Lead Cloud Engineer

As Lead Cloud Engineer you will join the Modernisation department at OSB Group and be a part of the Cloud Centre of Excellence. You will work closely with multiple teams within OSB, such as the architecture review board, Engineering Teams, Cloud security team and IT operations to ensure comprehensive coverage of requirements for the Cloud platform across the Group. You will lead and coach a small team of Cloud Engineers and report into the Group Head of Cloud.  This is a brand new ‘hands on’ role with a delivery focus on  implementing and maintaining the cloud platform foundation and control plane that covers provisioning, telemetry, networking, and integration into the organisation wide services.

Our team at OSB Group is a cohesive blend of diverse talents and expertise, united by a shared commitment to excellence. With a collaborative spirit and an agile mindset, we thrive in an inclusive environment where every voice is valued, and innovation is encouraged. Supported by strong leadership and a culture of continuous learning, we work together to deliver high-quality solutions that drive innovation and enable our organisation to leverage the power of data and technology effectively.

The role can be based from our Chatham or Wolverhampton office.

The OSB Group is a FTSE 250 specialist mortgage lender, primarily focused on carefully selected segments of the mortgage market.

Our specialist lending is supported by our Kent Reliance and Charter Savings Bank retail savings franchises. Diversification of funding is provided by sophisticated securitisation platforms. OSB’s unique cost-efficient operating model is supported by our wholly-owned subsidiary OSBIndia.

Alongside passion for our products and customers, we're passionate about our people and want to continue building a collaborative and engaging environment.  Being dedicated to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, we encourage differences and recognise that individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences can bring valuable insights and enhance the way we work.  This is supported by our Diversity, Community and Environment Employee Engagement Networks and our commitment to the Women in Finance Charter and Women in Leadership Programme. 

As Lead Cloud Engineer you will bring your experience to lead a talented team  to further evolve their technical capabilities of OSB, drive improvements across processes and unlock new cloud capabilities for the group. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Scope, design, build and operate cloud services that multiple engineering teams can use within their products to help them deliver value faster, safer, and more reliably. 
• Develop, test, and deliver Infrastructure as code for a variety of Public Cloud compute services and Container platforms leveraging native cloud services
• Support architects to make design choices that will scale and be easy to operate within Cloud services and provide guidance on security/performance/operational constraints
• Implement, maintain, and optimize Cloud processes, tools, and security measures in Azure and multi-Cloud environments to support engineering teams in delivering secure, reliable and efficient products.
• Build and operate observability platforms to support logging, monitoring, alerting and telemetry services to ensure reliable operation of the platform and systems consuming the platform

With a number of exciting opportunities in this role, you will be part of the transformation project which will create a new operating platform for the business.  As the company and team grows, so should you!

We offer a base salary dependent on location and experience between £80,000 - £90,000 and a competitive benefits package including:

• Discretionary annual bonus opportunity of up to 25%.
• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Contributory pension (8% employer 5% employee).
• Life Assurance (4x salary) plus Group Income Protection.
• Access to Private Medical Insurance and Medical Cash Plan.
• Maternity & Adoption Leave – Occupational Maternity/Adoption Pay provided at 100% of salary for the first 26 weeks.
• Paternity Leave – 8 weeks of paid leave to be taken within 12 months of birth or adoption.
• Additional benefits such as Hybrid working, Cycle Purchase scheme, Technology Purchase scheme, Season Ticket Loan, Holiday purchase / sell schemes, Employee Perk Portals, Payroll giving and Save as you Earn scheme.

We are looking for talented individuals who have the experience and knowledge set out below:

•  Strong track record provisioning Infrastructure-as-Code, leveraging tools such as Terraform.
• Solid Experience working with Azure technologies, including Azure Repos Git repository, Azure Pipelines, Azure Artefact Feeds, Azure Key Vault, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and Azure Container Registry
• Demonstrable experience of building and operating observability platforms to support logging, monitoring, alerting and telemetry services to ensure reliable operation of the platform and systems consuming the platform
• Knowledge and experience working common scripting languages and tools such as PowerShell
• Significant experience with the core foundational security services of Cloud providers (e.g., Azure AD, Defender for Cloud, Azure Sentinel, Application Gateway and API Manager) and knowledge of networking on cloud specifically w.r.t DNS, Firewalls, VPNs

We also believe that your career and how you progress is as unique as your individual personality. We continually support our people so they can become the best version of themselves.

If this sounds like you, please apply now! For internal applications please visit the internal careers page to apply.

Alternatively, if you wish to have an informal and confidential chat please get in touch. Contact details can be found on our careers page.

If shortlisted from your initial application we operate a personalised recruitment process. Interviews are a two way street, we aim for them to be relevant and conversational to get the best out of you!

OSB Group are dedicated to diversity in the workplace and committed to treating all our employees and job applicants equally.  We embrace equal opportunities and are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.

As part of our public commitment to the Women in Finance Charter, we have introduced our own initiatives to attract, develop and advance senior women in our sector. We don’t stop there though, we have broadened our approach to encourage diversity and inclusion at all levels and in all roles. Our leadership and Executive Committee are right behind us, to the extent that our Diversity Champions sit at Board level and on a monthly basis receive updates on our progress. 

Whilst we are an organisation that values face-to-face interaction to build and nourish our culture, we also acknowledge that people are not just productive in an office and tied to the 9 to 5.  Flexible-working opportunities are important for establishing a healthy work-life balance so if you see a role of interest we are happy to be asked about flexibility and explore together if we can make it work.

All applicants must have rights to work in the UK and be willing to undertake the relevant pre-employment screening checks should your application be successful.