Platform Owner - Public Cloud

Primark; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

Pension

Potential bonus

27 days of leave

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre

Subsidised cafeteria

Job summary

Primark in Reading seeks a Platform Owner – Public Cloud to lead its Cloud Engineering & Operations, delivering platform capabilities and self-service cloud services that empower product teams.

You will set governance, security, and cost-management standards, mentor diverse teams, and drive high-impact roadmaps with strong technical direction.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of leadership in Cloud or SRE
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure and cloud service models
• Strong security operations and cost management knowledge
• Experience with Terraform is desirable
• Exposure to multiple cloud platforms (e.g., GCP)
• Ability to lead, mentor and collaborate across teams while advocating modern engineering practices

Responsibilities

• Lead the Cloud Engineering & Operations function with partners to deliver new platform capabilities
• Establish governance for financial management, security operations, deployment practices and policy compliance
• Define and enforce quality standards, service transitions, and security compliance to improve availability and SLA adherence
• Serve as a senior technical leader, setting direction and communicating complex topics to stakeholders
• Manage stakeholder expectations and ensure timely delivery of roadmaps
• Coach and line-manage cloud engineering talent across internal and partner teams

Skills

Cloud & SRE leadership

Azure expertise

Security operations

Budgeting & forecasting

DevOps & CI/CD

Mentoring & leadership

Tools

Terraform

Google Cloud Platform

Job description

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.
Technology at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

Job Description

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more. Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

Qualifications

What You’ll Do as a Platform Owner – Public Cloud
We want you to feel challenged and inspired. Here, you’ll develop your skills across a range of responsibilities:

• Lead the Cloud Engineering & Operations function in partnership with Primark’s technology partners, delivering new platform capabilities and self‑service cloud services that enable product teams to deliver value at speed
• Establish and oversee governance frameworks covering financial management, security operations, deployment best practices, and policy compliance.
• Define and enforce quality standards, service‑transition rigour, and security compliance to enhance operational performance across metrics such as availability, workload utilisation, and SLA adherence.
• Serve as a senior technical leader, setting technical direction, resolving escalations, and clearly communicating complex technical matters to senior stakeholders.
• Manage key stakeholder expectations while ensuring the timely and high‑quality delivery of team priorities and cloud platform roadmaps.
• Coach, mentor, and line‑manage cloud engineering talent (internal and partner teams), while fostering accountability, continuous improvement, and alignment with Primark’s engineering strategy.

Additional Information

What You’ll Bring
Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Proven leadership experience (8+ years) in Cloud and/or SRE functions, with deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, cloud service models (PaaS, Serverless, Containers), and Infrastructure‑as‑Code governance.
• Strong technical capability in designing and delivering scalable, fault‑tolerant, secure cloud systems, supported by observability, logging, and monitoring best practices.
• Solid understanding of security operational frameworks, financial management (budgeting, forecasting), and enterprise‑grade operational processes.
• Hands‑on experience with Terraform (desirable) and exposure to additional cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform.
• Demonstrated ability to lead, mentor, and collaborate with diverse engineering teams—including third‑party partners while advocating for DevOps, Agile, Lean, CI/CD, and modern engineering practices.
• Highly organised, strategic, and visionary technologist who can identify emerging technologies, translate them into business value, and bring teams along through strong interpersonal, analytical, and problem‑solving skills.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we’re Caring and always strive to put people first. We’re also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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