Global DevOps Platform Leader - CI/CD & Automation

Intact Insurance UK; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Intact Insurance UK is seeking an experienced DevOps leader to head our DevOps & Automation Platform Services function. You will lead globally distributed teams across the UK and India, shaping our tooling and CI/CD strategy to deliver secure, scalable and reliable platforms.

In this high-impact role you will own the strategy and roadmap for DevOps, CI/CD, automation and tooling, drive platform performance, governance and vendor management while collaborating with architects and portfolio teams

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in DevOps engineering, tooling, automation or platform delivery.
• Experience managing geographically distributed DevOps teams.
• In depth understanding of Azure cloud and cloud-native engineering.
• Excellent background in PaaS, SaaS, IaaS, cloud architecture and enterprise platforms.
• Ability to drive automation, improve processes and optimise platform performance.
• Experience delivering complex, large-scale, multi-cloud or multi-tenant solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead major programmes, stakeholder engagement and vendor management.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, global organisations with matrix structures.

Responsibilities

• Lead DevOps engineers and cross-functional teams across UK & India.
• Own strategy and roadmap for DevOps, CI/CD, Automation and Tooling platforms.
• Oversee platform performance, availability, compliance and lifecycle management.
• Drive automation and adoption of best-practice DevOps engineering.
• Ensure high-quality delivery of programmes, operations, releases and CI/CD governance.
• Manage vendor performance and third-party delivery.
• Collaborate with architects and portfolio teams to align tech with business needs.
• Mitigate risks and ensure adherence to security and governance standards.

Skills

DevOps leadership

Distributed teams

Azure cloud

Cloud architecture

Automation

CI/CD

Vendor management

Programme delivery

Job description

Intact Insurance UK is seeking an experienced DevOps leader to head our DevOps & Automation Platform Services function. You will lead globally distributed teams across the UK and India, shaping our tooling and CI/CD strategy to deliver secure, scalable and reliable platforms.

In this high-impact role you will own the strategy and roadmap for DevOps, CI/CD, automation and tooling, drive platform performance, governance and vendor management while collaborating with architects and portfolio teams