Head Of Devops And Platform Automation Job Central London area,City Of London England UK,IT/Tech

Head of Dev Ops and Platform Automation London - Hybrid £100,000 - £120,000 + Bonus

VIQU are partnering with a leading financial services organisation undergoing a major transformation across its cloud and infrastructure landscape. They are seeking a Head of Dev Ops and Platform Automation to take ownership of a critical Dev Ops and tooling function that underpins the delivery of strategic change across a complex, enterprise-scale environment. This is a high-impact leadership role, responsible for driving Dev Ops maturity, CI/CD excellence, and automation strategy across multi-tenant cloud platforms, while leading geographically dispersed teams and ensuring robust operational performance, governance, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities of the Head of Dev Ops and Platform Automation:

Own and evolve the Dev Ops, CI/CD and automation strategy and roadmap across tooling and platform services
Lead and develop a distributed Dev Ops and tooling team across UK and offshore locations, driving a culture of continuous improvement and engineering excellence
Oversee end-to-end platform lifecycle management ensuring availability, resilience, security and compliance across all tooling environments
Drive standardisation and optimisation of CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks and Dev Ops practices across the organisation
Manage BAU performance, incident escalation and service reliability for critical Dev Ops platforms, including P1 management and stakeholder communications
Oversee delivery of Dev Ops and tooling elements within major transformation programmes and cloud initiatives
Act as a key stakeholder interface across IT, business and architecture teams to align tooling capability with strategic objectives
Manage third-party vendors and suppliers, ensuring SLA adherence, performance optimisation and cost effectiveness
Own budget management, resource planning and Fin Ops activity to ensure efficient platform and supplier spend
Ensure compliance with governance, security and regulatory standards across all Dev Ops and tooling operations
Champion automation, innovation and continuous improvement, including adoption of modern cloud and emerging technologies

Key Experience Required of the Head of Dev Ops and Platform Automation:

Extensive experience (10+ years) within Dev Ops, infrastructure, platform engineering or tooling/automation leadership roles
Strong background leading enterprise-scale Dev Ops or SRE teams within complex, global or regulated environments
Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, Git Lab CI and strong understanding of Infrastructure as Code (Terraform or similar)
Strong experience working within Microsoft Azure cloud environments, ideally across hybrid or multi-cloud estates
Proven track record of leading cloud-native engineering teams and driving Dev Ops maturity at scale
Excellent stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence senior technical and business stakeholders
Strong vendor and supplier management experience, including SLA governance and performance management
Experience managing operational budgets and driving cost optimisation, including Fin Ops practices
Strong understanding of ITIL, service management, governance and secure cloud operating models
Demonstrable experience working in matrix organisations and leading virtual, geographically dispersed teams
Strong communication, leadership and decision-making skills in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
Relevant cloud, Dev Ops or ITIL certifications highly desirable