DevSecOps & Cloud Services Delivery Lead

National Highways; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

National Highways is recruiting for a hybrid Lead Service Manager to deliver strategic cloud compute capabilities through DevSecOps within Infrastructure & Platforms. The role oversees governance, funding, and end-to-end delivery from scoping to handover into BAU run.

With strong commercial acumen, you will manage budgets, stakeholders and a Senior Service Delivery Manager, while guiding cloud roadmaps and tooling choices to meet end-user needs across multiple channels.

Qualifications

• Extensive knowledge of cloud compute hyper-scalers (e.g. MS Azure, Amazon AWS, etc).
• Proven ability to manage a service provider derived DevSecOps delivery team to achieve optimum sprint velocity and delivery critical business outcomes.
• An outstanding understanding of Agile and ADO principles and processes, and the ability to apply the technical knowledge in project or programme environments.
• Demonstr demonstrable evidence of influencing team dynamics and collaborative working.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.

Responsibilities

• Using Modern Ways-of-Working to deliver strategic outcomes and new cloud computing capabilities in readiness for handover to BAU run.
• Financial management of the outcomes from initial quote to final recharge.
• Preparation of key governance artifacts for the commercial sourcing of new cloud compute services and capabilities e.g. Business Cases.
• Provides strategic input into the short, medium, and long-term cloud compute roadmaps for the Infrastructure and Platforms.
• Utilises prediction methodologies to derive and maintain a holistic view of key trends and across multiple processes.
• Gives direction on which tools and methods to use. Is experienced in meeting the needs of users across a variety of channels.
• Able to bring insight and expertise in how user needs have changed over time to ensure these are met by the business. Applies strategic thinking in how to provide the best service for the end user.
• This role has a direct line management responsibility of a single Senior Service Delivery Manager / Product Owner. There is also matrix management of a third-party supplier.
• The Lead Service Manager will manage the budget for the DevSecOps practise and managed services contract.

Skills

Cloud compute (Azure/AWS)

DevSecOps delivery

Agile & ADO

Financial acumen

Stakeholder influence

Tools

Azure

AWS

Job description

National Highways is recruiting for a hybrid Lead Service Manager to deliver strategic cloud compute capabilities through DevSecOps within Infrastructure & Platforms. The role oversees governance, funding, and end-to-end delivery from scoping to handover into BAU run.

With strong commercial acumen, you will manage budgets, stakeholders and a Senior Service Delivery Manager, while guiding cloud roadmaps and tooling choices to meet end-user needs across multiple channels.