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.

Harvey Nash

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