Lead Cloud Engineer

The Company

Christie’s, the world’s largest Art Business, is an incredibly exciting & enriching place to start or continue your career. Whether you work within one of our Specialist Art Departments, or in one of our more Operational teams, we are all working together with one common goal in mind: to continue the success of this 250 year old company, steeped in history, bringing fresh ideas whilst not forgetting our shared values; Integrity, Excellence, Innovation, Responsibility & Relationships. Colleagues across all departments are truly passionate about what they do and it is inspiring to work with industry leaders across our business. 
 

Why This Role Matters

We are seeking a Lead Cloud Engineer with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, particularly Platform as a Service (PaaS) technology, to join our platform engineering team. This is a strategic, hands-on role responsible for building and maintaining scalable and secure PaaS solutions that support modern application architectures.

As the technical lead, you’ll play a key role in shaping the cloud landscape, mentoring engineers, and driving platform excellence across development, operations, and security.

How You'll Make an Impact

• Implement scalable, resilient Azure PaaS architectures including App Services, Azure Functions, Azure Container Apps, Event Grid, Service Bus, Logic Apps, Cosmos DB , Azure SQL and API Management.

• Lead cloud-native application enablement, advising development teams on best practices for cloud adoption, DevOps, and infrastructure-as-code.

• Drive automation using native scripting (AZ CLI and PowerShell), ARM and Bicep for Azure resource provisioning and configuration.

• Define and implement governance, security, and compliance policies for Azure PaaS environments.

• Optimize performance, cost, and availability of Azure-hosted services.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including engineering, security, service management and architecture.

• Drive improvements in observability, increasing reliability and availability.

• Mentor junior engineers and promote knowledge sharing across the team.

• Stay current with Azure product changes and drive evaluation of new services and capabilities.

• Lead incident resolution and root cause analysis for platform-related issues.

What you’ll bring to the team

• Strong experience in architecting and delivering Azure PaaS solutions.

• Deep knowledge of services like Azure App Services, Functions, Azure Container Services, API Management, Event Hub/Service Bus, CosmosDB and Azure SQL.

• Proficient with infrastructure-as-code tools (Bicep, ARM).

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps).

• Solid scripting knowledge in PowerShell and use of Azure CLI.

• Strong understanding of cloud security, identity and access management, RBAC, and Azure Policies.

• Strong understanding with networking in Azure (VNETs, private endpoints, network security groups, VNET peering and firewalls).

• Demonstrated experience in leading cloud engineering initiatives or projects.

• Microsoft Certified:

• Azure Solutions Architect Expert

• Azure DevOps Engineer Expert

To really stand out you’ll:

• Be Microsoft Certified:

• Azure Certified Security Engineer

• Azure Certified Network Engineer

• Have experience with containerization Docker, Azure Container Apps

• Have exposure to hybrid cloud or multi-cloud environments (AWS)

• Have experience working in Agile delivery models.

• Be familiar with FinOps or cost optimization practices.

• Have experience working in Agile delivery models.

What’s great about working for us

• Comprehensive Medical, Dental and Vision care plans for employees and dependents (On average, Christie’s pays 80% of total premiums)

• 401(k) Savings Plan – Christie’s provides a matching contribution up to 5% (subject to IRS limits)

• Life Insurance - 3x base salary up to $400k (100% paid by Christie’s)

• Disability Insurance (100% paid by Christie’s)

• Generous time-off and leave policies; including 100% Paid Family Leave up to 16 weeks.

• Fitness Reimbursement Program: reimbursement of eligible fitness fees and memberships up to $600 per year

• Annual Discretionary Performance Bonus Plan

• Commuter Benefits - Pre-tax money towards your daily commute with a Christie’s contribution of $21 per month

• Back Up Child & Elder Care –  up to 10 days of back-up Child or Elder Care through Bright Horizons

• CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) Day- Each employee receives one paid day per year to dedicate their time to a charity of their choice.

• Perks and Discounts through Zo and Plum Benefits

Christie’s, Inc. is committed to principles of equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, and to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws concerning employment discrimination, including the Americans with Disabilities Act. To this end, Christie’s Inc. ensures equal opportunity to all employees and applicants, regardless of race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, lawful alien status, physical, mental, and medical disability, veteran status or liability status for service in the United States Armed Forces.

Closing Date: September 18th, 2026

*Posted salary range does not include discretionary bonus compensation and overtime pay.