Director​/VP of DevOps

Position: Director / VP of DevOps
Director / VP of Dev Ops 100% remote role - UK/ROI

About the Company:

Our client is a global technology organisation supporting a large portfolio of software partners They operate a multi-cloud, highly distributed platform and are investing significantly in engineering transformation. As part of this growth, they are establishing a senior Dev Ops leadership role within their UK engineering division to drive platform reliability, automation maturity, and operational excellence.

The Role:

As Director / VP of Dev Ops, you will lead the Cloud, Dev Ops, and Platform Engineering strategy for a high-availability payments platform operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will oversee teams responsible for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, developer tooling, observability, release reliability, and operational readiness. This is a senior technical leadership role that requires strategic direction-setting, hands-on technical understanding, and the ability to influence engineering behaviours  Responsibilities:
* Define and implement the long-term Dev Ops, Cloud, and Platform Engineering strategy across multi-cloud environments
* Lead and develop managers and senior engineers across Dev Ops, Cloud Engineering, SRE, and platform operations
* Drive best practices in automation, infrastructure-as-code, containerisation, and continuous delivery
* Oversee the evolution of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliability, speed, and alignment with engineering needs
* Build high-quality observability across the platform, improving insights around performance, stability, and release health
* Partner closely with Test, Security, and Engineering leadership to ensure robust, secure, and compliant deployments
* Own cloud operational expenditure and create optimisation strategies for platform efficiency and resilience
* Champion engineering excellence through improved tooling, self-service capabilities, and streamlined developer workflows
* Provide clear reporting, KPIs, and risk visibility to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
* Influence culture and ways of working by promoting automation-first, reliability-first thinking across engineering teams

Essential Criteria :
* Proven leadership experience heading Dev Ops, SRE, Cloud, or Platform Engineering teams at Director/VP level
* Strong understanding of cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP, ideally within complex distributed systems
* Deep experience with IaC, containerisation, CI/CD tooling, pipeline design, and modern deployment strategies
* Demonstrated capability to modernise engineering practices across multiple teams or business units
* Strong approach to observability covering logs, metrics, tracing, performance monitoring, and incident response
* Excellent communication skills and an ability to partner with engineering, product, test, and executive teams
* Experience managing budgets, operational expenditure, and large-scale cloud environments
* Background in payments, fintech, SaaS, or similarly high-availability domains is beneficial Why Join
* Lead the Dev Ops and Cloud strategy for a global, mission-critical payments platform
* Major opportunity to modernise infrastructure, tooling, and engineering practices
* Work with highly experienced leaders across engineering, product, and architecture
* Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package
* High influence, high autonomy, and a key role in shaping future engineering culture

How to Apply:

If you believe you meet the criteria for this role and are excited about shaping Dev Ops strategy for a global technology platform, please apply via this link. Alternatively, you can reach out to Phil Gamble directly for an informal chat via Linked In or Whats App. About Phil Gamble:
Phil Gamble has over 20 years of experience in the Tech recruitment industry, successfully delivering on senior engineering leadership roles across the US, UK, and Ireland. He takes a personalised approach to understanding candidates and supporting their long-term career goals. Recent Linked In Testimonials: "I cannot recommend Phil and Ocho enough

Phil is a professional who does not treat his candidates as resources" "Phil was by far the best recruiter I have ever dealt with

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Phil takes the time to understand what it is I'm looking for"

Skills:

devops AWS Azure GCP