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# Head of DevOps and Platform Automation

- **Company:** VIQU Ltd
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £10,000.0 - £120,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Azure, Cloud Computing Security, Cloud Engineering, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Multi-Cloud, Gitlab-ci, Infrastructure Automation Frameworks, Terraform, Jenkins
- **Published:** October 7, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.reed.co.uk/jobs/head-of-devops-and-platform-automation/57431295

## About the Role

* Extensive experience (10+ years) within DevOps, infrastructure, platform engineering or tooling/automation leadership roles
 * Strong background leading enterprise-scale DevOps or SRE teams within complex, global or regulated environments
 * Deep expertise in CI/CD tooling such as Jenkins, GitLab 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 DevOps 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 FinOps 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, DevOps or ITIL certifications highly desirable

## Description

* Own and evolve the DevOps, CI/CD and automation strategy and roadmap across tooling and platform services
 * Lead and develop a distributed DevOps 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 DevOps practices across the organisation
 * Manage BAU performance, incident escalation and service reliability for critical DevOps platforms, including P1 management and stakeholder communications
 * Oversee delivery of DevOps 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 FinOps activity to ensure efficient platform and supplier spend
 * Ensure compliance with governance, security and regulatory standards across all DevOps and tooling operations
 * Champion automation, innovation and continuous improvement, including adoption of modern cloud and emerging technologies