Head of Cyber, Platforms & IT

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the security, resilience and operational integrity of EA Technology’s cloud platforms and live software applications. You will play a critical role in ensuring our SaaS platforms operate securely, reliably and at scale, supporting high availability in safety-critical environments.

• Own end-to-end platform resilience, ensuring SaaS systems and cloud services meet availability, performance and recovery objectives
• Define and enforce secure-by-design principles, including cybersecurity standards, cloud architecture guardrails and operational controls
• Lead DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) maturity, embedding monitoring, observability, automated testing and structured incident response
• Drive adoption of automation and AI-enabled tooling to improve anomaly detection, incident management, vulnerability management and operational efficiency
• Provide technical oversight of production operations, ensuring alignment between platform standards and operational support teams
• Lead cybersecurity governance, including audits, penetration testing, vulnerability management and risk frameworks
• Support integration of acquired platforms, ensuring alignment with EA Technology’s security and reliability standards
• Establish and maintain platform standards that balance delivery speed with system integrity and resilience

Do you have experience in SaaS?, * Significant experience leading platform engineering, cybersecurity or reliability teams in complex SaaS environments

• Deep expertise in cloud-native architecture (Azure, AWS or equivalent)
• Strong understanding of DevOps, SRE principles and SaaS production operations
• Experience implementing secure-by-design frameworks and managing cybersecurity governance
• Experience owning uptime, reliability and systemic operational performance
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to work across Engineering, Product and Operations
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to articulate technical risk and trade-offs clearly
• Ability to lead calmly and effectively during high-pressure incidents

Desirable:

• Experience in utilities, energy or critical infrastructure sectors
• Experience integrating acquired digital platforms
• Familiarity with hybrid IT/OT security models
• Experience with FinOps and cloud cost optimisation practices
• Experience applying AI-assisted tooling in operational or security environments

Pulled from the full job description

• Annual leave
• Life insurance
• Company pension
• Private medical insurance, At EA Technology, we believe in growing with our people. In addition to a great working environment, we offer you:
• Competitive salary + company performance bonus
• Career development opportunities: We offer genuine pathways for growth within our company
• Work-life balance: With flexible working options, we support our employees in balancing their professional and personal lives
• Holidays: 25 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Pension contributions of 8% from the employer (or cash equivalent)
• Comprehensive benefits, including Group Life Insurance, Income Protection, and Critical Illness cover (or cash equivalents)
• Private Medical Insurance (single cover or cash equivalent)
• A truly collaborative and supportive work environment where amazing colleagues inspire each other every day!

EA Technology is a well-established, positive culture-based company with innovation and creativity at our core. We are a forward-thinking business, and we live by our values: Collaboration, Creativity, Integrity and Impact. This ensures employee wellbeing is always at the forefront, and our amazing people have the autonomy to do their best work.

We encourage and cultivate individual creativeness, understanding that every person at EA Technology is critical to achieving our company goals. This spirit impacts our internal culture and the positive way we interact which is why so many of our employees stay with us long term.