Director, Cloud Technology & Platform Engineering

What is the opportunity?

In this role you will have the opportunity to develop cutting edge cloud deployment platforms and gain highly coveted experience in migrating the enterprise to the hybrid cloud. You will interact with a team of passionate cloud engineers who thrive on solving challenging technical problems and creating great products that delight customers.

Leading a team of DevOps engineers. You will efficiently manage and maintain the Azure infrastructure, implement cost effective strategies, ensure the security and compliance of Azure resources, and collaborate with key stakeholders to align Azure cloud resources with the enterprise organisations and business strategy. 

If this is the type of challenge that you're passionate about, then we would like to talk to you!

What will you do?

• Build enterprise platforms in Azure, AWS and GCP for the greater bank to support modern development techniques and architectures.

• Leverage containerization technologies such as Kubernetes to build multicloud, multitenant platforms.

• Deliver capabilities using practices such as Infrastructure as Code and GitOps.

• Learn from a great team of fellow engineers in building real-world cloud scale solutions across public and private clouds.

• Lead a team of like-minded platform engineers to build the cloud platforms as part of the RBC hybrid cloud strategy.

• Promote automation and infrastructure best practices.

• Fearlessly face challenging technical problems, use your superpowers to solve them, and help your peers by sharing your unique solutions.

• Design educational material for fellow engineers, like sample cloud native apps and starter code.

• Continuously learn new technical skills and practice by applying them in your day-to-day work.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Proven experience managing and mentoring a team of engineers. 

• Comprehensive knowledge of computer industry, trends and best practices frameworks.

• A passion for making developers more efficient through DevOps, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.

• Experience with Infrastructure Automation and Infrastructure as Code.

• Experience with container platforms.  Ideally Kubernetes and/or Docker.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with audit and governance frameworks.

• Experience managing a global organization.

• Experience developing software.

• Experience working with Ansible, Git, Artifactory.

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.

• Flexible working options fully supported.

Agency Notice

RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additional details.

Job Skills

Creativity, Critical Thinking, Emerging Technologies, Group Problem Solving, IT Systems Integration, Long Term Planning, Operating Systems (OS), System Applications, Systems Thinking, Teamwork

Additional Job Details

100 BISHOPSGATE:LONDONLondonUnited Kingdom35Full timeWEALTH MANAGEMENTRegularSalaried2024-11-072024-11-21

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above