Cloud Infra & Developer Platform Lead

Vodafone

Newbury

Hybrid

GBP 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

12 days ago

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Job summary

Vodafone VOIS in Newbury is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure & Developer Platform Lead to provide technical leadership for cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform capabilities. You will translate architectural direction into practical platform engineering and delivery, enabling scalable product and service delivery across multiple engineering teams.

Join a hybrid role that combines hands-on engineering with platform ownership, driving reliability, security, observability and

Qualifications

7+ years of cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering experience.
Experience leading cloud or platform engineering delivery within technical teams.
Strong hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code, automation and cloud-native architectures.
Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) for multiple engineering teams.
Deep understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, networking, identity management and platform engineering.
Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability, cloud security and operational readiness.
Proven ability to deliver self-service platform capabilities that improve developer productivity.
Understanding of how platform services, governance and tooling enable AI-native software delivery.
Knowledge of reliability engineering, operational resilience and secure platform design principles.
Experience treating platform capabilities as products with usability, adoption, reliability and productivity in mind.
Ability to influence, mentor and collaborate across engineering communities without formal authority.
Strong stakeholder engagement skills working across architecture, engineering and security teams.

Responsibilities

Lead cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform engineering within a platform capability or engineering domain.
Design, build and operate cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform capabilities; deliver self-service platform capabilities for developer productivity.
Own infrastructure-as-code, automated provisioning, platform automation and engineering environments.
Build and maintain reliable, secure and self-service engineering environments; drive automation across provisioning, deployment, testing, observability and operations.
Ensure infrastructure meets security, operability, compliance and resilience requirements; improve productivity via reusable platform services.
Support AI-native software delivery through platform governance, automation and controls; drive reliability and observability across platform services.
Manage technical risks, incidents, dependencies and blockers; provide mentorship and guidance while participating in platform decisions.
Develop platform capability, knowledge and practices to support long-term Vodafone ownership.