DevOps Lead Engineer

We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you. Role Title: DevOps Lead Engineer Clearance- Active SC Clearance Location: St. Pauls/Hybrid 90% office-10% Remote - Duration: 27/01/2027 Role Description: Azure / AWS Cloud Project Delivery Engineer An experienced Azure and AWS Cloud Project Delivery Engineer responsible for the successful delivery of secure cloud infrastructure, platform, and application hosting solutions within enterprise and regulated environments. Working across project, engineering, security, and operational teams, the role combines deep technical expertise with strong stakeholder management skills to deliver cloud transformation, migration, and modernisation initiatives. The engineer is responsible for designing, implementing, automating, and transitioning secure cloud services while working in Agile delivery teams and collaborating closely with clients, suppliers, vendors, and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. Key Responsibilities Deliver secure Azure and AWS cloud hosting solutions from design through to operational handover. Work within Agile project teams, participating in sprint planning, delivery, reviews, and continuous improvement activities. Engage effectively with customer stakeholders, project managers, architects, security teams, third-party suppliers, and service delivery teams. Design and implement secure cloud networking architectures, including hub-and-spoke and hybrid connectivity patterns. Deploy and manage cloud-native, Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), and containerised workloads. Implement cloud identity, authentication, and authorisation solutions while ensuring appropriate separation of management and data plane access for sensitive environments. Support application deployment and operational readiness activities with a strong understanding of underlying infrastructure components. Deliver monitoring, alerting, observability, and operational insights using enterprise monitoring platforms. Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC), automation solutions, and CI/CD pipelines to enable repeatable and secure deployments. Provide technical leadership, mentor team members, and contribute to knowledge sharing across the wider delivery organisation. Technical Experience Cloud Platforms Microsoft Azure and Amazon Web Services (AWS) Secure cloud hosting and regulated environments Networking & Infrastructure Hub-and-spoke architectures Virtual networking, routing, segmentation, and hybrid connectivity Strong infrastructure and networking background Compute & Hosting Azure Virtual Machines (VMs) Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) AWS EC2 Container platforms including AKS, EKS, and Kubernetes Identity & Security Microsoft Entra ID AWS Identity Center Okta ManageEngine and other enterprise identity solutions Privileged access management and secure access controls Governance and guardrails protecting management and data planes Observability & Operations Azure Monitor Splunk Logging, monitoring, alerting, and operational dashboards Automation & DevOps Terraform Azure DevOps GitLab Python CI/CD pipeline design and implementation Infrastructure as Code and deployment automation Personal Attributes Strong team player with a collaborative approach to delivery. Comfortable working across multidisciplinary engineering, project, and operational teams. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Proactive in sharing knowledge, mentoring colleagues, and promoting engineering best practices. Able to balance strategic objectives with hands-on technical delivery in complex cloud environments. If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.