Charles River Development

AssistanceVicePresidentCloudPlatformEngineering(CloudNativePlatformEngineering)

London, United Kingdom FULL TIME Remote Friendly
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The Brief

“Assistance Vice President – Cloud Platform Engineering (Cloud Native Platform Engineering) at Charles River Development. Skills: Kubernetes, Azure, DevOps, Cloud-native. Automate and streamline operations. Build and maintain deployment tools”

What You'll Achieve.

Ensure platform solutions are scalable; Ensure platform solutions are secure; Ensure platform solutions aligned with business objectives; Ensure platform solutions aligned with emerging technology trends; High availability; Disaster recovery strategies; Consistent and auditable releases; Scalable, future-ready data solutions

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Troubleshooting and resolving issues; Root cause analysis; Lead complex troubleshooting

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Minimum 10 years of experience in cloud engineering organization, with platform engineering experience, or solution architecture roles., Extensive experience with Kubernetes, containers, and distributed systems, expertise in Azure (AKS), with exposure to multi-cloud (AWS/GCP) and cloud-native architectures., Hands-on experience with DevOps Platform Tooling (i. e) ArgoCD, Terraform, Azure Devops, scripting, Operational experience with observability tools Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Experience influencing or owning platform/product roadmaps in partnership with Product Management., Solid background in cloud native engineering concepts, performance optimization, security, and governance., communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence senior leadership and client levels., Demonstrated ability to collaborate across engineering, product, architecture, and business teams., Emphasizes ownership, platform standards, and cross-team collaboration, Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving alignment across multiple stakeholders., Proven ability to mentor, coach, and inspire high-performing technical teams.

Nice to Have

Financial Services industry experience is strongly preferred., Experience supporting regulated environments with data security, compliance, and governance requirements., Prior experience in customer-facing or consulting roles is a plus.

What You'll Do.

Automate and streamline operations

Build and maintain deployment tools

Build and maintain monitoring tools

Build and maintain operations tools

Troubleshoot and resolve issues

Design Azure Kubernetes Service platforms

Build Azure Kubernetes Service platforms

Operate Azure Kubernetes Service platforms

Manage multi-cluster AKS deployments

Manage multi-region AKS deployments

Own platform lifecycle management

Define AKS architecture patterns

Enforce AKS architecture patterns

Onboard workloads into containerized architectures

Modernize workloads into containerized architectures

Enable scalable deployments

Enable resilient deployments

Support integration across enterprise systems

Implement GitOps deployment models

Build CI/CD pipelines

Maintain CI/CD pipelines

Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions

Automate operational workflows

Design platform observability frameworks

Maintain platform observability frameworks

Ensure proactive monitoring

Drive incident management practices

Implement secure AKS architectures

Enforce container security

Enforce runtime protection

Integrate with Azure Key Vault

Ensure compliance with standards

Lead complex troubleshooting

Drive cost optimization

Drive capacity management

Provide thought leadership

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with internal engineering teams; Partner closely with architects; Partner closely with product leaders; Partner closely with external clients; Partner with application teams; Serve as a bridge between Cloud Platform Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Business teams; Collaborate across engineering, product, architecture, and business teams

Communication Scope

Communication skills; Presentation skills; Ability to influence senior leadership; Ability to influence client levels

Full Job Description

**Job Title** **Assistance Vice President – Cloud Platform Engineering (Cloud Native Platform** **Engineering)** **Role Overview** Charles River Development is looking for an experienced Cloud Native Platform Engineer. The successful candidate will be responsible for automating and streamlining our operations and processes, building and maintaining tools for deployment, monitoring, and operations as well as troubleshooting and resolving issues in our development, test, and production environments. Our ideal candidate is proficient with Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms. They should also be familiar with the software development lifecycle and have a deep understanding of modern DevOps tools and practices. The successful candidate will partner closely with internal engineering teams, architects, product leaders, and external clients to ensure platform solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with both business objectives and emerging technology trends. **Key Responsibilities** **Azure Kubernetes Platform Strategy** * Design, build, and operate enterprise-grade Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) platforms supporting mission-critical workloads * Manage multi-cluster and multi-region AKS deployments with high availability and disaster recovery strategies * Own platform lifecycle management including version upgrades, patching, node pool management, and cluster hardening * Define and enforce standardized AKS architecture patterns across environments (dev, non-prod, prod) **Cloud-Native Infrastructure & Workload Enablement** * Partner with application teams to onboard and modernize workloads into containerized, cloud-native architectures * Enable scalable, resilient deployments using microservices, API-first, and event-driven patterns * Support integration across enterprise systems (including hybrid/on-prem connectivity where required) **Automation, GitOps & Deployment Engineering** * Implement GitOps-based deployment models using too

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