VP Engineering and Reliability

IFS; Staines-upon-Thames; Hybrid; GBP 190,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work opportunities

Job summary

IFS is a global software company seeking a VP-level leader to head the engineering and reliability function in the Technology Platform. You will drive continuous delivery, automated infrastructure provisioning, and database/performance engineering across globally distributed teams.

You will own reliability, security, performance and cost, set engineering standards, and build senior leadership. Hybrid work options and international collaboration are core to this role.

Qualifications

• Substantial engineering leadership experience at Senior Director or VP level.
• Proven accountability for a platform or infrastructure engineering organisation of 40+ engineers across multiple locations.
• Deep, credible experience across CI/CD, cloud provisioning and infrastructure-as-code, and Oracle database engineering (Exadata).
• Track record of running large-scale Oracle estates in production and migrating them without business disruption.
• Delivery of cloud-first transformation while maintaining legacy or specialised infrastructure.
• Experience in defining and operating an SRE model (SLOs, error budgets, incident command and post-incident learning).
• Strong commercial capability — budget ownership, vendor negotiation, FinOps and Oracle licensing awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering and reliability function within the Technology Platform organisation.
• Oversee continuous delivery, automated infrastructure provisioning, database and performance engineering.
• Accountability for reliability, security, performance and cost across platforms; establish engineering standards.
• Build a high-calibre, globally distributed leadership team.

Skills

Engineering leadership

SRE model

Budget ownership

Hiring senior talent

Vendor negotiation

Cloud-first transformation

Downtime risk management

Tools

CI/CD

Cloud IaC

Oracle Exadata

Job description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

About the CTO Office

The CTO Office is an independent unit within Product & Customer with a dual mandate: track what is genuinely happening at the frontier of the industry, and convert it into technology strategy and working software inside IFS. It operates close to the executive team, frontier AI labs, robotics OEMs, and strategic partners.

Job Description

To lead the engineering& reliability function within the “Technology Platform”organizationresponsible for the systems that other engineers build on: continuous delivery,automatedinfrastructure provisioning,databaseand performanceengineering.

The VP is accountable for the reliability, security,performanceand cost of these platforms, for the engineering standards applied across them, and for building a high-calibre, globally distributed leadership team.

Qualifications

• Substantial engineering leadership experience at Senior Director or VP level, including leading leaders, in an organisation of comparable or greater technical complexity.
• Proven accountability for a platform or infrastructure engineering organisation of 40+ engineers across multiple locations.
• Deep, credible experience across at least three of the domains:
  • CI/CD and release engineering at scale
  • Cloud infrastructure provisioning and infrastructure-as-code
  • Oracle database engineering, including Exadata and Oracle on VMs
• Track record of running large-scale Oracle estates in production — RAC, Data Guard, Exadata — and of modernising or migrating them without disrupting the business.
• Demonstrated delivery of cloud-first transformation while continuing to operate significant legacy or specialised infrastructure.
• Experience defining and operating an SRE model: SLOs, error budgets, incident command and post-incident learning.
• Strong commercial capability — budget ownership, vendor negotiation, FinOps and Oracle licensing awareness.
• Experience in a regulated or high-availability environment where downtime carries material commercial or reputational cost.
• Evidence of building high-performing teams: hiring senior talent, developing leaders, and improving retention and engagement.

Additional Information

We embrace flexibility and hybrid work opportunities to support diverse needs and lifestyles, while also valuing inclusive workplace experiences. By fostering a sense of community, we drive innovation, strengthen connections, and nurture belonging. Our commitment ensures you can work in a way that suits you best, while also engaging with colleagues to share ideas and build meaningful relationships.