Platform Engineering Lead: Design & Cloud Enablement

Inizio; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

Inizio seeks a Platform Engineering Manager to lead Design Engineering & Cloud Enablement, shaping architecture across Azure and AWS, and guiding a senior team of engineers and architects. You will drive standards, security, and cost discipline while enabling scalable enterprise solutions.

You will translate technology strategy into practical engineering direction, manage vendor relationships, and steward the Centre for Enablement across the enterprise platform estate.

Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related discipline, or equivalent senior-level professional experience.
• Senior cloud or architecture certification (e.g., Azure/SAAE, AWS SA Pro, TOGAF) expected.
• Experience with Centre for Enablement, platform engineering, or reusable pattern model is advantageous.
• Experience leading senior technical teams across architecture, cloud, networks, or platform engineering.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering standards, architectural direction, and quality expectations across Inizio's enterprise platform estate.
• Oversee architecture governance and document solution designs through formal processes.
• Maintain reference architectures, technology standards, and Architecture Decision Records across cloud, network, identity, observability, and integration domains.
• Assess new technologies and vendor capabilities with clear recommendations.
• Embed security, resilience, and cost effectiveness into outputs.
• Lead the Centre for Enablement and deliver reusable patterns, landing zones, and golden paths.

Skills

Technical leadership

Azure

AWS

Enterprise networking

Entra ID

ServiceNow

Boomi

Architecture governance

Delivery and governance

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Azure Solutions Architect Expert

AWS Solutions Architect Professional

TOGAF

AZ-500 / CISSP / ITIL / PRINCE2 / FinOps

Google Professional Cloud Architect

CCNP

Tools

Azure

AWS

Entra ID

Boomi

ServiceNow

Job description

Inizio seeks a Platform Engineering Manager to lead Design Engineering & Cloud Enablement, shaping architecture across Azure and AWS, and guiding a senior team of engineers and architects. You will drive standards, security, and cost discipline while enabling scalable enterprise solutions.

You will translate technology strategy into practical engineering direction, manage vendor relationships, and steward the Centre for Enablement across the enterprise platform estate.