Head of DevOps & Platform Engineering

Salary: £90,000 - 110,000 per year

Requirements

• Extensive experience leading DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Engineering or Infrastructure teams within large enterprise environments.
• Deep understanding of Azure cloud technologies and cloud native operating models.
• Proven experience delivering CI/CD, automation and Infrastructure as Code initiatives at scale.
• Experience leading geographically distributed teams and managing third-party suppliers.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior business and technology leaders.
• Experience supporting large scale cloud transformation, modernisation or platform engineering programmes.
• Azure, Agile or ITIL certifications would be advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver our DevOps and Platform Engineering strategy.
• Lead our DevOps, Platform Engineering and Automation teams across the UK and offshore locations.
• Drive adoption of CI/CD best practices, Infrastructure as Code and automation first principles.
• Oversee the availability, performance, security and scalability of our cloud and tooling platforms.
• Support the successful delivery of major transformation programmes and cloud initiatives.
• Manage our technology suppliers and strategic delivery partners.
• Own governance, service performance, risk management and compliance across the function.
• Manage budgets, resource planning and cloud cost optimisation activities.

Technologies

• Azure
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• DevOps
• Support
• ITIL
• Security
• GitLab
• Jenkins
• Terraform

More

We are a leading enterprise organisation investing significantly in cloud, automation and platform engineering as we modernise our technology estate. This is a senior leadership role based in London on a hybrid working model, with a salary of £90,000 to £110,000 and no sponsorship available. We are looking for someone to lead the strategy, delivery and operational management of our DevOps and tooling function, working across geographically distributed teams and critical technology platforms while helping drive major transformation programmes.

last updated 25 week of 2026