Infrastructure Automation Lead

Next Ventures; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Next Ventures in London is seeking a Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer to lead a strategic infrastructure modernisation programme across EMEA. You will transform a largely manual environment into a scalable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platform, taking ownership from strategy and design through to delivery.

The role requires hands-on Terraform and Ansible, Kubernetes/OpenShift and hybrid cloud experience, with the opportunity to mentor a future automation team.

Qualifications

• Strong hands-on Terraform and Ansible experience.
• Enterprise-scale IaC and greenfield automation experience.
• Strong Linux, VMware and enterprise infrastructure knowledge.
• Experience with Kubernetes / OpenShift.
• Exposure to Azure or GCP and hybrid cloud environments.
• Git, CI/CD and DevOps experience.
• Proven ability to independently lead strategic infrastructure transformation projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead IaC and infrastructure automation across on-prem and future cloud environments.
• Build automated provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance and lifecycle processes.
• Develop self-service infrastructure workflows and automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Define infrastructure standards, governance and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership across Infrastructure, Operations and Engineering teams.
• Support modernisation involving Kubernetes, OpenShift and hybrid cloud.
• Help establish and mentor a future infrastructure automation team.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

VMware

Kubernetes

OpenShift

Azure

GCP

Git

CI/CD

DevOps

Leadership

Job description

Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer – London

Location:London –3 days per week onsite (Canary Wharf)

Start:ASAP

Contract status:INSIDE IR35

We are seeking an experiencedLead Infrastructure Automation Engineerto lead a strategic infrastructure modernisation programme across EMEA. You will transform a largely manual environment into a scalableInfrastructure-as-Code (IaC)platform, taking ownership from strategy and design through to delivery.

Key Responsibilities

• LeadIaC and infrastructure automationacross on-prem and future cloud environments.
• Build automated provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance and lifecycle processes.
• Developself-service infrastructure workflowsand automation frameworks from the ground up.
• Define infrastructure standards, governance and best practices.
• Provide technical leadership across Infrastructure, Operations and Engineering teams.
• Support modernisation involvingKubernetes, OpenShift and hybrid cloud.
• Help establish and mentor a future infrastructure automation team.

Essential Experience

• Strong hands-onTerraform and Ansibleexperience.
• Enterprise-scale IaC and greenfield automation experience.
• StrongLinux, VMware and enterprise infrastructureknowledge.
• Experience withKubernetes / OpenShift.
• Exposure toAzure or GCPand hybrid cloud environments.
• Git, CI/CD and DevOps experience.
• Proven ability to independently lead strategic infrastructure transformation projects.