Job Description

At abrdn, our purpose is to enable our clients to be better investors.

Clients worldwide trust us to find future-fit investment opportunities to deliver the outcomes they want. Our technology and insight help empower them to make better decisions, while the powerful partnerships we build help to enhance the expertise that we offer. And by enabling clients to invest responsibly, it helps us to build a better world.

About the Department

Our technology function is evolving, following a period of large-scale transformation. We are transitioning to a Product Model, and as part of this shift, we are establishing a Platforms & Engineering team within Enterprise Services. This team will be responsible for critical areas such as our Snowflake data platform, API and Integration, DevSecOps, and Enterprise Automation. The role sits within the Enterprise Automation team, which plays a key role in driving automation across our infrastructure and operations.

About the Role

As the Lead for the Infrastructure Automation team, you will enable various teams, such as product, platform, and application teams, to adopt automation and platform services optimally. Reporting to the Head of Platforms and Engineering, you will lead a team of engineers focused on developing and implementing infrastructure automation solutions. You will bring technical expertise in areas such as infrastructure-as-code (IaC), DevOps, and Agile methodologies, while working closely with key stakeholders to optimize infrastructure performance, scalability, and security.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and manage the Infrastructure Automation team to support automation strategy execution.

• Design and implement infrastructure automation solutions, driving efficiency and scalability.

• Develop tools to automate infrastructure management, monitoring, and reporting.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve infrastructure through automation and reduce manual intervention.

• Ensure compliance with security policies and regulations through automated processes.

• Drive continuous improvement and innovation in automation, optimizing resources for cost savings.

• Contribute to enhancing customer experience by improving infrastructure performance and reliability.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following:

• Strong leadership and mentoring skills, with experience managing a technical team.

• Expertise in infrastructure automation platforms (Terraform, Chef, Ansible) and DevOps tools (Azure DevOps, GitHub).

• Proficiency in cloud services (Azure, AWS) and container management (Kubernetes, Docker).

• Extensive knowledge of networking, security, virtualization, and monitoring tools.

• Excellent communication skills and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders across various teams.

• A proactive, diligent approach with a continuous learning mentality.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days’ annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits – including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas – our vectors of growth – focused on our clients’ changing needs. You can find out more about what we do here.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.

At abrdn we’ve adopted a ‘blended working’ approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration, coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles, their teams, our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture, where diverse perspectives drive our actions, is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application, or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements – for example, because you are neurodivergent, or have a physical, sensory, cognitive, mental, visible or invisible disability – please let us know and we’ll be happy to help.

We’re committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment.  We define diversity in its broadest sense – this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds, experience, cognitive and neurodiversity, age, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance.  We support a culture that values meritocracy, fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.