Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

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Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Overview:

We are proud to present an exclusive leadership opportunity with a FTSE-listed financial services

firm. Our client is renowned for delivering innovative solutions across a broad range of industries. As part of their ongoing investment in technology, they are seeking a Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering to lead both infrastructure and DevOps functions within their London division.

The Role:

This senior role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management across both

infrastructure systems and DevOps engineering. You will lead a high-performing team responsible for maintaining, modernizing, and scaling critical enterprise platforms that support global financial

operations.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Serve as a technical escalation point and architecture advisor for infrastructure and platform
• projects.
• Collaborate with the business and IT stakeholders to align infrastructure and platform
• strategy with organisational goals.
• Ensure all services are secure by design, working closely with the information security team
• to proactively manage risks.
• Drive service improvement and operational resilience through automation, observability, and

Skills and Experience:

• Proven experience in leading platform/infrastructure and DevOps teams in a hands-on
• capacity.
• Strong technical foundation in both traditional infrastructure and modern DevOps tooling
• and methodologies.
• Able to operate at both strategic and detailed technical levels, including architecture,
• planning, and execution.
• Passion for engineering excellence, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Confident engaging with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• Comfortable navigating complex, fast-paced enterprise environments and managing
• competing priorities.
• Strong experience with Microsoft enterprise technologies.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, IaC (e.g., Terraform, ARM), and automation scripting
• (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Cloud experience (ideally Azure) and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms.

Package:

• Up to 25% Bonus
• Head of Platform & Infrastructure Engineering - Financial Services- London (Hybrid/Remote) -

Seniority level

• Seniority levelMid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment typeFull-time

Job function

• Job functionInformation Technology
• IndustriesIT Services and IT Consulting and Technology, Information and Media

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• Proven experience in leading platform/infrastructure and DevOps teams in a hands-on
• capacity.
• Strong technical foundation in both traditional infrastructure and modern DevOps tooling
• and methodologies.
• Able to operate at both strategic and detailed technical levels, including architecture,
• planning, and execution.
• Passion for engineering excellence, automation, and continuous improvement.
• Confident engaging with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders.
• Comfortable navigating complex, fast-paced enterprise environments and managing
• competing priorities.
• Strong experience with Microsoft enterprise technologies.
• Solid understanding of CI/CD, GitOps, IaC (e.g., Terraform, ARM), and automation scripting
• (e.g., PowerShell, Bash, Python).
• Cloud experience (ideally Azure) and hybrid infrastructure environments.
• Familiarity with monitoring, alerting, and observability platforms.