Hybrid Infrastructure Lead A market-leading, globally recognised financial services organisation is seeking an exceptional senior infrastructure leader to take ownership of its enterprise hybrid infrastructure operations environment. This is a rare opportunity to join a highly respected organisation known for innovation, world-class technology standards, and a culture that attracts some of the strongest technical talent in the industry. The environment is fast-paced, intellectually stimulating, and built around high performance, collaboration, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring the reliability, resilience, performance, and security of enterprise infrastructure platforms spanning on-premises data centres, Azure, Azure VMware Solutions (AVS), and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). The Opportunity Lead the operational governance, optimisation, and resilience of enterprise hybrid infrastructure platforms across on-premises and cloud environments. Work closely with infrastructure, cloud, cybersecurity, risk, and operational leadership teams to ensure highly available, secure, and compliant infrastructure services supporting mission-critical workloads. Key Responsibilities Lead enterprise hybrid infrastructure operations across data centre, virtualization, storage, backup, and cloud platforms. Ensure high availability, operational resilience, and performance across VMware, Azure AVS, Azure IaaS, and Oracle OCI environments. Drive proactive monitoring, operational governance, incident management, and infrastructure lifecycle management. Act as senior escalation point for critical infrastructure incidents and operational recovery processes. Oversee VMware vSphere, vCenter, ESXi clusters, vSAN, HCX migrations, and VM lifecycle management. Manage storage, backup, replication, and disaster recovery readiness across enterprise environments. Ensure patching, vulnerability remediation, compliance, and operational controls are maintained across infrastructure platforms. Partner with cybersecurity, cloud, risk, and audit teams to strengthen operational resilience and governance. Lead infrastructure operations teams across multiple technology domains and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Manage vendor relationships and operational delivery across major infrastructure and cloud providers. What We're Looking For 10+ years of experience within enterprise infrastructure operations and hybrid cloud environments. Extensive leadership experience managing mission-critical infrastructure operations. Strong expertise across VMware, Azure AVS, Azure IaaS, Oracle OCI, storage, backup, and virtualization platforms. Experience supporting highly regulated or financial services environments advantageous. Strong incident management, operational governance, and resilience capability. Ability to operate effectively within high-pressure, enterprise-scale environments. Preferred Certifications VMware VCP-DCV Microsoft Azure Certifications (AZ-900 / AZ-104 / AZ-305) ITIL Foundation Terraform Associate Oracle OCI Certifications ISO 27001 or related security certifications advantageous. Why This Opportunity Stands Out Join a globally respected financial services environment. Work with cutting-edge hybrid cloud and infrastructure technologies. Lead enterprise-scale, mission-critical infrastructure operations. Exposure to highly sophisticated cloud, virtualization, and data centre environments. Strong culture of innovation, collaboration, and technical excellence. High-impact role with long-term career growth opportunities. This opportunity is ideally suited to a technically strong infrastructure leader who thrives in sophisticated enterprise environments, enjoys solving complex operational challenges, and wants to make a meaningful impact within a top-tier organisation. #J-18808-Ljbffr