Platform Engineering Lead

BOYLE Sports; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boyle Sports seeks a Platform Engineering Lead to manage a squad focused on IaC patterns and self-service cloud consumption. You will work with Platform Design and Cloud Management Office to translate blueprints into secure, reusable components for the cloud transformation journey.

You will lead by example, drive engineering excellence, and promote a DevOps culture across the platform domain. This hands-on leadership role requires strong cloud, automation, and agile delivery expertise.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in cloud platform engineering or DevOps.
• Proven experience leading squads in agile environments.
• Hands-on IaC expertise with Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar.
• Strong AWS and/or Azure experience with security and governance.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a squad delivering reusable IaC modules, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
• Manage the team backlog, define sprint goals, and ensure predictable delivery of platform engineering outcomes.
• Partner with Platform Design to translate architecture and security patterns into buildable IaC blueprints.
• Collaborate with Cloud Management Office to align outputs with governance and FinOps.
• Own and continuously improve the Platform-as-a-Product model for scalability, resilience, and compliance.
• Develop, test, and release IaC assets (Terraform, CloudFormation, etc.) for AWS/Azure.
• Enforce security and compliance via policy-as-code and automated guardrails.
• Drive standardisation of deployment models across environments.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD integration, and observability tooling.

Skills

Cloud Platform

Infrastructure as Code

Leadership

DevOps

Agile delivery

AWS

Security governance

CI/CD

Tools

Terraform

CloudFormation

Bicep

Ansible

GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

GitLab

CodePipeline

Job description

Location: Ireland - Occasional trips to Dundalk HQ will be required

The Role:

The Platform Engineering Lead is responsible for managing a squad of engineers focused on building and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) patterns that enable self-service cloud consumption by application and delivery teams

You will work closely with the Platform Design and Cloud Management Office teams to translate architectural blueprints into secure, reusable, and automated platform components that underpin the organisation’s cloud transformation journey.

You will lead by example—driving technical excellence, enforcing engineering best practices, and promoting DevOps culture across the platform domain. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring a strong background in cloud engineering, automation, and agile delivery.

Key Responsibilities:

Leadership and Delivery:

• Lead and mentor a squad of cloud and DevOps engineers delivering reusable IaC modules, CI/CD pipelines, and automation frameworks.
• Manage the team backlog, define sprint goals, and ensure predictable delivery of platform engineering outcomes.
• Partner with the Platform Design team to turn architecture and security patterns into buildable, standardized IaC blueprints.
• Collaborate with the Cloud Management Office to align engineering outputs with governance, policy, and financial operations (FinOps).
• Own and continuously improve the Platform-as-a-Product model, ensuring scalability, resilience, and compliance.
• Develop, test, and release Infrastructure as Code (IaC) assets (Terraform, CloudFormation etc.) for and AWS cloud environment.
• Enforce security and compliance through automated guardrails and policy-as-code.
• Drive standardisation of deployment models and cloud patterns across all environments.
• Implement automated testing, CI/CD integration, and observability tooling to improve platform reliability.
• Participate in incident response and root cause analysis for platform-related Issues.
• Champion Agile delivery practices (Scrum/Kanban), using iterative roadmaps and sprint-based execution.
• Track and report on platform metrics, ensuring visibility of outcomes and continuous improvement.
• Foster a culture of learning, innovation, and collaboration across DevOps and application teams.
• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and documentation of IaC patterns and platform components.

The Person:

Experience:

• 5+ years of experience in cloud platform engineering, infrastructure automation, or DevOps roles.
• Proven experience leading engineering squads or DevOps teams in agile environments.
• Strong hands-on expertise with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools (Terraform, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible, etc.).
• Proficient in AWS (preferred) and/or Azure cloud services (certified to Professional level preferred).
• Experience integrating IaC into CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab, Code pipeline etc.).
• Demonstrated success in building self-service cloud platforms and reusable automation frameworks.
• Sound understanding of security, compliance, and governance within cloud environments.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and incident management tooling.

Skills & Attributes:

• Strong leadership and communication skills — able to motivate and develop high-performing engineers.
• Strategic thinker with a delivery focus — able to balance long-term platform evolution with short-term needs.
• Passion for automation, standardization, and engineering excellence.
• Able to collaborate effectively across architecture, operations, and project teams.Agile mindset — adaptable, curious, and continuously learning