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Job Title: Infrastructure Automation Lead - Financial Services - Contract
📍 Location: London, UK
🕐 Employment type: Contract, 6 months
🌍 Environment: Financial Services Environment
About the Role
We are searching on behalf of our client for this role. This position is not with OVI.
We are seeking a highly experienced Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer to drive a strategic infrastructure modernisation and automation programme across the EMEA region. This is a newly created role within the Infrastructure team, focused on transforming a largely manual infrastructure environment into a scalable, automated, Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) platform. The successful candidate will be a hands-on technical leader who can independently define, design, and deliver automation solutions from a greenfield starting point.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions across on-premises and future cloud environments.
- Build and automate infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and operational processes using industry-standard automation tools.
- Develop automated server provisioning capabilities, moving from manual infrastructure requests towards self-service deployment workflows.
- Design automation frameworks that enable users to submit infrastructure requirements through standardised forms and automatically provision required resources.
- Reduce operational overhead by automating manual infrastructure activities, including server builds, software installation and configuration, patch management processes, validation and compliance activities, and infrastructure lifecycle management.
- Define and implement infrastructure standards, governance, and best practices.
- Collaborate with Infrastructure, Operations, and Engineering teams across multiple regions.
- Ensure all automation solutions are designed with future cloud migration and cloud-native adoption in mind.
- Support infrastructure modernisation initiatives involving OpenShift, Kubernetes, and hybrid cloud platforms.
- Act as the technical lead for infrastructure automation initiatives and help build and mentor a future automation team.
- Drive continuous improvement across infrastructure operations through automation and standardisation.
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Your Profile
- Strong hands-on experience with Terraform and Ansible.
- Proven experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code solutions at enterprise scale.
- Experience building automation frameworks from the ground up within greenfield environments.
- Deep understanding of Linux administration, VMware environments, and enterprise server infrastructure.
- Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and container platforms.
- Experience designing infrastructure with future cloud adoption in mind.
- Exposure to public cloud technologies, including Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
- Knowledge of source control platforms (Git) and CI/CD pipelines.
- Demonstrated ability to independently lead and drive strategic infrastructure projects.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
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What's Offered
- Competitive contract rate of £600- £700 all in.
- Opportunity to lead a strategic infrastructure modernisation programme.
- Chance to work in a dynamic and collaborative environment.
- Potential to influence and establish best practices in infrastructure automation.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is a senior infrastructure automation specialist who can define the automation strategy, lead greenfield initiatives, and design scalable infrastructure automation architectures. They should be able to drive change in a largely manual environment, influence stakeholders, and establish best practices while building the foundations for a future automation team.
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