Platform Engineering Lead

Job Title Platform Engineering Lead

Team Platform Engineering Team

Location Multiple sites, flexible on UK, Dundalk HQ, ROI, NI & Gibraltar

The Role

The Platform Engineering Lead is responsible for managing a squad of engineers focused on building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns that enable self-service cloud consumption by application and delivery teams.

You will work closely with the Platform Design and Cloud Management Office teams to translate architectural blueprints into secure, reusable, and automated platform components that underpin the organisation’s cloud transformation journey.

You will lead by example—driving technical excellence, enforcing engineering best practices, and promoting DevOps culture across the platform domain. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a strong background in cloud engineering, automation, and agile delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Leadership and Delivery

• Lead and mentor a squad of cloud and DevOps engineers delivering reusable IaC modules, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
• Manage the team backlog, define sprint goals, and ensure predictable delivery of platform engineering outcomes.
• Partner with the Platform Design team to turn architecture and security patterns into buildable, standardized IaC blueprints.
• Collaborate with the Cloud Management Office to align engineering outputs with governance, policy, and financial operations (FinOps).
• Own and continuously improve the Platform-as-a-Product model, ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance.

Engineering Excellence

• Develop, test, and release Infrastructure as Code (IaC) assets (Terraform, CloudFormation etc.) for and AWS cloud environment.
• Enforce security and compliance through automated guardrails and policy-as-code.
• Drive standardisation of deployment models and cloud patterns across all environments.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD integration, and observability tooling to improve platform reliability.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for platform-related issues.

Agile & Continuous Improvement

• Champion Agile delivery practices (Scrum/Kanban), using iterative roadmaps and sprint-based execution.
• Track and report on platform metrics, ensuring visibility of outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and collaboration across DevOps and application teams.
• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and documentation of IaC patterns and platform components.

The Person

Experience

• 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or DevOps roles.
• Proven experience leading engineering squads or DevOps teams in agile environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible, etc.).
• Proficient in AWS (preferred) and/or Azure cloud services (certified to Professional level preferred).
• Experience integrating IaC into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab, Code pipeline etc.).
• Demonstrated success in building self-service cloud platforms and reusable automation frameworks.
• Sound understanding of security, compliance, and governance within cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management tooling.

Skills & Attributes

• Strong leadership and communication skills — able to motivate and develop high-performing engineers.
• Strategic thinker with a delivery focus — able to balance long-term platform evolution with short-term needs.
• Passion for automation, standardization, and engineering excellence.
• Able to collaborate effectively across architecture, operations, and project teams.
• Agile mindset — adaptable, curious, and continuously learning.