Lead Solutions Architect (DevOps)

About Alpha FMC

Alpha Financial Markets Consulting (Alpha) is a leading global consultancy to the financial services industry. Founded in 2003, we have worked for over 20 years to bring together specialist, sector-focused strategy, management consulting and technology expertise to support the entire client transformation lifecycle. Having partnered with more than 1,200 clients worldwide across the asset and wealth management, alternatives and insurance industries, Alpha is truly a trusted advisor for complex change programs. We now have over 1,180 consultants working with clients across North America, the UK, Europe, Middle East and APAC. In 2024, in recognition of our successful track record and strong growth prospects, Alpha was acquired by Bridgepoint, one of the world's leading quoted private asset growth investors. Our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are delighted that many of our team have built long and fulfilling careers with us, many staying over a decade. We believe this is because Alpha offers a genuinely rewarding place to work: a meritocratic environment where your career can flourish, and a welcoming culture where you can be yourself, connect with others and thrive. As we look to the future, we’re excited to be looking for new Alpha colleagues - individuals who are collaborative, innovative and ambitious. We hope you will join us and help shape the next chapter of our growth journey.

Why join Alpha?

• Established yet entrepreneurial -  with over 20 years of success and a proven record on the London Stock Exchange, Alpha offers the stability of an established consultancy with the energy of a fast-growth business.
• Backed by Bridgepoint -  as part of one of the world’s leading growth investors, Alpha benefits from strategic investment that fuels innovation, expansion and new offerings - creating even more opportunity for our people.
• Exposure to senior leadership -  whether you are in an internal or a client facing role, you will have the opportunity to work with and learn from the best of the best - high performers at the top of their game.
• Learning and growth opportunities -  we run tailored training to help you be successful, provide you excellent mentorship, and offer up to 5 days paid training time per year. Perhaps the best training though is the experience on the job - as everyone at Alpha has high responsibility and autonomy, you can develop your skillsets quickly.
• Performance-driven culture with real impact -  advancement at Alpha is based on impact and capability, not tenure or quotas. You’ll have autonomy and see the tangible difference your ideas and decisions make.

Senior DevOps Architect -  Cloud Infrastructure & CI/CD Engineering, Delivery Team

Location: Remote 

We're looking for a Senior DevOps Architect to join our delivery team in a primarily client-facing, billable capacity, working directly with clients on their cloud infrastructure and CI/CD engagements. This role is primarily Azure-focused, with working exposure to AWS for clients running dual-cloud or AWS-native environments. The core of the job is designing, building, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines as code, using Terraform to provision and manage infrastructure inside client environments. You will work as an embedded or advisory member of client delivery teams, translating their requirements into production-grade infrastructure and pipeline solutions, and helping their internal engineers adopt these practices. Beyond individual client engagements, you will also work with senior engineering leadership to establish repeatable DevOps patterns that can be reused across clients. 

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain CI/CD pipelines for client application and infrastructure delivery, primarily in Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions, depending on the client's standard W
• Write and maintain Terraform modules to provision and manage client Azure infrastructure, with secondary support for AWS resources on cross-cloud engagements 
• Manage infrastructure as code across multiple client environments, including state management, module versioning, and drift detection 
• Automate build, test, and deployment workflows to reduce manual release steps and shorten client lead time to production 
• Implement and advise on infrastructure security practices, including secrets management, least-privilege IAM and RBAC, and policy-as-code guardrails 
• Monitor pipeline health and infrastructure reliability, and troubleshoot failures across build, deployment, and runtime layers 
• Collaborate with client development teams to containerize applications and integrate deployment pipelines with Azure Kubernetes Service, AKS, or equivalent 
• Support client developers across full-stack builds, troubleshooting issues that span frontend, backend, and infrastructure layers, not just the pipeline 
• Document pipeline architecture, infrastructure patterns, and runbooks for client operational handoff 
• Mentor client engineers and junior team members on DevOps practices and Terraform standards 
• Present technical approaches, infrastructure decisions, and delivery progress to client stakeholders, and maintain strong day-to-day client relationships across the engagement 
• Partner with senior engineering leadership to codify repeatable DevOps patterns, reference architectures, and Terraform modules that can be reused across client engagement

Required Qualifications  

• 7+ years of experience in a DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, or Site Reliability Engineering role
• Strong, hands-on Azure experience, including Azure DevOps, Resource Manager, networking, IAM, and core compute and storage services 
• Working knowledge of AWS core services, such as EC2, IAM, VPC, and S3, sufficient to support or extend AWS infrastructure on cross-cloud work 
• Demonstrated experience writing and maintaining Terraform for production infrastructure, including module design and remote state management 
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines from scratch, not just configuring existing ones 
• Demonstrated ability to design reusable infrastructure and pipeline patterns that hold up across multiple clients or environments, not just single-engagement solutions
• Solid scripting ability in at least one of Bash, Python, or PowerShell 
• Experience with containerization and orchestration, using Docker and Kubernetes or AKS 
• Working fluency across the full application stack, frontend, backend, and infrastructure, sufficient to support developers and troubleshoot issues beyond the pipeline itself
• Understanding of security fundamentals in infrastructure and pipelines, including secrets management and access control
• Hands-on use of Claude Code in day-to-day engineering work 
• Comfortable working directly with client teams in an agile delivery environment, including presenting to client stakeholders and building trusted working relationships 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to explain technical decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical client audiences 

Preferred Qualifications  

• Azure certification, such as AZ-400, AZ-104, or AZ-305 
• AWS certification, Solutions Architect Associate or higher 
• HashiCorp Terraform Associate certification 
• Anthropic/Claude certification a plus, though not required 
• Experience with policy-as-code tools, such as Sentinel, OPA, or Azure Policy 
• Experience integrating security scanning into pipelines, including SAST, dependency scanning, and container scanning 
• Prior consulting or client-facing delivery experience 

  What Success Looks Like in the First 6 Months

• Owns several client CI/CD pipelines end to end, including their Terraform-managed infrastructure 
• Reduces manual steps or failure points in a client's existing deployment process 
• Is a trusted DevOps resource within client delivery engagements, comfortable presenting to and building relationships with client stakeholders 
• Has begun working with senior engineering leadership on at least one repeatable DevOps pattern or reference architecture for reuse across clients.

As part of the Alpha team, you will be rewarded with the following: 

• Competitive salary with annual profit-sharing opportunity 
• 401k matching 
• 25 days of annual paid time off (accrued)
• Supplemented medical, dental and vision coverage 
• Reimbursement for commuting, mobile phone, and home internet expenses 
• North America team-wide training and retreats 
• Sponsorship towards professional certifications / training supported with 5 days of paid training time  

There are a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to - skill sets, experience and training, and licensure and certifications. A reasonable estimate of the base salary is $155,000 to $175,000, subject to change based on salary benchmarking. In addition to this salary, employees would be eligible for both variable and non-variable benefits. 

Our Commitment to Inclusion

At Alpha, diversity, equity and inclusion are critical to our success. Our priorities show a focus on fostering an inclusive, equitable workplace where individuals are treated fairly regardless of gender or background. We welcome applications from disabled people and are committed to making our recruitment process and workplace accessible and inclusive for everyone.