Engineering Lead Job at Sheffield, England, United Kingdom Full Time NEW

ENGINEERING LEAD

INSIDE IR35

HYBRID 3 DAYS A WEEK ONSITE

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Lead to drive the direction, scalability, and operational excellence of globally distributed engineering teams across the UK, Poland, and India.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership & Delivery

• Provide leadership across multi-region engineering teams (UK, Poland, India)
• Support team managers with:Project demand planningCapacity and resource managementDelivery prioritisation and oversightAct as a senior escalation point for engineering and operational issuesEnsure alignment between engineering output and business priorities

Engineering & Platform Oversight

• Lead strategic upgrades and transformation initiatives, including:Control-M platform upgradesManaged File Transfer (MFT) upgrades and modernisation
• Oversee the stability, resilience, and performance of critical banking platforms
• Support large-scale initiatives such as data centre migrations
• Ensure platforms evolve in line with enterprise and regulatory requirements

Operational Excellence

• Ensure systems operate securely, reliably, and in line with banking standards
• Balance “run the bank” activity with ongoing transformation and delivery
• Drive continuous improvement through:
• Automation
• Standardisation
• Process optimisation

Automation & Technology

• Encourage adoption of modern engineering and DevOps practices
• Promote the use of automation tools and open-source technologies
• Work with technologies including:AnsibleOpen-source toolingDevOps-style operating models

Skills & Experience:

Essential

• Strong engineering background (infrastructure, platform engineering, Control-M, or MFT environments)
• Proven Experience leading large, globally distributed engineering teams
• Demonstrable people leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Experience managing complex enterprise platforms within regulated environments ( financial services)
• Comfortable operating at a senior level
• Strong understanding of open-source technologies and modern engineering practices

Desirable

• Experience with:
• Control-M environments
• Managed File Transfer (MFT) platforms
• Ansible or similar automation tools
• Open-source ecosystems
• background in financial services or large-scale enterprise organisations

Job Title: Engineering Lead

Location: Sheffield, UK

Job Type: Contract

Trading as TEKsystems. Allegis Group Limited, Maxis 2, Western Road, Bracknell, RG12 1RT, United Kingdom. No. 2876353. Allegis Group Limited operates as an Employment Business and Employment Agency as set out in the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Businesses Regulations 2003. TEKsystems is a company within the Allegis Group network of companies (collectively referred to as “Allegis Group”). Aerotek, Aston Carter, EASi, Talentis Solutions, TEKsystems, Stamford Consultants and The Stamford Group are Allegis Group brands.