Cloud Platform Tech Lead

Join Elexon and help shape the future of the GB energy market.

We are seeking a strategic and technically proficient Cloud Platform Tech Lead to drive the design, automation, and governance of Elexon’s multi-environment cloud foundation. This role will lead the implementation of a centralised landing zone architecture, subscription governance, infrastructure-as-code pipelines, and cost optimisation frameworks—ensuring alignment with Elexon’s IT and enterprise architecture strategy.

What you’ll do:

· Design and automate consistent landing zones across Dev, Test, Prod, and DR environments.

· Implement hub-and-spoke network topology using Azure Virtual WAN, Firewall Manager, and NSGs.

· Lead deployment of Azure AD DS, Private DNS zones, and remote access integration.

· Build and maintain a versioned Terraform module library for reusable infrastructure components.

· Define and enforce naming conventions, tagging standards, and policy-as-code pipelines (OPA/Rego).

· Develop multi-stage CI/CD pipelines supporting full-stack and targeted deployments.

· Integrate static code analysis (Checkov, SonarQube) and chaos testing (Azure Chaos Studio).

· Develop chargeback dashboards using Cost Management APIs and Power BI.

· Lead compliance scans and real-time drift detection pipelines.

What you’ll bring:

· Proven experience designing and implementing cloud landing zones and network topologies in Azure.

· Strong proficiency in Terraform, CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions), and infrastructure-as-code.

· Deep understanding of Azure governance, policy enforcement, and subscription management.

Desirable:

• Interest in learning about the GB electricity market and Elexon’s role within it

Our culture

We believe a diverse and inclusive culture allows innovation and creativity to flourish. We are committed to continuously improving our culture for our colleagues and stakeholders. Through our hugely successful Diversity Forum, Mental Health First Aid network and regular programme of activities and events, we celebrate difference and recognise the value of employee wellbeing, which is a consistent outcome from annual employee surveys that we conduct. Likewise, as a community, we like to support each other, and all agree Elexon is a great place to work with a great workspace too!

At Elexon, we want to:

• Provide true equality of opportunity

• Attract and retain diverse talent

• Listen to all voices

• Be representative of the communities we work in

• Be a role model for Diversity and Inclusion in the industry

Elexon together, embracing differences, listening to all voic es

Ready to make an impact? Join us and help shape the future of energy services.