What is the opportunity?

The role of Lead Systems Engineer within RBC’s Cloud organisation is a key position responsible for engineering and supporting our cloud environment.

You will be central to supporting our application teams, evolving our cloud and CI/CD capabilities, and ensuring the stability and efficiency of our Azure infrastructure.

Collaborating with a passionate team of cloud engineers, you will tackle complex technical challenges, promote modern practices like Infrastructure as Code, and directly support application teams to ensure their success.

This is a permanent, full-time position which requires 4 days in the office.

What will you do?

• Support production and application development teams by providing expert guidance on Azure PaaS infrastructure, including App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), and their supporting resources like Storage Accounts and Key Vaults.

• Maintain and improve a shared library of Terraform modules and Azure DevOps pipeline templates to enable self-service for engineering teams.

• Contribute to major infrastructure initiatives, including an application migration to a new Azure tenant and the evolution of our CI/CD platforms.

• Implement and manage highly available and resilient applications running in containers on Azure.

• Perform infrastructure remediation work to ensure compliance with Azure policies and security standards.

• Mentor and support engineers across our teams, helping them with remediation work and promoting cloud best practices.

What do you need to succeed?

Must-have

• Advanced hands-on experience with Azure infrastructure, particularly PaaS services like App Services, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Storage Accounts, and Key Vaults.

• Strong proficiency in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform.

• Deep experience designing, implementing, and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.

• Solid understanding of containerization and orchestration with Kubernetes.

• Strong communication skills necessary to work on a geographically distributed team and mentor other engineers.

Nice-to-have

• Experience with Azure data services, such as Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory.

• Knowledge of Azure Landing Zone principles and enterprise-scale architecture.

• Experience with GitHub Actions.

• Experience working in a Wealth Management or other financial services environment.

What is in it for you?

We thrive on the challenge to be our best - progressive thinking to keep growing and working together to deliver trusted advice to help our clients thrive and communities prosper. We care about each other, reaching our potential, making a difference to our communities, and achieving success that is mutual.

• Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities.

• Opportunities to work with the best in the field.

• Ability to make a difference and lasting impact.

• Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team.

Agency Notice

RBC Group does not accept agency resumés. Please do not forward resumés to our employees, nor any other company location. RBC Group only pay fees to agencies where they have entered into a prior agreement to do so and in any event do not pay fees related to unsolicited resumés. Please contact the Recruitment function for additional details.

Job Skills

Decision Making, Group Problem Solving, Identity Access Management (IAM), Information Security, Information Technology Security, IT Systems Integration, Negotiation, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Additional Job Details

100 BISHOPSGATE:LONDON London United Kingdom 35 Full time WEALTH MANAGEMENT Regular Salaried 2026-04-22 2026-06-16

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the application deadline date above

Our Employment Opportunities

At RBC, we are guided by living shared values of Client First, Integrity, Collaboration, Respect and Excellence and winning together as One RBC. We believe an inclusive workplace that has diverse perspectives is core to our continued growth as one of the largest and most successful banks in the world. Maintaining a workplace where our employees feel supported to perform at their best, effectively collaborate, drive innovation, and grow professionally helps to bring our Purpose to life and create value for our clients and communities. RBC strives to deliver this through policies and programs intended to foster a workplace based on respect, belonging and opportunity for all.

RBC is presently inviting candidates to apply for this existing vacancy. Applying to this posting allows you to express your interest in this current career opportunity at RBC. Qualified applicants may be contacted to review their resume in more detail.