Engineering Head - Public Cloud Compute Services - Director | London, UK, London, England, United Kingdom

Engineering Head - Public Cloud Compute Services - Director | London, UK

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Engineering Head - Public Cloud Compute Services - Director

About the Opportunity
Are you a seasoned technology leader with a passion for building cutting-edge enterprise products and a hands-on approach to engineering? Join Citi's Cloud Technology Services (CTS) team and be part of our commitment to transform Citi technology leveraging game-changing Cloud capabilities to drive agility, efficiency, and innovation.

We're providing our businesses with a competitive edge by leveraging public cloud scale and enabling new infrastructure economics. As the Public Cloud Compute Services Engineering Head, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our public cloud strategy.

You will be part of a team that continues to deliver big! From building cloud base High Performance Compute (HPC) platform to run huge risk calculation, enabling Citi to leverage GenAI at scale, all the way to enabling payments solutions, this team is at the forefront of innovation.

What You'll Do:

Lead the Charge: Own the public cloud compute services strategy and its execution, enabling Citi's secure and enterprise-scale adoption of public cloud. You will provide technical authority for all compute services.
Build and Inspire: Lead and grow a team of deeply technical cloud specialists and full-stack software developers, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
Innovate and Automate: Drive client satisfaction and business value by identifying and developing process improvement and automation initiatives.
Partner and Collaborate: Establish partnerships across the broader Citi technology landscape to align with business growth initiatives and priorities.
EngineeringExcellence: Define measurable success criteria and routinely assess service availability and reliability.
Champion Compliance: Drive compliance with applicable standards, policies, and regulations, always assessing risk with Citi's reputation, clients, and assets in mind.

Who You Are:
You are a talented technologist with a proven track record of engineering leadership, a deep expertise in public cloud, and a passion for engineering best practices. You have:

Cloud Expertise: A deep understanding of public cloud services adoption at scale. Expert-level understanding of AWS/GCP native compute services across:
- Kubernetes Container Platform - AWS EKS, GCP GKE, etc.
- Fleet Management Solutions - Rancher, Flux, ArgoCD, etc
- Cloud Native Virtualisation - AWS EC2, GCP Compute Engine, AWS Image builder, etc
- Serverless Compute - AWS Lambda, GCP Function, etc.
Automation Prowess: Hands-on experience with modern Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation tools and frameworks (Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, etc.).
Software Development Acumen: A software development background is highly desirable, specifically architecting or developing microservices using Java/Spring Boot to automate infrastructure deployment.
Agile and DevOps Mindset: Familiarity with Agile Development, DevOps, and SRE practices.
Strategic Thinking: Experience evaluating complex requirements and rationalizing them into a consistent service offering.
Leadership Experience: A proven track record of managing a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing Engineering team.
Engineering Excellence: Understanding of Test-Driven Development (TDD) and Behavior Driven Development (BDD).

We offer:
By joining Citi London, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
A discretional annual performance related bonus
Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Pension Plan
Paid Parental Leave
Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
Access to an array of learning and development resources

Visit ourGlobal Benefitspage to learn more.
Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.

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Location:: London, England, United Kingdom
Salary:: £200,000 +
Job Type:: FullTime
Category:: Management & Operations, Engineering

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