Infrastructure Engineering, AVP-2

State Street

Cloud Native Platform Engineer automating operations and processes at Charles River Development. Building tools for deployment and monitoring while collaborating with internal teams.

Posted 5/28/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLeadWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDistributed SystemsElasticSearchGoogle Cloud PlatformGrafanaKubernetesMicroservicesNode.jsPrometheusTerraformVault

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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)
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)
Implement GitOps-based deployment models using tools like ArgoCD for consistent and auditable releases
Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps / GitHub Actions for Kubernetes workloads
Develop Infrastructure as Code solutions using Terraform (preferred) for Azure resources and AKS provisioning
Automate operational workflows including cluster provisioning, scaling, and recovery
Design and maintain platform observability frameworks using: Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, Elasticsearch Azure Monitor, Log Analytics OpenTelemetry (where applicable)
Ensure proactive monitoring of cluster health, application performance, and infrastructure metrics
Drive incident management practices, root cause analysis (RCA), and continuous reliability improvements
Define and enforce SLOs, SLIs, and platform health KPIs
Implement secure AKS architectures including: Azure CNI / networking models Private clusters, network policies Identity (Managed Identity, Azure AD integration)
Enforce container security and runtime protection (image scanning, policy enforcement)
Integrate with Azure Key Vault for secrets management
Ensure compliance with enterprise security and governance standards
Lead complex troubleshooting across Kubernetes, Azure infrastructure, and network layers
Drive cost optimization and capacity management (FinOps practices) for AKS and Azure resources
Serve as a bridge between Cloud Platform Engineering, Product, Architecture, and Business teams.
Provide thought leadership on cloud native platforms, operating models, and platform governance.

Requirements

What you’ll need

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
Strong 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.
Strong 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.
Proven ability to mentor, coach, and inspire high-performing technical teams.
Financial Services industry experience is strongly preferred.
Experience supporting regulated environments with strong data security, compliance, and governance requirements.
Prior experience in customer-facing or consulting roles is a plus.

Benefits

Comp & perks

inclusive development opportunities
flexible work-life support
paid volunteer days
vibrant employee networks that keep you connected

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Hard Skills & Tools

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)KubernetesTerraformCI/CDGitOpsmicroservicesAPI-firstevent-driven architectureInfrastructure as Codecontainer security

Soft Skills

communicationcollaborationleadershipmentoringinfluencingownershippresentationproblem-solvingcross-team collaborationthought leadership