DevOps Lead Systems Engineer (VP / Associate Director Level) - RBC Cloud, Wealth Management Infrastructure Engineering (London or Newcastle)

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Job Description What is the opportunity? The role of Lead Systems Engineer within RBC’s Cloud organisation 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. This is a permanent, full-time position which requires 4 days in the office. What will you do? 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. Agency Notice RBC Group does not accept agency

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