Infrastructure Automation Lead

Next Ventures
London

Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer – London

Location: London – 3 days per week onsite (Canary Wharf)

Start: ASAP

Contract status: INSIDE IR35

We are seeking an experienced Lead Infrastructure Automation Engineer to lead a strategic infrastructure modernisation programme across EMEA. You will transform a largely manual environment into a scalable Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC)platform, taking ownership from strategy and design through to delivery.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead IaC and infrastructure automation across on-prem and future cloud environments.
  • Build automated provisioning, configuration, patching, compliance and lifecycle processes.
  • Develop self-service infrastructure workflows and automation frameworks from the ground up.
  • Define infrastructure standards, governance and best practices.
  • Provide technical leadership across Infrastructure, Operations and Engineering teams.
  • Support modernisation involving Kubernetes, OpenShift and hybrid cloud .
  • Help establish and mentor a future infrastructure automation team.

Essential Experience

  • Strong hands-on Terraform and Ansible experience.
  • Enterprise-scale IaC and greenfield automation experience.
  • Strong Linux, VMware and enterprise infrastructure knowledge.
  • Experience with Kubernetes / OpenShift .
  • Exposure to Azure or GCP and hybrid cloud environments.
  • Git, CI/CD and DevOps experience.
  • Proven ability to independently lead strategic infrastructure transformation projects.
Posted 2026-09-12

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