Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead - Multi-Cloud & IaC Leader

Centrica plc; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Centrica Energy is seeking a Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead to shape multi-cloud strategy across AWS and Azure in the UK. You’ll design secure, scalable infrastructure, drive CI/CD, IaC and security practices, and mentor teams to deliver aligned with business goals.

Ideal candidates have strong leadership in DevOps, hands-on cloud engineering, and certifications in AWS/Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and related tooling. Join a team delivering a greener, smarter energy future.

Qualifications

• Significant cloud architecture and DevOps experience, ideally in commodity trading or financial services.
• Proven leadership in DevOps and cloud infrastructure.
• Expert in AWS and Azure with relevant certifications.
• Hands-on IaC using Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible.
• Experience with CI/CD tooling Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Strong problem-solving in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent communication to non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain scalable cloud solutions across AWS and Azure.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD and GitHub Actions.
• Create Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM and Ansible.
• Establish monitoring with CloudWatch and Azure Monitor; manage incidents.
• Lead DevOps practices and mentor engineers.
• Collaborate with developers, QA and operations to align with goals and communicate with stakeholders.

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Azure Resource Manager

Ansible

Jenkins

GitLab CI/CD

GitHub Actions

AWS CodePipeline

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

CloudWatch

Azure Monitor

Job description

Centrica Energy is seeking a Cloud Architect & DevOps Lead to shape multi-cloud strategy across AWS and Azure in the UK. You’ll design secure, scalable infrastructure, drive CI/CD, IaC and security practices, and mentor teams to deliver aligned with business goals.

Ideal candidates have strong leadership in DevOps, hands-on cloud engineering, and certifications in AWS/Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes, and related tooling. Join a team delivering a greener, smarter energy future.