Director - Cross-Platform Engineering & DevOps

7 days ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Robert Walters Full time £120,000 - £200,000 per year

A leading global bank with strong presence in Corporate and Investment Banking is seeking a
Director
to drive strategic and technical leadership for engineering teams, to strengthen their engineering capability across multiple applications and platforms. This exciting newly recreated role will drive high-quality, scalable, and secure software delivery while fostering a collaborative, innovative, and results-oriented team environment.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead and mentor onshore/offshore engineering, DevOps, DevSecOps, and application development teams.
  • Collaborate with Cross Product Domain Leads and Product Owners to deliver solutions that meet business, regulatory, and growth requirements.
  • Oversee domain architecture, solution design, and technology stack optimization for cloud and on-premises systems.
  • Ensure high-quality, adaptable software solutions while reducing total cost of ownership.
  • Manage vendor and internal resources, driving career development, engagement, and performance excellence.
  • Partner with infrastructure, security, and application management teams to enable smooth delivery and continuous improvement.

Experience & Skills:

  • 15+ years in leading engineering teams in Corporate/Investment Banking, ideally across Risk, Finance, and Regulatory Reporting systems.
  • Expertise in microservices architecture, system integration, DevOps, DevSecOps, cloud (Azure), and on-premises platforms.
  • Proven experience in Agile and Waterfall methodologies, IT controls, vendor management, and strategic value delivery.
  • Strong leadership, strategic thinking, commercial acumen, and global stakeholder management skills.
  • Passionate about diversity, inclusion, sustainability, and fostering a high-performing team culture.

Technical Competencies:

  • Languages: .Net, C#, Java, SQL
  • Databases: Oracle, SQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis
  • Messaging & Middleware: MQ, IIB/ACE, DataStage
  • Cloud & Orchestration: Azure Databricks, Camunda 8, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/GKE), Docker, Helm
  • Backend/Frontend: Java 21, Spring Boot 3.x, Angular 15+, React 18+, REST APIs
  • CI/CD & DevSecOps: Jenkins, GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket, SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
  • Security & Secrets Management: OAuth2/OpenID Connect, HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk

This is a
high-impact leadership role
offering the opportunity to shape the bank's engineering capability and deliver transformational technology solutions at an enterprise scale.

Robert Walters Operations Limited is an employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates

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