Platform Engineering Leader - Cloud Enablement

Inizio; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work schedule

Global exposure

Learning & development programs

Equal opportunities employer

Job summary

Inizio seeks a Platform Engineering Manager - Design Engineering & Cloud Enablement to lead architecture, cloud strategy, and network services across the corporate IT estate. You will set technical direction and governance, guiding senior engineers and architects in designing scalable, secure solutions for the Platform Engineering organisation.

You will champion a Centre for Enablement mindset, translating strategy into practical engineering patterns, landing zones, and guardrails while driving

Qualifications

• Senior-level experience in enterprise IT management.
• Experience with Azure, AWS, and enterprise networking.
• Proven ability to lead senior technical teams across architecture, cloud, networks, or platform engineering.
• Experience with reference architectures, design standards, service transition controls, and formal architecture review processes.
• Experience operating in a Centre for Enablement, platform engineering, or reusable pattern model.

Responsibilities

• Set engineering standards, architectural direction, and quality expectations across Inizio's enterprise platform estate.
• Oversee architecture governance, ensuring you approve, and document solution designs through the appropriate processes.
• Maintain reference architectures, technology standards, and Architecture Decision Records across cloud, network, identity, observability, and integration domains.
• Assess the latest technologies and vendor capabilities, providing clear recommendations for Inizio's environment.
• Embed security, resilience, supportability, and cost effectiveness into all architecture and engineering outputs.
• Lead Inizio's Centre for Enablement model, delivering reusable patterns, landing zones, golden paths, and engineering guardrails.
• Oversee the cloud enablement strategy, driving Azure and AWS adoption following standards, security requirements, and the IT roadmap.
• Oversee cloud engineering delivery across Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, automation, and governance.
• Provide leadership across the cloud and platform toolchain, including Azure, AWS, Entra ID, Boomi, ServiceNow integrations, and related controls.
• Manage cloud vendor and managed service partner relationships.

Skills

Technical leadership

People development

Communication & influence

Delivery focus

Collaboration

Commercial awareness

Education

Degree in Computer Science / Information Systems / Engineering

Senior cloud or architecture certification

Security / networking / IT service management qualifications advantageous

Tools

Azure

AWS

Entra ID

Boomi

ServiceNow

Job description

Inizio seeks a Platform Engineering Manager - Design Engineering & Cloud Enablement to lead architecture, cloud strategy, and network services across the corporate IT estate. You will set technical direction and governance, guiding senior engineers and architects in designing scalable, secure solutions for the Platform Engineering organisation.

You will champion a Centre for Enablement mindset, translating strategy into practical engineering patterns, landing zones, and guardrails while driving