Vice President, Digital Engineering Services Optimisation & Efficiency Lead Location: London - Hybrid (2-3 days per week in office) Salary: TBC + Excellent Benefits + Bonus Deerfoot Recruitment is working with a leading global financial services organisation to help them appoint a Vice President, Optimisation and Efficiency Lead within their Digital Engineering Services Technology function. This is a key … leadership role focused on driving financial optimisation, transparency, and strategic alignment of technology investments across Digital Engineering. The successful candidate will lead budgeting and financial management initiatives, enhance cost governance, and deliver actionable insights to improve operational efficiency. Role Overview Lead financial planning and analysis across Digital Engineering, managing both Opex and Capex budgets. Identify and deliver … costoptimisation opportunities across BAU and investment portfolios. Strengthen financial governance and transparency over technology expenditure. Partner with senior leadership to align financial strategies with long-term technology objectives. Support transformation initiatives, including the shift to cloud-based architectures. Drive resource planning, reporting improvements, and the development of FinOps capabilities. About You Proven experience in senior financial More ❯
City of London, London, United Kingdom Hybrid/Remote Options
Alexander Edward James Consulting Limited
Azure services, cloud architecture, AI/ML integration, and managed service delivery. Excellent leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills. Strong financial acumen, with experience in cloud costoptimisation and budgeting. Demonstrated ability to build and evolve modern cloud services in close partnership with cloud providers, ensuring agility and continuous improvement. Experience with hybrid and multi-cloud environments More ❯
Lead risk mitigation efforts with technical solutions that scale across diverse user and system profiles. Financial & Vendor Management: Manage security platform budgets and investments with a focus on costoptimization and long-term value. Evaluate and manage third-party vendors and partners, ensuring they meet technical, contractual, and security expectations. Lead procurement and renewal cycles in alignment with More ❯
Lead risk mitigation efforts with technical solutions that scale across diverse user and system profiles. Financial & Vendor Management: Manage security platform budgets and investments with a focus on costoptimization and long-term value. Evaluate and manage third-party vendors and partners, ensuring they meet technical, contractual, and security expectations. Lead procurement and renewal cycles in alignment with More ❯
migration and are seeking an AWS Solution Architect to lead the design and evolution of its cloud estate. The role focuses on ensuring cloud platforms are secure, scalable, cost-efficient, and aligned with AWS best practices. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain target and transition architectures for AWS environments. Drive adoption of infrastructure-as-code and GitOps principles for … provide architectural governance across multiple projects. Develop cloud roadmaps covering network segmentation, identity, observability, and resilience. Embed security, compliance, and resilience into all architectural designs. Manage costoptimisation, including RI/SP planning and right-sizing. Mentor engineers and architects on AWS best practices and emerging technologies. Stay abreast of AWS innovations (e.g. AI/ML services More ❯
migration and are seeking an AWS Solution Architect to lead the design and evolution of its cloud estate. The role focuses on ensuring cloud platforms are secure, scalable, cost-efficient, and aligned with AWS best practices. Key Responsibilities Define and maintain target and transition architectures for AWS environments. Drive adoption of infrastructure-as-code and GitOps principles for … provide architectural governance across multiple projects. Develop cloud roadmaps covering network segmentation, identity, observability, and resilience. Embed security, compliance, and resilience into all architectural designs. Manage costoptimisation, including RI/SP planning and right-sizing. Mentor engineers and architects on AWS best practices and emerging technologies. Stay abreast of AWS innovations (e.g. AI/ML services More ❯
pipelines, write automated tests, and ensure code quality and consistency through reviews and best practices. • Support deployment and operations on cloud platforms (AWS), focusing on reliability, performance, and cost optimization. • Troubleshoot production issues, monitor system health, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Skills: Mandatory Skills: • Strong programming skills in Python and JavaScript (Node.js and React). • Hands-on More ❯
pipelines, write automated tests, and ensure code quality and consistency through reviews and best practices. • Support deployment and operations on cloud platforms (AWS), focusing on reliability, performance, and cost optimization. • Troubleshoot production issues, monitor system health, and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives. Skills: Mandatory Skills: • Strong programming skills in Python and JavaScript (Node.js and React). • Hands-on More ❯
Greater London, England, United Kingdom Hybrid/Remote Options
Xcede
other engineers Knowledge of CI/CD tooling (Git, Jenkins or similar) Experience in batch and real-time data processing Exposure to data compliance frameworks and costoptimisation Interest in Generative AI applications in production is a plus Package & flexibility: Salary around £100k, stretching to £120k Hybrid working with only one office day every fortnight More ❯
City of London, London, United Kingdom Hybrid/Remote Options
We Are Aspire
Ability to consult on secure, scalable, cost-optimised cloud solutions. Experience in regulated sectors (finance, healthcare, gaming) is beneficial. Understanding of FinOps, cloud governance, costoptimisation and data modernisation. Knowledge of security practices, DevOps, containers, APIs, and cloud-native services. Confident presenting technical solutions to C-suite, IT leadership, and commercial teams. Skilled in simplifying More ❯
minimum of 3) such as App Services, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, or Event Grid Desirable Skills Ideally, you’re also experienced in: · Azure Bicep and Infrastructure as Code · Costoptimization in Azure environments · Microservices architecture and containerization · Well-Architected Framework and design best practices Equal Opportunities Wipro is an advocate for positive change and conscious inclusion. As a More ❯
minimum of 3) such as App Services, Azure Functions, Cosmos DB, or Event Grid Desirable Skills Ideally, you’re also experienced in: · Azure Bicep and Infrastructure as Code · Costoptimization in Azure environments · Microservices architecture and containerization · Well-Architected Framework and design best practices Equal Opportunities Wipro is an advocate for positive change and conscious inclusion. As a More ❯
automated validation, compliance controls Nice to Haves Experience in regulated environments (banking, fintech, healthcare) Background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps transformation Exposure to FinOps/costoptimisation Familiarity with Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones Accelerators Microsoft certifications (AZ-400/AZ-305 or equivalent) Why Join/Projects This is your chance to shape a greenfield More ❯
automated validation, compliance controls Nice to Haves Experience in regulated environments (banking, fintech, healthcare) Background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps transformation Exposure to FinOps/costoptimisation Familiarity with Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones Accelerators Microsoft certifications (AZ-400/AZ-305 or equivalent) Why Join/Projects This is your chance to shape a greenfield More ❯
automated validation, compliance controls Nice to Haves Experience in regulated environments (banking, fintech, healthcare) Background in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps transformation Exposure to FinOps/costoptimisation Familiarity with Azure Enterprise Scale Landing Zones Accelerators Microsoft certifications (AZ-400/AZ-305 or equivalent) Why Join/Projects This is your chance to shape a greenfield More ❯
of network services in cloud environments, leveraging virtual network functions, VPNs, and direct connections. Design cloud-to-cloud and hybrid cloud architectures with a focus on security and cost optimization. Automation and Scripting Leverage automation tools and scripting (e.g., Ansible, Python, Terraform) to enhance network deployment, configuration management, and ongoing network operations. Develop network automation strategies to improve More ❯
cross-functional collaboration between various stakeholders like business, data science, and engineering. Innovation: Contribute to overall account strategy, ensuring technical solutions align with business priorities. Drive productivity and cost optimizations. Your Profile: Essential skills/experience/knowledge: Experience in architecting and solutioning in Gen AI, Agentic AI, classic ML, and automation space. Good understanding of Prompt engineering More ❯
cross-functional collaboration between various stakeholders like business, data science, and engineering. Innovation: Contribute to overall account strategy, ensuring technical solutions align with business priorities. Drive productivity and cost optimizations. Your Profile: Essential skills/experience/knowledge: Experience in architecting and solutioning in Gen AI, Agentic AI, classic ML, and automation space. Good understanding of Prompt engineering More ❯
City Of London, England, United Kingdom Hybrid/Remote Options
Gravitas Recruitment Group (Global) Ltd
ensuring the resilience, performance, and cost-effectiveness of an Azure-based data platform . You’ll combine operational leadership with incident response, SLA management, costoptimisation (FinOps), and deployment oversight. As the single point of contact for operational issues, you’ll drive rapid resolution during outages, lead stakeholder communications, and shape processes that keep the … for incidents and outages — driving resolution, root cause analysis, and clear communication. Define and enforce SLAs for critical pipelines, datasets, and reporting assets. Lead FinOps forums to improve cost transparency and efficiency. Oversee CI/CD pipelines and deployments for safe, compliant delivery. Champion monitoring, observability, and automation to reduce manual intervention. Develop operational runbooks, escalation protocols, and … management, SLA enforcement, and stakeholder communication. Hands-on experience with Azure Synapse, Databricks, ADF, Power BI . Familiarity with CI/CD and automation. Strong FinOps mindset and cost management experience. Knowledge of monitoring and observability frameworks. Calm under pressure with strong problem-solving skills. Why This Role? This is a high-visibility position at the heart of More ❯
Do ✅ Drive day-to-day DevOps execution across squads ✅ Implement automation and infrastructure templates ✅ Maintain operational stability through monitoring and proactive maintenance ✅ Champion security, compliance, and costoptimisation ✅ Develop and enforce standards for documentation and operational readiness ✅ Lay the foundation for a centralised DevOps function What We’re Looking For Hands-on AWS expertise (IAM, networking, ECS More ❯
deployments. Automating with PowerShell, Python, or Bash to drive efficiency. Supporting Kubernetes and AKS environments in production. Leading incident response, postmortems, and continuous improvement processes. Driving costoptimisation, capacity planning, and load testing. Championing best practices in cloud security and resilience. Key Skills & Experience Required: Proven Site Reliability Engineering background. Strong Terraform skills with live environment deployment. More ❯
deployments. Automating with PowerShell, Python, or Bash to drive efficiency. Supporting Kubernetes and AKS environments in production. Leading incident response, postmortems, and continuous improvement processes. Driving costoptimisation, capacity planning, and load testing. Championing best practices in cloud security and resilience. Key Skills & Experience Required: Proven Site Reliability Engineering background. Strong Terraform skills with live environment deployment. More ❯
across multiple retail locations. Ensure high availability and performance of retail systems including POS, inventory, and back-office platforms. Manage the IT support budget, including forecasting, costoptimisation, and reporting. Oversee vendor relationships, contracts, and service level agreements (SLAs). Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting for hardware, software, and network issues. Implement and maintain ITIL-based More ❯
across multiple retail locations. Ensure high availability and performance of retail systems including POS, inventory, and back-office platforms. Manage the IT support budget, including forecasting, costoptimisation, and reporting. Oversee vendor relationships, contracts, and service level agreements (SLAs). Provide hands-on support and troubleshooting for hardware, software, and network issues. Implement and maintain ITIL-based More ❯
with their global cybersecurity strategy Develop and maintain detailed activity plans, timelines, budgets, and resource allocations Manage TIC accounting, financial operations, and budget forecasts to ensure costoptimisation and alignment with TIC's strategic objectives Facilitate communication and coordination with global stakeholders across regions (Japan, EMEA, Americas, Asia Pacific, India) to ensure alignment of requirements and deliverables More ❯