Cloud Engineering & Operations Lead

Cloud Engineering & Operations Lead

Location: London (Hybrid Working)
Travel: Occasional travel to London, Essex and South Coast
Salary: Competitive + Benefits

A leading and rapidly evolving insurance group is investing heavily in its technology and digital capabilities, creating an exciting opportunity for an experienced Cloud Engineering & Operations Lead to join the business during a period of transformation and growth. Reporting into senior technology leadership, this role will take responsibility for the ongoing development, optimisation and governance of the organisation's Azure cloud platform whilst helping oversee critical technology operations across a multi-site environment. This position would suit somebody who enjoys remaining hands-on technically whilst also influencing technology strategy, architecture decisions and operational best practice.

Key Responsibilities Cloud Engineering & Architecture

• Own the design, management and continuous improvement of the Azure cloud estate
• Develop cloud architecture standards, governance frameworks and engineering best practices
• Lead cloud modernisation, optimisation and migration initiatives
• Improve scalability, resilience, performance and security across cloud platforms
• Drive automation and infrastructure-as-code adoption where appropriate
• Act as the escalatio...