Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer

Why London Business School

London Business School; a global and vibrant business community based in two of the world’s most dynamic cities, London and Dubai. It’s where extraordinary minds and diverse perspectives connect, to have a profound impact on the way the world does business and the way business impacts the world. We offer best in class hybrid learning to our students and participants, whilst creating a flexible, supportive and dynamic working environment for our people to excel in, whatever their location.

The Role

Design and deliver secure, scalable cloud solutions

London Business School are looking for an experienced Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer to help shape and operate secure, resilient and scalable cloud platforms that support the School’s teaching, research and administrative mission.

This is an exciting opportunity for a technically strong cloud engineer who can combine architecture, automation and operational excellence to build sustainable cloud solutions in a complex and high-impact environment.

You will be responsible for designing, delivering and operating secure, resilient and scalable cloud platforms that support the School’s teaching, research and administrative services.

You will provide technical leadership in the development and continuous improvement of Azure-based services, ensuring platforms are reliable, cost-effective and aligned with institutional strategy, security standards and regulatory requirements.

This role will lead the implementation of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, drive automation and CI/CD practices through Azure DevOps, and ensure robust identity, access and device management using Entra and Windows-based services. You will also play a key role in integrating cloud services, including messaging and integration patterns using Azure Service Bus, to enable modern, connected digital services across the School.

As a subject matter expert, you will mentor colleagues, influence architectural decisions and collaborate with academic and professional services teams to translate business and research needs into sustainable cloud solutions

Main Responsibilities

• Design, deliver and operate secure, scalable cloud platforms using Microsoft Azure.
• Lead the use of Infrastructure as Code approaches, including Terraform.
• Drive automation and CI/CD practices through Azure DevOps.
• Support the development of cloud strategy and evaluate cloud services and technologies.
• Design templates for code-driven cloud deployments with strong governance and security controls.
• Provide implementation guidance for modernising IaaS workloads into PaaS, containers or serverless solutions.
• Support the operation of resilient and scalable service bus capabilities to reduce point-to-point integrations.
• Work with application owners and developers to migrate integrations towards service bus patterns.
• Implement logging, monitoring, cost management, code repository and deployment lifecycle standards.
• Ensure cloud services meet security, availability and sustainability requirements.
• Share knowledge and support colleagues in building and operating cloud infrastructure.

Who we are looking for

• Significant experience with software and infrastructure technologies in your specialist area.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage a range of audiences.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to manage multiple internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to prioritise and focus on material issues.
• Experience leading projects.
• Experience managing external suppliers or contractors.
• Financial management awareness and commercial acumen.

You will also bring strong experience in:

• Infrastructure as Code
• Terraform
• JSON
• PowerShell
• XML
• Containerisation and Kubernetes
• AAD / Entra and OAuth integrations
• Git
• Azure DevOps / VSTS
• ARM
• Test-driven development
• RESTful services
• Azure Service Bus
• APIs
• Working in a continuous integration and Agile / Scrum-led environment
• One or more high-level programming languages and scripting experience

What you can expect from us

• Generous annual leave of 27 days PLUS extra between Christmas and New Year!
• Generous pension package, 14.5% employer contribution (in return for employee enrolment and contribution)
• Free onsite gym and swimming pool
• Amazing range of professional development to support your career path
• Enhanced cycle to work scheme
• Wellbeing offering to support your physical, mental and financial health

At London Business School, we support Smart Working - a hybrid approach designed to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance while delivering the best outcomes for your role and the needs of our customers. All roles require a minimum of two days on campus each week to foster a vibrant, collaborative community.

For this role specifically, you will be expected to be on campus 2 days per week.

We operate with ‘core hours’ – 10:00-15:00 – to maximise opportunities for connection and collaboration across teams during the working day. Outside of these hours, you may still be required for meetings or collaboration based on your role and customer needs. Additionally, we offer Protected Time - a flexible, one-hour slot, within the working week dedicated to your learning and development, wellbeing, or focused, quiet work

Our commitment to driving inclusion and belonging

We are a globally reaching institution, committed to creating tangible and sustainable change in driving inclusion & belonging within our School, education and society at large. We are dedicated to creating an environment where everyone in our community feels they belong and thrive. This is a key school priority, and we want everyone who joins LBS to feel respected, welcomed, and heard.

Candidates needing sponsorship should assess their eligibility for a Certificate of Sponsorship by evaluating their circumstances against the relevant criteria before applying

Please note we start screening CVs and interviewing candidates from the start of a campaign. A successful candidate could progress to offer before the advertised closing date. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible if you are interested in any roles.