Cloud Platform Lead — Self‑Service Infra & AI‑Ready

Vodafone Group Plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Vodafone Group Plc, VOIS, is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure & Developer Platform Lead to guide cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform engineering. You will translate architectural direction into practical platform capabilities and deliver infrastructure through code, automation and self‑service experiences.

You will work with Cloud Architects, Platform Tech Leads and security teams to enable reliable, secure, and AI‑native software delivery across multiple engineering teams, while

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering.
• Experience leading cloud or platform engineering delivery within a technical team environment.
• Strong hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code, automation and cloud-native architectures.
• Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) supporting 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 experience in delivering self-service platform capabilities that improve developer productivity.
• Understanding of how platform services, governance and tooling enable AI-native software delivery.

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 that enhance developer productivity and reduce engineering friction.
• Own infrastructure-as-code, automated provisioning, platform automation and engineering environments; translate cloud architecture strategies into implementation plans and roadmaps.
• Build and maintain reliable, secure and self-service engineering environments; drive automation across provisioning, deployment, testing, observability and operational processes.
• Ensure infrastructure meets security, operability, compliance and resilience requirements; improve developer productivity through reusable platform services and tooling.
• Support AI-native software delivery through platform capabilities, governance, automation and operational controls; drive reliability and observability.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and engineering guidance while remaining actively involved in platform engineering decisions.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Platform engineering

Infrastructure as code

Automation

CI/CD pipelines

Observability

Cloud security

Operational resilience

Platform ownership

Job description

Vodafone Group Plc, VOIS, is seeking a Cloud Infrastructure & Developer Platform Lead to guide cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform engineering. You will translate architectural direction into practical platform capabilities and deliver infrastructure through code, automation and self‑service experiences.

You will work with Cloud Architects, Platform Tech Leads and security teams to enable reliable, secure, and AI‑native software delivery across multiple engineering teams, while