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DevOps Architect - Insurance

Lorien Resourcing LimitedFarringdon, Central London🇬🇧United Kingdom

Quick overview

SeniorityMid Senior
Employment typeTemporary/Casual
Work modeHybrid
LocationFarringdon, Central London, United Kingdom
Stakeholder ManagementGCPAWSAzureKubernetesCI/CD

Job description

DevOps Architect 6-Month Contract | Inside IR35 | Remote | Global Insurance Client

We're partnering with a leading Global Insurance Organisation seeking an experienced DevOps Architect to define and drive its enterprise DevOps and Platform Engineering strategy. This is a key architecture role where you'll shape the future of cloud-native delivery, platform engineering, automation, DevSecOps, developer experience, and engineering excellence across a large-scale technology estate.


Responsibilities:
  • Define the strategic vision for DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Developer Experience
  • Design scalable, secure, and automated delivery platforms
  • Establish standards for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, resilience, and environment management
  • Lead the adoption of DevSecOps and Platform-as-a-Product practices
  • Drive cloud modernisation, engineering automation, and self-service capabilities
  • Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations, and Product teams to deliver best-in-class engineering platforms
  • Champion AI-enabled engineering and continuous improvement initiatives

Experience
  • Strong experience across DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Architecture
  • Proven experience defining and delivering enterprise DevOps or Platform Engineering strategies
  • Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, cloud platforms, automation, and modern engineering practices
  • Strong architecture governance and stakeholder management skills
  • Experience leading engineering transformation programmes within complex enterprise environments
  • Cloud architecture certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
  • Kubernetes/container platform expertise
  • Experience with DORA metrics, Value Stream Management, or Flow Metrics
  • Exposure to AI-enabled engineering platforms
  • Financial Services, Insurance, or other regulated industry experience

If this role is of interest and would like to know more, please apply now!

Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

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