cloud Platform Lead

VFX Financial

17h

About The Position

The Cloud Platform Lead will own the strategy, architecture and operational performance of our Azure cloud platform, leading a team of Cloud Engineers and SREs. This is a technical leadership role responsible for building a secure, reliable, scalable and cost-efficient platform, while establishing strong engineering standards across Infrastructure as Code, reliability, security and disaster recovery. The role will initially require hands-on involvement to understand the current environment, identify gaps and support priority improvements. The expectation is that the role will quickly move towards technical leadership, architecture, team development and platform strategy, rather than day-to-day infrastructure delivery. You will report directly to the CTO and manage a team of Cloud Engineers and SREs.

Requirements

5+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering roles
Strong production experience with Microsoft Azure
Experience leading, mentoring or managing cloud/platform engineers
Deep understanding of Azure networking, including VNets, routing, DNS, private endpoints, firewalls and hybrid connectivity
Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code
Experience designing reusable infrastructure patterns and multi-environment platforms
Strong understanding of Azure identity, Entra ID, RBAC and security
Experience deploying and operating containerised workloads on Azure Container Apps, AKS, or similar container platforms
Experience designing and operating highly available, business-critical systems
Strong understanding of observability, incident management and SRE practices
Experience designing and testing disaster recovery strategies
Strong troubleshooting capability across infrastructure, networking and deployments
Ability to remain technically hands-on when required while leading through the team
Strong communication skills and ability to work directly with senior technical and business stakeholders

Nice To Haves

Experience with Terraform and Terragrunt at scale
Experience with GitHub Actions
Experience with Azure Monitor and Log Analytics
Experience implementing FinOps or cloud cost optimisation practices
Experience in fintech, payments or another regulated environment
Familiarity with ISO 27001, FCA, DORA or CIS controls
Experience modernising legacy VM-based environments

Responsibilities

Own the architecture and evolution of our Microsoft Azure cloud platform
Lead, mentor and develop the Cloud Engineering and SRE team
Define and enforce standards for Azure networking, identity, security and governance
Drive the maturity of our Terraform/Terragrunt implementation and reusable Infrastructure as Code patterns
Set technical direction for CI/CD, observability and platform engineering
Improve platform reliability, scalability and operational performance
Own disaster recovery strategy, readiness and regular recovery testing
Define SLOs, reliability metrics and incident management practices
Act as the senior escalation point for major infrastructure incidents
Drive improvements in vulnerability management, patching and cloud security controls
Work closely with Security and Risk to support ISO 27001, FCA, DORA and CIS requirements
Establish cloud cost management, forecasting and optimisation practices
Provide technical input into Azure and infrastructure vendor decisions
Work closely with Engineering teams to provide secure and reliable platform capabilities