DevOps Engineer - Senior

Recognisebank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Time Off

Work From Anywhere – Up to 6 weeks rem

Learning & Development

Hybrid Working – 3 days in office, 2远

Private Medical Care

Enhanced Pension Scheme

Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Pay

Discretionary Company Bonus

Job summary

Recognise Bank is seeking a senior Platform & Cloud Engineering Lead to steer secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and data platforms. You will provide technical leadership, set automation standards and partner with security, risk, and engineering teams to align with governance requirements.

You will drive resilience, incident management and continuous improvement across deployment, observability and tooling, while coaching engineers and shaping platform capabilities across the function.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering and supporting cloud-based platforms.
• Experience leading technical initiatives and driving engineering improvements.
• Experience operating infrastructure as code and automation practices.
• Experience supporting change management, incident management and operational processes.
• Experience collaborating across engineering, security and technology teams.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platform concepts and services.
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code principles.
• Strong knowledge of automation and deployment practices.
• Ability to develop and maintain automation and operational tooling.
• Strong understanding of monitoring, alerting and operational support.
• Strong understanding of security, access control and governance.
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve platform and infrastructure issues.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and delivery of cloud infrastructure solutions that support the bank's technology and data platforms.
• Own infrastructure automation standards that improve consistency, resilience and deployment efficiency.
• Drive platform engineering best practices across deployment, observability, monitoring and operational support processes.
• Manage the availability, performance and operational health of technology platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, security and risk teams to deliver secure and scalable technology solutions.
• Improve operational resilience through proactive service improvement, incident management and root cause analysis.
• Define and maintain platform standards, controls and documentation to support consistent and sustainable operations.
• Guide engineers through technical leadership, coaching and knowledge sharing to strengthen engineering capability across the function.
• Safeguard cloud environments by embedding governance, security and risk management requirements into platform operations.

Skills

Cloud leadership

IaC

Automation

Observability

Incident management

Security governance

Collaboration

Troubleshooting

Education

Technology-related discipline degree

Tools

CI/CD tooling

Python automation

Observability tools

Job description

About the role

Lead the delivery of secure,reliableand scalable technology platforms that support the bank's systems,applicationsand data services. The role provides technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, automation and platform engineering capabilities, ensuring solutions are resilient,efficientand aligned to the bank's risk and control standards.

• Lead the design and delivery of cloud infrastructure solutions that support the bank's technology and data platforms.
• Own infrastructure automation standards that improve consistency, resilience and deployment efficiency.
• Drive platform engineering best practices across deployment, observability, monitoring and operational support processes.
• Manage the availability, performance and operational health of technology platforms.
• Collaborate with engineering, data, security and risk teams to deliver secure and scalable technology solutions.
• Improve operational resilience through proactive service improvement, incident management and root cause analysis.
• Define and maintain platform standards, controls and documentation to support consistent and sustainable operations.
• Guide engineers through technical leadership, coaching and knowledge sharing to strengthen engineering capability across the function.
• Safeguard cloud environments by embedding governance, security and risk management requirements into platform operations.

Qualifications

• Degree, professional qualification, apprenticeship, or equivalent practical experience in a technology-related discipline
• Experience delivering and supporting cloud-based technology platforms
• Experience leading technical initiatives and driving engineering improvements
• Experience operating infrastructure as code and automation practices
• Experience supporting change management, incident management and operational support processes
• Experience collaborating across engineering, security and technology teams
• Strong knowledge of cloud platform concepts and services
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure as code principles
• Strong knowledge of automation and deployment practices
• Ability to develop and maintain automation and operational tooling
• Strong understanding of monitoring, alerting and operational support practices
• Strong understanding of security, access control and governance principles
• Ability to troubleshoot and resolve platform and infrastructure issues

Desirable

• Relevant cloud, platform or DevOps certifications.
• Experience within a regulated financial services environment
• Experience supporting data and analytics platforms
• Experience contributing to operational resilience or disaster recovery exercises
• Experience working within multi-account cloud environments
• Experience mentoring or coaching engineers
• Knowledge of cloud governance and cost optimisation practices
• Knowledge of infrastructure development frameworks
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tooling
• Knowledge of Python-based automation
• Knowledge of observability and monitoring platforms
• Knowledge of data platforms and data engineering workflows
• Knowledge of regulated technology environments

Why Join?

At Recognise Bank, we're building more than a bank — we’re creating a culture where people feel empowered to make a difference , supported to be brilliant with a can do will do attitude, and trusted to do the right thing.

We believe that when our people thrive, so do our customers. That’s why we invest in an environment that reflects our values and supports your growth, flexibility, and wellbeing.

Here’s what you can look forward to:

• Competitive Time Off – Generous annual leave plus bank holidays to rest, recharge, and enjoy life outside of work.
• Work From Anywhere – Up to 6 weeks per year to work remotely from anywhere in the world.*
• Learning & Development – Tailored training and support to grow your skills and achieve your professional goals.
• Hybrid Working – To support your work-life balance, we offer a hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote.**
• Private Medical Care with Vitality – Comprehensive healthcare coverage to keep you healthy.
• Enhanced Pension Scheme – Helping you plan and save for a secure future.
• Maternity, Paternity & Adoption Pay – Supporting you and your family during important life moments.
• Discretionary Company Bonus – Rewarding your contribution to our shared success.

If you're curious, driven, and ready to be part of something meaningful — where your ideas matter, your growth is supported, and your work makes a real impact — then we’d love to hear from you.

*Subject to company policy.

**This arrangement may vary during the induction period.