Platform Ops Lead: Build, Run & Secure CI/CD at Scale

Cathay Pacific; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited is seeking a Platform Ops Lead to drive and improve CI/CD platforms and hybrid cloud infrastructure for enterprise IT teams. You will lead automation, observability, and secure access controls in line with the company’s infrastructure strategy.

The role combines hands-on technical leadership with service ownership, enabling scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient platform services for web and mobile teams, with 24/7 availability as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or above in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of IT experience, including at least 5 years in IT infrastructure roles.
• Proven experience in complex enterprise IT infrastructure environments.
• Strong ability to design solutions and make technical decisions with minimal supervision.
• Demonstrated experience influencing stakeholders and building relationships at senior levels.
• Solid understanding of DevOps, CI/CD, and Agile or Lean methodologies.
• Hands-on knowledge of cloud operations, DevSecOps, and FinOps practices.
• Broad exposure to cloud platforms (Azure and/or AWS), container platforms, microservices and IaC.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple initiatives in a cross-functional environment and support 24/7 operations.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate and enhance automation, CI/CD and self-healing hybrid cloud platforms.
• Maintain Observability stability and self-service automations.
• Ensure reliable day-to-day DevOps operations including CI/CD and version control.
• Translate requirements into a clear Platform Ops service catalogue.
• Govern base images, libraries, pipelines and container platforms to security standards.
• Evaluate and refresh obsolete CI/CD toolsets to remain market-aligned.
• Enable secure access controls across DevOps tools.
• Apply FinOps to optimise cloud and platform costs at scale.
• Lead, mentor and support platform engineers in operations and career growth.
• Communicate designs, risks and progress to managers, vendors and partners.

Skills

DevOps

CI/CD

Cloud Operations

FinOps

Observability

Container Platforms

Security Controls

Stakeholder Influence

Cross-functional Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree or above in IT/CS/Engineering

Tools

Elastic Stack

Azure/AWS

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Cathay Pacific Airways Limited is seeking a Platform Ops Lead to drive and improve CI/CD platforms and hybrid cloud infrastructure for enterprise IT teams. You will lead automation, observability, and secure access controls in line with the company’s infrastructure strategy.

The role combines hands-on technical leadership with service ownership, enabling scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient platform services for web and mobile teams, with 24/7 availability as required.