Business Unit: Technology Operations & Cyber Security (TOCS), COO
Salary range: £48,000 to £60,000 - Per annum DOE
Location: Hybrid - Occasional travel to Glasgow and Newcastle hub when required. 
Contract type: 2 Year Fixed term - full time

Our Team

This role contributes to the technical expertise within our Cloud Platform function across Azure and AWS, implementing our strategy and roadmap, and contributing to the Design, Build and Run of our cloud environments. You’ll be working across a modern, multi‑cloud technology estate and are expected to cross‑train in emerging technologies to provide a broad support range.

Operating within a DevOps & SRE‑driven culture across Technology Operations and Cyber Security, you’ll support the platforms underpinning our multi‑channel distribution systems including websites, mobile apps and colleague applications. You’ll manage cloud services, support project demand, enable engineering teams and ensure stability, scalability and reliability across the bank’s cloud estate.

We’re not just looking for a technologist. We want someone who enjoys engagement, collaboration and continuous improvement. Agile is at the heart of how we work.

What you’ll be doing…

A Cloud Platform Engineer designs, builds and runs Virgin Money’s Azure and AWS environments—implementing cloud strategy, enabling engineering teams, and ensuring platforms are secure, stable and scalable. You’ll manage core cloud infrastructure, automate through DevOps and SRE practices, support incident and change processes, embed strong identity and security controls, and collaborate across Technology Operations and Cyber Security to deliver resilient services for colleagues and customers. You’ll also contribute to continuous improvement, cross‑train across emerging technologies, and support key transformation and migration initiatives across the bank.

We need you to have…

• Proven experience with Microsoft Azure and working knowledge of AWS services (IAM, EC2, VPC, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch).
• Strong understanding of Cloud Infrastructure (DNS, Load Balancing, Virtual Machines, VNETs/VPCs, Transit Gateway/Express Route).
• Administration capabilities across Azure Management Groups, Subscriptions, Policies, and AWS Organisations.
• Cloud identity security expertise (Azure IAM & RBAC, AWS IAM, Identity Centres, SCPs).
• Experience in roles such as DevOps Engineer, Cloud SRE, Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Specialist or Cloud Administrator.
• Hands‑on skills with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern OS platforms.
• Strong knowledge in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, AWS CDK, ARM/Bicep)
• Experience implementing SRE principles, including observability, SLIs/SLOs, and resilience engineering.
• Comfortable working in Agile delivery and operating autonomously on large‑scale technical challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven knowledge of operational excellence: incident, problem, change and capacity management.
• The ability to learn quickly and adapt as technologies, platforms, and priorities evolve.

It’s a bonus if you have but not essential…

• Cloud migrations across Azure and AWS.
• Experience working with cloud control frameworks and regulatory standards.
• FinOps: capacity forecasting, cost optimisation, cloud financial reporting.
• Knowledge of Azure Defender for Cloud, AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty.
• Containers & Kubernetes (AKS, EKS).
• Scripting languages (Python, Node.js, PowerShell, Bash).
• Event‑driven architectures and serverless patterns.
• Zero Trust security principles.
• Monitoring stacks (Dynatrace, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic).

Red Hot Rewards  

• 25 days holiday per year, increasing over time to 30. Plus, an option to buy more, giving you even more choice.
• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our flexible benefits scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

If we’re lucky to receive a lot of interest, we may close the advert early. Please ensure to submit your applications as soon as possible.  

Say hello to Virgin Money 

Virgin Money is so much more than just a bank. As part of the Nationwide group, together we're the UK's first full-service mutual bank serving millions of retail and business customers and all driven by our purpose; Banking but fairer, more rewarding and for the good of society. With us, you’ll be part of an organisation uniquely positioned to make a difference to the lives of customers, communities and broader society and embark on a collaborative, customer obsessed, and fun-filled career journey. Embrace the weekdays, enjoy fantastic perks, and make a meaningful positive difference. Time to discover what it means to be part of the first mutual full-service banking provider.  Be yourself at Virgin Money 

At Virgin Money, we celebrate everyone. We have fun, think big, and relentlessly include each other, all in pursuit of our purpose: Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.  We’re committed to creating an inclusive culture where colleagues feel safe and inspired to contribute, speak up and be heard.    

As a Disability Confident Leader, we're committed to removing any obstacles to inclusion.  If you need any reasonable adjustments or support making your application, contact our Talent Acquisition team careers@virginmoney.com