Tech Lead | Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes | Bank-Grade Cloud Platform Build
* Salary: £100,000 - £115,000
* Hybrid: London (2 days/week on-site)
The Role
Join a newly formed Cloud Platform Engineering team building a greenfield Azure platform for a regulated banking venture. As Tech Lead, you’ll drive technical delivery across a team of ten engineers, staying hands-on while setting the standard for Infrastructure-as-Code, DevOps, and platform engineering.
You’ll work at the intersection of architecture and delivery, ensuring solutions are built securely, efficiently, and to a consistently high standard. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a people management one.
What They’re Looking For (Non-Negotiables)
* Tech Lead / Principal Engineer experience on large-scale Azure platform builds
* Azure Cloud expertise (enterprise-scale landing zones, networking, security, governance)
* Expert-level Terraform for modular, composable infrastructure-as-code
* Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
* Delivery leadership in DevOps-driven teams using GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
* Proven ability to mentor engineers and embed technical standards
* Strong grasp of Kanban / continuous-delivery workflows
What You’ll Work With
* Azure Cloud: CAF enterprise-scale architecture, policy automation, governance
* Terraform: Modular provisioning, testing, and deployment patterns
* Kubernetes: Workload orchestration and container management
* CI/CD: GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines with end-to-end automation
* Event-Driven Architecture: Kafka or similar messaging systems
* Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor, Open Telemetry, Prometheus etc.
* Secure-by-Design Practices: Policy as Code, automated validation, compliance controls
Nice to Haves
* Experience in regulated environments (banking, fintech, healthcare)
* Background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps transformation
* Exposure to FinOps / cost optimisation
* Familiarity with Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones Accelerators
* Microsoft certifications (AZ-400 / AZ-305 or equivalent)
Why Join / Projects
This is your chance to shape a greenfield banking platform from day one, defining the standards, practices, and automation that will underpin a regulated enterprise cloud
You’ll have genuine technical ownership, influence how a modern engineering culture takes root, and see your work directly impact a mission-critical delivery.
Tech Lead | Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes | Bank-Grade Cloud Platform Build