Job Description

Platform Modernisation Lead** (Contract)

Duration: Up until 31 March 2026 (Possibility for extension)

Location: London/Hybrid (3 days per week on site)

Rate: A highly competitive Umbrella Day Rate is available for suitable candidates

Role Overview

As the Platform Modernisation Lead, you will take ownership of designing and implementing our hybrid multi-cloud container platform, ensuring it is production-ready at scale.

You will be a key player in the ITSD Architecture & Engineering organisation, responsible for integrating our platform with corporate governance processes, standards, and tooling.

This role demands strong leadership and a strategic mindset as you define and embed our cloud operating model, aligning it with change and release management, observability, monitoring, alerting, and support processes.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead the design and implementation of a hybrid multi-cloud container platform across Azure, AWS, and GCP.

Ensure seamless integration between the platform and corporate governance processes, standards, and tooling.

Define and embed a robust cloud operating model that aligns with organisational change and release management.

Develop observability, monitoring, and alerting strategies to ensure operational excellence.

Maintain end-to-end accountability for platform production readiness, ensuring it meets enterprise standards.

Support and enable the migration of legacy applications to the cloud, contributing to broader cloud adoption initiatives.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure operational readiness, resilience, and effective integration into live service support models.

Skills & Experience:

Proven experience in leading hybrid/multi-cloud platform initiatives.

Strong expertise in container technologies (e.g., Kubernetes, OpenShift).

Extensive knowledge of enterprise governance integration within a regulated environment, preferably in financial services.

Demonstrated experience operating at a senior level, with a track record of successfully managing complex projects.

Familiarity with production infrastructure support and production application support environments.

Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels.

Candidates will need to show evidence of the above in their CV in order to be considered.

If you feel you have the skills and experience and want to hear more about this role 'apply now' to declare your interest in this opportunity with our client. Your application will be observed by our dedicated team.

We will respond to all successful applicants ASAP however, please be advised that we will always look to contact you further from this time should we need further applicants or if other opportunities arise relevant to your skillset.

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