Director / VP Of Devops

Ocho People; Remote; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology organisation is seeking a Director / VP of DevOps to lead cloud and DevOps strategy across a multi-cloud environment. This role involves overseeing teams responsible for cloud infrastructure and ensuring best practices in automation. The ideal candidate will have proven leadership experience, strong understanding of cloud architecture, and deep experience with CI/CD tooling. A competitive salary and benefits package, alongside high influence and autonomy, are offered.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus

Benefits package

Qualifications

• Proven leadership experience heading DevOps, SRE, Cloud, or Platform Engineering teams at Director/VP level.
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP.
• Deep experience with IaC, containerization, CI/CD tooling, and pipeline design.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the long-term DevOps, Cloud, and Platform Engineering strategy.
• Lead and develop managers and senior engineers across DevOps, Cloud Engineering, and platform operations.
• Oversee the evolution of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliability and speed.

Skills

Leadership

Cloud architecture

CI/CD tooling

Observability

Containerization

Communication

Job description

Director / VP of DevOps 100% remote role - UK/ROI

Our client is a global technology organisation supporting a large portfolio of software partners They operate a multi‑cloud, highly distributed platform and are investing significantly in engineering transformation. As part of this growth, they are establishing a senior DevOps leadership role within their UK engineering division to drive platform reliability, automation maturity, and operational excellence.

The Role

As Director / VP of DevOps, you will lead the Cloud, DevOps, and Platform Engineering strategy for a high‑availability payments platform operating across AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will oversee teams responsible for cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, developer tooling, observability, release reliability, and operational readiness.

This is a senior technical leadership role that requires strategic direction‑setting, hands‑on technical understanding, and the ability to influence engineering behaviours at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and implement the long‑term DevOps, Cloud, and Platform Engineering strategy across multi‑cloud environments
• Lead and develop managers and senior engineers across DevOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, and platform operations
• Drive best practices in automation, infrastructure‑as‑code, containerisation, and continuous delivery
• Oversee the evolution of CI/CD pipelines, ensuring reliability, speed, and alignment with engineering needs
• Build high‑quality observability across the platform, improving insights around performance, stability, and release health
• Partner closely with Test, Security, and Engineering leadership to ensure robust, secure, and compliant deployments
• Own cloud operational expenditure and create optimisation strategies for platform efficiency and resilience
• Champion engineering excellence through improved tooling, self‑service capabilities, and streamlined developer workflows
• Provide clear reporting, KPIs, and risk visibility to senior leadership and executive stakeholders
• Influence culture and ways of working by promoting automation‑first, reliability‑first thinking across engineering teams

Essential Criteria

• Proven leadership experience heading DevOps, SRE, Cloud, or Platform Engineering teams at Director/VP level
• Strong understanding of cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, or GCP, ideally within complex distributed systems
• Deep experience with IaC, containerisation, CI/CD tooling, pipeline design, and modern deployment strategies
• Demonstrated capability to modernise engineering practices across multiple teams or business units
• Strong approach to observability covering logs, metrics, tracing, performance monitoring, and incident response
• Excellent communication skills and an ability to partner with engineering, product, test, and executive teams
• Experience managing budgets, operational expenditure, and large‑scale cloud environments
• Background in payments, fintech, SaaS, or similarly high‑availability domains is beneficial

Why Join

• Lead the DevOps and Cloud strategy for a global, mission‑critical payments platform
• Major opportunity to modernise infrastructure, tooling, and engineering practices
• Work with highly experienced leaders across engineering, product, and architecture
• Competitive salary, bonus, and benefits package
• High influence, high autonomy, and a key role in shaping future engineering culture

How to Apply

If you believe you meet the criteria for this role and are excited about shaping DevOps strategy for a global technology platform, please apply via this link. Alternatively, you can reach out to Phil Gamble directly for an informal chat via LinkedIn or WhatsApp.

About Phil Gamble

Phil Gamble has over 20 years of experience in the Tech recruitment industry, successfully delivering on senior engineering leadership roles across the US, UK, and Ireland. He takes a personalised approach to understanding candidates and supporting their long‑term career goals.

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