Head of DevOps

Head of DevOps | Azure (with AWS), Terraform, CI/CD | Tier 1 Bank Modernising Its DevOps Estate

• Day rate: £750/day (Inside IR35)
• Location: London, hybrid (regular time in the office)
• Contract length: 4 months, with likely extension

You'll take charge of a DevOps and automation function inside a Tier 1 bank, leading the team day to day while owning the strategy and roadmap. This is a lead-from-the-front seat: people management, direction, and pushing the automation agenda, rather than sitting in the pipelines yourself. The estate is Azure-first, roughly 80%, with some AWS in the mix, and there's a clear CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code agenda to drive.

What They're Looking For (Non-Negotiables)

• Azure (the primary platform, around 80% of the estate)
• Leadership and people management of a DevOps function
• DevOps and automation strategy and roadmap ownership
• CI/CD tooling (Jenkins, GitLab CI)
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• A proactive, self-directed approach in a regulated environment
• Contract or interim track record, available at short notice

What You'll Work With

• AWS (secondary platform, around 20% of the estate)
• Ansible
• Self-service environment provisioning
• PaaS and IaaS platforms
• Geographically split engineering teams and third-party suppliers
• A regulated banking estate part-way through modernisation

Nice to Haves

• Banking or wider financial services experience
• Azure certifications
• ITIL or Agile certifications
• Experience in large, matrix-managed global organisations

Why Join / Projects
You're coming in to lead and steady a DevOps and automation function through a defined four-month piece of work: setting direction, managing the team, and driving an Azure-first automation and CI/CD agenda. The estate is well-established, so you're improving something that already runs at scale rather than building from a blank sheet.

It's a role for someone who moves fast and takes ownership without waiting to be asked. The name behind it carries weight, the day rate is strong for inside IR35, and if the work lands there's a good chance of being kept on beyond the initial term.

If this is your kind of contract, apply and I'll give you a call to talk it through.

Head of DevOps | Azure (with AWS), Terraform, CI/CD | Tier 1 Bank Modernising Its DevOps Estate

Job reference: #BH-12439-1