Azure Technical Lead

Azure Technical Lead – Shape the Backbone of a Leading Insurance Platform

£100K+ | London | Hybrid (3–4 days onsite)

Are you a technically strong infrastructure specialist with real depth across Azure, Kubernetes, modern security, and enterprise‑scale engineering ?

Do you want to shape, build, and lead the evolution of a modern cloud-first infrastructure estate within a highly regulated financial services environment?

This organisation is investing heavily in its technology platforms and is looking for an Azure Technical Architect / Lead who can combine hands‑on engineering with architectural thinking, security best practice, and strategic influence. If you’re someone who enjoys solving complex infrastructure challenges, elevating standards, and making a real impact—this is the role where your expertise will truly matter.

The Role

As the Technical Lead/ Azure Platform Specialist, you will take ownership of the organisation’s infrastructure and cloud platforms, ensuring they are secure, scalable, resilient, and aligned with best practice. This is a hands‑on role with influence.

You will be responsible for cloud engineering, Kubernetes/AKS, identity and endpoint management, security alignment, architectural governance, vendor oversight, and proactive platform improvement.

This is a role for someone who is technically deep , enjoys autonomy, and thrives in a regulated environment where architecture, security, and resilience are paramount.

What You’ll Be Doing

Cloud, Infrastructure & Platform Leadership

• Lead the design, build, and optimisation of cloud and on‑prem infrastructure.
• Act as the subject matter expert across Azure , including compute, networking, storage, and databases.
• Own and mature Kubernetes (AKS) and containerisation across the estate.
• Oversee identity platforms (Entra ID/M365 ), network design, and core infrastructure services.
• Ensure modern endpoint and VDI/endpoint management capabilities are secure and effective.

Architecture, Strategy & Governance

• Develop and maintain infrastructure patterns, standards, and design principles.
• Contribute to and challenge architectural decisions, ensuring enterprise‑scale thinking.
• Collaborate with architecture, security, and group technology teams.
• Lead continuous improvement across infrastructure maturity, tooling, and automation.

Security, Resilience & Compliance

• Maintain a strong security posture across cloud, identity, network, and endpoints.
• Support threat detection, vulnerability management, patching, and privileged access governance.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory expectations (FCA/PRA/regulated environment).
• Contribute to operational resilience, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
• Manage key third‑party technology providers, SLAs, and service performance.
• Oversee procurement, contract reviews, and platform assurance.
• Provide technical direction across internal projects and transformation initiatives.

What We’re Looking For:

Must‑Have Technical Skills

✔ Strong hands‑on Azure cloud experience (compute, networking, storage, databases)

✔ Deep knowledge of AKS/Kubernetes & containerisation (major requirement)

✔ Broad experience across infrastructure security and governance

✔ Strong understanding of Entra ID/M365 identity , access controls, and conditional access

✔ Experience with VDI/endpoint and modern workplace technologies

✔ Strong understanding of enterprise‑scale architectures and infrastructure patterns

✔ Awareness of Power BI / Power Platform in a cloud‑integrated environment

Experience & Behaviours

• 5+ years in senior infrastructure, cloud, or platform engineering roles
• Experience working in financial services, insurance, or highly regulated environments
• Strong communicator with the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly
• Able to operate across hands‑on engineering, design thinking, and stakeholder influence
• Comfortable challenging, improving, and evolving standards and practices

Why This Role?

• Real influence over the future state of the infrastructure and cloud platforms
• Hands‑on ownership combined with strategic input
• Modern, cloud‑centric environment
• Greenfield maturity building, not legacy firefighting
• Tight‑knit technology function with room to innovate and lead

Interested?

If you’re ready to shape a cloud‑first, secure, modern infrastructure environment—and want a role where your technical depth is genuinely valued—apply now or reach out for a confidential chat.