Lead Cloud Engineer
IT, Infrastructure & CybersecurityPosted 10 Jul 2026
Posted 10 Jul 2026
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| Base salary | £72,500 – £81,500 / yr |
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CertificationsAzure Fundamentals
Lead Cloud Engineer (Specialist)
Location: Leeds
Permanent
Shape the Future of Monetary Policy and Financial Stability
Join the Systems & Solutions (SaS) Domain in the Monetary Policy & Financial Stability (MP&FS) DGCIO Division and be part of the Statistical Data Products Team.
We enable critical processes, delivering data-driven solutions that influence the nation’s financial landscape. If you're excited by the power of cloud technology and want your work to make a real-world impact, this is your opportunity.
Opportunities in Leeds
We’re excited to be growing our presence in Leeds, a city we’ve been connected to for nearly 200 years! Our modern, accessible office in the City Centre offers a supportive, flexible working environment. The majority of roles, including this one, are now available in Leeds, giving you the chance to build a meaningful career outside of London while contributing to our mission from a dynamic and growing location. You’ll work collaboratively with London-based colleagues in a hybrid model, with regular opportunities to travel into the London office to meet and connect together in person.
Want to learn more? Discover what makes our Leeds office such a dynamic place to work by visiting our Leeds page for more details.
Role Requirements:
This role is an opportunity to use modern cloud engineering practices to transform critical data systems and deliver reliable, meaningful insights for Monetary Policy and Financial Stability. As our Systems & Solutions Domain continues to evolve, you will help build secure, scalable services that support important business outcomes.
This is a hands-on cloud engineering role embedded within a product engineering team, rather than a role in the central cloud platform function. Strong Azure engineering skills are essential, but the focus is on applying those skills to design, build, support and improve business-facing products and data services. You will work closely with central platform, security and architecture teams, using shared services, standards and patterns effectively while remaining focused on product delivery.
You will play a key role in shaping the future of our data platforms through modern, secure and scalable cloud solutions.
Minimum Criteria
To be successful in this role, you should be able to demonstrate the following technical skills and experience:
Essential Criteria
In addition to technical capability, we are looking for someone who brings curiosity, collaboration and a commitment to continuous improvement. You should be able to demonstrate the following behaviours and delivery capabilities:
Desirable Criteria
The following experience would be advantageous and would help you contribute effectively in the role:
Join Our Systems & Solutions Domain – Where Systems Drive Impact:
At the core of our digital transformation, the Systems & Solutions Domain designs, builds and supports the data products that power smarter decisions. We turn complex business needs into elegant, high-performing solutions and help unlock the full potential of data.
Our Approach to Inclusion
The Bank values diversity, equity and inclusion. We play a key role in maintaining monetary and financial stability, and to do that effectively, we believe we need a workforce that reflects the society we serve.
At the Bank of England, we want all colleagues to feel valued and respected, so we're working hard to build an inclusive culture which supports people from all backgrounds and communities to be at their best at work. We celebrate all forms of diversity, including (but not limited to) age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religion, sexual orientation and socioeconomic status. We believe that it’s by drawing on different perspectives and experiences that we’ll continue to make the best decisions for the public.
We welcome applications from individuals who work flexibly, including job shares and part time working patterns. We've also partnered with external organisations to support us in making adjustments for candidates and employees in the recruitment process where they're needed.
For most roles where work can be carried out at home, we aim for colleagues to spend half of their time in the office, with a minimum of 40% per month. Subject to that minimum requirement, individuals and managers should work together to find what works best for them, their team and stakeholders.
Finally, we're proud to be a member of the Disability Confident Scheme. If you wish to apply under this scheme, you should check the box in the ‘Candidate Personal Information’ under the ‘Disability Confident Scheme’ section of the application.
Salary and Benefits Information
We encourage flexible working, part time working and job share arrangements. Part time salary and benefits will be on a pro-rated basis as appropriate.
The salary range of offer is £72,320 - £81,360. In addition, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package as detailed below:
National Security Vetting Process
Employment in this role will be subject to the National Security Vetting clearance process (and typically can take between 6 to 12 weeks post offer) and the passing of additional Bank security checks in accordance with the Bank policy. Further information regarding the vetting and security clearance requirements for the role will be provided to the successful applicant, and information about how the Bank processes personal data for these purposes, is set out in the Bank's Privacy Notice.
The Bank of England welcomes applications from all candidates, but as a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility to comply with the Immigration Rules and guidance. As such, our ability to employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited. The Bank cannot guarantee that you and / or the role you are applying for will be eligible for sponsorship and that any application made to UKVI will be successful. Eligibility will therefore be considered on a case by case basis.
The Application Process
Important: Please ensure that you complete the ‘work history’ section and answer ALL the application questions fully. All candidate applications are anonymised to ensure that our hiring managers will not be able to see your personal information, including your CV, when reviewing your application details at the screening stage. It’s therefore really important that you fill out the work history and application form questions, as your answers will form a critical part of the initial selection process.
The assessment process will comprise of two interview stages.
This role closes on 29th July.
Please apply online, ensuring that you complete your work history and answer ALL the application questions fully and in detail as your application will not be considered if all mandatory questions are not fully completed.
We are the UK's central bank - and we are a bank like no other; known by our peers for our world-leading thinking on policy and strategy.
Our mission is to promote the good of the people of the UK by maintaining monetary and financial stability. We seek to keep prices stable and people's money safe. We know our work matters to people, to families, up and down the UK. We are driven by curiosity and the desire to do important, challenging work.
It takes a great team to run the Bank of England. We rely on each other to play our part. We benefit from a collaborative culture and long-established flexible ways of working, supporting our colleagues balance their work and personal lives. We strive to be a place where people feel they belong and have equal access to opportunities, because different perspectives helps us make the best decisions for the public.
There's much to gain from working with us - from career defining work at the heart of the UK economy, being part of a fantastic team, and a rewarding compensation package.
Join us and find a bank like no other. Together, we can make a difference.
The Bank of England will use and protect the information you provide when you apply for a role with us, in line with our obligations under data protection law. This is so we can assess your suitability for the role and administer your application. If you’re successful we’ll use it to offer you a position and onboard you to join the Bank.
If you would like more details about how your information will be used and your information rights, please visit our recruitment privacy notice