DevOps Manager

DevOps Manager | Azure | Financial / Trading Environment | London (3 days a week) - up to £180k

I’m supporting a large, global organisation operating in a high‑performance, regulated trading environment with the hire of an experienced DevOps Manager to lead infrastructure and cloud operations.

This is a senior role sitting at the heart of a mission‑critical technology platform, responsible for modernising infrastructure, driving DevOps best practice, and leading teams across DevOps, CloudOps, and Core Infrastructure.

The Role

You’ll take ownership of on‑prem and Azure‑based infrastructure, ensuring secure, resilient and scalable platforms that support 24/7 business‑critical systems. This is a mix of hands‑on technical leadership and people management, with strong visibility across engineering, security and the wider business.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps, CloudOps and Infrastructure teams (hosting, networks, provisioning)
• Own Azure cloud operations including architecture, deployment and optimisation
• Drive CI/CD strategy using GitHub and modern DevOps tooling
• Champion Infrastructure as Code using Terraform / ARM
• Implement and maintain observability and monitoring solutions
• Partner closely with security teams to meet regulatory and cyber‑security standards
• Manage third‑party vendors and ensure service delivery standards
• Mentor engineers and foster a collaborative, high‑performance culture

Key Skills & Experience

• Strong background in DevOps and Azure cloud operations
• Proven experience leading engineering teams
• CI/CD, Git, GitHub pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Ansible)
• Observability tools such as Prometheus and Grafana
• Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Scripting (PowerShell)
• Experience in regulated environments such as banking, trading, financial services or similar
• Strong stakeholder communication and vendor management skills

Tech Environment Azure, ARM, CI/CD, GitHub, PowerShell, Docker, Kubernetes, Jira, monitoring and security tooling.

Why Apply

• Senior leadership role in a global organisation
• Complex, large‑scale, business‑critical platforms
• Strong focus on modern DevOps and cloud engineering
• Long‑term strategic role rather than pure firefighting

** Please note this role will require you to be on-site in their Central London office 3 days a week. **

If you’re a DevOps leader looking to operate at scale in a regulated, high‑impact environment, happy to share more details confidentially.