Lead Cloud Systems Engineer

0000050079 London branch of Royal Bank of Canada; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution in Newcastle upon Tyne is seeking a Lead Systems Engineer to enhance their cloud capabilities and support application teams. You will work with Azure infrastructure, focusing on PaaS services and CI/CD processes. The ideal candidate has substantial hands-on experience with Azure and Terraform and strong communication skills to mentor teams. This full-time position offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Leadership support for development

Opportunities to work with top professionals

Dynamic and collaborative team environment

Qualifications

• Advanced hands-on experience with Azure PaaS services like App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Deep experience in maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Support production development teams in Azure infrastructure.
• Maintain a library of Terraform modules for engineering teams.
• Contribute to infrastructure initiatives and implement resilient applications.

Skills

Advanced hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure

Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform

Experience designing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps

Understanding of containerization with Kubernetes

Strong communication skills

Tools

Azure DevOps

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Job Description

What is the opportunity?

The role of Lead Systems Engineer within RBC’s Cloud organization is a key position responsible for engineering and supporting our cloud environment. You will be central to supporting our application teams, evolving our cloud and CI / CD capabilities, and ensuring the stability and efficiency of our Azure infrastructure. Collaborating with a passionate team of cloud engineers, you will tackle complex technical challenges, promote modern practices like Infrastructure as Code, and directly support application teams to ensure their success. RBC’s expectation is that from mid-September 2025, all employees and contractors will work in the office with some flexibility to work up to 1 day per week remotely, depending on working arrangements.

• Support production and application development teams by providing expert guidance on Azure PaaS infrastructure, including App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and their supporting resources like Storage Accounts and Key Vaults.
• Maintain and improve a shared library of Terraform modules and Azure DevOps pipeline templates to enable self-service for engineering teams.
• Contribute to major infrastructure initiatives, including an application migration to a new Azure tenant and the evolution of our CI / CD platforms.
• Implement and manage highly available and resilient applications running in containers on Azure.
• Perform infrastructure remediation work to ensure compliance with Azure policies and security standards.
• Mentor and support engineers across our teams, helping them with remediation work and promoting cloud best practices.

What do you need to succeed? Must-have

• Advanced hands‑on experience with Azure infrastructure, particularly PaaS services like App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Storage Accounts, and Key Vaults.
• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.
• Deep experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI / CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration with Kubernetes.
• Strong communication skills necessary to work on a geographically distributed team and mentor other engineers.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Azure data services, such as Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.
• Knowledge of Azure Landing Zone principles and enterprise‑scale architecture.
• Experience with GitHub Actions.
• Experience working in a Wealth Management or other financial services environment.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.
• Opportunities to work with the best in the field.
• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.
• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high‑performing team.

Job Skills: Critical Thinking, Disruptive Innovations, Emerging Technologies, Group Problem Solving, IT Systems Integration, Operating Systems (OS), Product Development Design, Software Integration Engineering, System Applications, Teamwork. Additional Job Details

Address: 32 GALLOWGATE, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

City: Newcastle Upon Tyne

Country: United Kingdom

Work hours / week: 35

Employment Type: Full time

Platform: WEALTH MANAGEMENT

Job Type: Regular

Pay Type: Salaried

Posted Date: 2025-06-17

Application Deadline: 2025-12-02 Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above.

Inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment At RBC, we believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.