Head of Cloud Engineer

Head of Cloud Engineering - Capital Markets Permanent, 3 days in office in London Role Summary The Head of Cloud Engineering, Capital Markets is accountable for the strategy, design, build, governance, and operation of Capital Markets cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. This role owns the end-to-end cloud platform life cycle-from reference architecture and guardrails, through secure delivery and operations-ensuring platforms meet regulatory, cyber, resiliency, and low-latency trading requirements. This leader operates at the intersection of engineering depth, governance rigor, and executive accountability, and builds a high-performing cloud engineering organization capable of operating in a regulated Capital Markets environment. Key Accountabilities 1. Cloud Platform Ownership andamp; Architecture Own the target-state architecture for Capital Markets cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), including landing zones, connectivity, identity, security, and shared services Define and maintain reference architectures and approved patterns for trading, analytics, and client-facing 2. Governance, Risk andamp; Audit Accountability Act as the accountable executive for cloud governance across Capital Markets environments Own intake, disclosure, and ongoing engagement with the Cloud Governance Committee (CGC) 3. Security, Resiliency andamp; Control Integration Embed security-by-design across all cloud platforms, integrating enterprise tooling (eg, Wiz, Qualys, CrowdStrike, ..... full job details .....