Job Specifications
Tech Lead | Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes | Bank-Grade Cloud Platform Build
£600-700 p/d (Outside IR35)
5-month initial contract (extensions likely)
Hybrid: London (2 days/week on-site)
The Role
Join a newly formed Cloud Platform Engineering team building a greenfield Azure platform for a regulated banking venture. As Tech Lead, you’ll drive technical delivery across a team of ten engineers, staying hands-on while setting the standard for Infrastructure-as-Code, DevOps, and platform engineering.
You’ll work at the intersection of architecture and delivery, ensuring solutions are built securely, efficiently, and to a consistently high standard. This is a hands-on technical leadership role, not a people management one.
What They’re Looking For (Non-Negotiables)
Tech Lead / Principal Engineer experience on large-scale Azure platform builds
Azure Cloud expertise (enterprise-scale landing zones, networking, security, governance)
Expert-level Terraform for modular, composable infrastructure-as-code
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes in production environments
Delivery leadership in DevOps-driven teams using GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps
Proven ability to mentor engineers and embed technical standards
Strong grasp of Kanban / continuous-delivery workflows
What You’ll Work With
Azure Cloud: CAF enterprise-scale architecture, policy automation, governance
Terraform: Modular provisioning, testing, and deployment patterns
Kubernetes: Workload orchestration and container management
CI/CD: GitHub Actions or Azure DevOps pipelines with end-to-end automation
Event-Driven Architecture: Kafka or similar messaging systems
Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor, Open Telemetry, Prometheus etc.
Secure-by-Design Practices: Policy as Code, automated validation, compliance controls
Nice to Haves
Experience in regulated environments (banking, fintech, healthcare)
Background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps transformation
Exposure to FinOps / cost optimisation
Familiarity with Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones Accelerators
Microsoft certifications (AZ-400 / AZ-305 or equivalent)
Why Join / Projects
This is your chance to shape a greenfield banking platform from day one, defining the standards, practices, and automation that will underpin a regulated enterprise cloud
You’ll have genuine technical ownership, influence how a modern engineering culture takes root, and see your work directly impact a mission-critical delivery.
(Option to extend or convert to permanent after initial term.)
Tech Lead | Azure, Terraform, Kubernetes | Bank-Grade Cloud Platform Build
About the Company
We are Prism Digital, your DevOps and Cloud talent partner.
Proud sponsors and co-organisers of the London DevOps meetup group.
We are a niche consultancy with a tight focus on driving quality over quantity. We pride ourselves on our consultative approach, our extensive knowledge of the DevOps, Cloud and infrastructure sector and most importantly how important great talent is to help your company grow and succeed.
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