At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead IT solutions across projects, translating business needs into technical designs.
- Company: Established financial services organisation with a focus on cloud and transformation.
- Benefits: Salary up to £60,000, hybrid working, pension, healthcare, and flexible benefits.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with clear pathways for career development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on large-scale cloud projects and shape IT service delivery.
- Qualifications: Experience in IT solutions, cloud technologies, and stakeholder engagement.
The predicted salary is between 70000 - 90000 £ per year.
Hands-on technical leadership across infrastructure, cloud and applications in an enterprise-scale environment with a strong cloud and transformation focus.
Belfast based, hybrid working with a collaborative team culture.
Salary up to £50,000 plus pension, healthcare and flexible benefits.
Real influence over how critical IT services are designed and delivered.
About the Company:
Our client is a well-established financial services organisation running a large and complex enterprise IT estate. They are investing in cloud adoption, modernisation and continuous improvement across the technology function, and they place a genuine premium on secure, well-engineered solutions. It is a setting where technical leads are trusted to shape direction, work closely with senior stakeholders, and grow their careers alongside a supportive and collaborative team.
The Role:
This is a hands-on technical leadership position for someone who enjoys spanning infrastructure, cloud and applications while acting as the link between business needs and technical delivery. You will lead the delivery and ongoing support of key IT services across both project and operational settings, taking ownership as technical lead and service owner. The work brings strong exposure to cloud technologies, enterprise systems and wider IT transformation, with the autonomy to influence how solutions are built. It suits a pragmatic problem solver who is comfortable working across internal teams, group technology functions and external partners alike.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of IT solutions across the full project lifecycle.
- Translate business requirements into clear technical solutions and architecture.
- Provide direction through design, implementation and go-live phases.
- Own key systems as IT service and application owner.
- Support cloud readiness, migration and infrastructure deployment.
- Maintain and evolve application and infrastructure roadmaps.
- Act as the technical interface between business units and wider IT teams.
- Manage third-party vendors and represent IT in governance forums.
- Assess technical risk and contribute to secure, resilient solution design.
- Champion modern engineering practices including Agile and DevOps.
What You'll Need:
Essential:
- Proven experience delivering IT solutions within a project or change environment.
- Strong understanding of cloud technologies and enterprise infrastructure.
- Experience across the full IT delivery lifecycle, ideally within Agile.
- Ability to assess technical risk and support secure solution design.
- Working knowledge of operational resilience, disaster recovery and continuity.
- Confident engaging stakeholders, vendors and group-level technology teams.
Desirable / Nice to Have:
- Hands-on exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS.
- Familiarity with DevOps tooling and practices.
- Background in financial services or another regulated environment.
Why Apply?
- Salary up to £60,000 depending on experience.
- Hybrid working built around a collaborative team culture.
- Pension, healthcare and a flexible benefits package.
- Hands-on involvement in a large-scale cloud and transformation agenda.
- Clear pathways for development, upskilling and progression.
- Genuine ownership and influence over how services are delivered.
Next Steps:
If this sounds like the right next step, get in touch with Luke Davidson at or connect on LinkedIn. Send over an up to date CV and we can talk through the detail.
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Our client is a leading financial services organisation that prioritises innovation and collaboration within a hybrid working environment in Belfast. With a strong focus on cloud adoption and IT transformation, employees enjoy competitive salaries, comprehensive benefits, and clear pathways for career growth, all while having the opportunity to influence critical IT service delivery in a supportive team culture.
