Platform Owner - Public Cloud

Primark Stores Limited; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare & pension

Potential bonus

Additional leave days

Tax Saver Tickets

Fitness centre

Cafeteria subsidy

Job summary

Primark Stores Limited in Dublin is seeking a Platform Owner – Public Cloud to lead cloud engineering and operations, define governance and architecture, and partner with vendors to accelerate product delivery.

You will build secure, scalable cloud platforms on Azure, apply Infrastructure‑as‑Code, guide DevOps practices, and mentor engineering teams while aligning roadmaps with business goals and optimizing cost and performance.

Qualifications

• Cloud leadership experience required (8+ years).
• Azure expertise with PaaS, serverless, containerisation; Terraform preferred.
• Strong cost management, budgeting and governance in cloud.
• Proficient in DevOps, CI/CD, and observability practices.
• Excellent stakeholder and partner management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale Cloud Engineering & Operations, partnering with vendors to deliver secure, self‑service cloud platforms.
• Establish robust cloud governance and standards for cost, security, deployment, compliance, and policy adherence.
• Drive operational performance, defining metrics for availability, workload utilisation, SLA, and security posture.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership, set cloud strategy and architecture direction, resolve escalations.
• Build and develop high‑performing engineering teams, mentoring and enabling accountability.
• Support cloud transformation and alignment of roadmaps with business objectives.

Skills

Cloud leadership

Azure expertise

Terraform

GCP knowledge

Cloud cost management

DevOps & CI/CD

Observability

Strategic thinking

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Tools

Terraform

Job description

Because we strive to put people first.
Culture, our way.

Technology at Primark

What’s a career at Primark all about? The positive impact you’re making, the experiences you’re having and the people you’re with. You’re our inspiration. Embrace what sets you apart, own your career and develop in ways you never expected. Leave your mark. And do it your way.

What You’ll Get

People are at the heart of what we do here, so it’s essential we provide you with the right environment to perform at your very best.

Let’s talk lifestyle: Because Primark is all about tailoring to you, we offer

• Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus
• 27 days of leave, plus bank holidays and if you want, you can buy 5 more
• Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria

What You’ll Do as a Platform Owner – Public Cloud

We want you to feel challenged and inspired. Here, you’ll develop your skills across a range of responsibilities:

• Lead and scale Cloud Engineering & Operations, partnering with strategic technology vendors to deliver secure, self‑service cloud platforms that accelerate product team delivery and customer value.
• Establish robust cloud governance and standards, ensuring excellence across cost management, security operations, deployment practices, compliance, and policy adherence.
• Drive operational performance and service quality, defining metrics and controls to improve availability, workload utilisation, SLA performance, service transition rigour, and security posture.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership, setting cloud strategy and architecture direction, resolving complex escalations, and communicating clearly with senior stakeholders.
• Build and develop high‑performing engineering teams, including line management, mentoring, talent strategy execution, and fostering accountability through servant leadership.
• Support cloud transformation and strategic alignment, ensuring roadmaps, backlogs, and operating models align with business objectives while strengthening senior stakeholder and partner relationships.

What You’ll Bring

Here at Primark, we want everyone to feel valued so please bring your authentic self to work, of course with some other key experience and abilities for this role in particular:

• Proven cloud leadership experience (8+ years) leading Cloud Engineering and/or SRE teams, with a strong engineering background across enterprise‑scale systems, platforms, and operational environments.
• Deep expertise in Microsoft Azure, delivering secure, scalable, and fault‑tolerant architectures using PaaS, serverless, containerisation, and Infrastructure‑as‑Code (Terraform preferred), with working knowledge of GCP as an advantage.
• Strong operational and financial acumen, including cloud cost management, budgeting, forecasting, workload optimisation, and governance across security operations, compliance, and policy enforcement.
• Advanced DevOps, CI/CD and observability capabilities, with hands‑on experience in logging, monitoring, reliability engineering, enterprise‑grade deployments, and advocating modern Agile, Lean, and DevOps practices.
• Visionary and forward‑thinking technologist, able to identify emerging technologies, translate them into business value, inspire new ways of working, and successfully lead transformation initiatives.
• Exceptional people and partner leadership skills, including managing and influencing third‑party providers, mentoring high‑performing engineering communities, and excelling in stakeholder management, problem solving, and multi‑stream delivery.

Does this sound like you? Great, because we can’t wait to see what you’ll bring. You’ll be supported within a team of equally capable people, celebrating who you are and aiding you reach your potential. At Primark, we’re excited about our future - and we’re excited to develop yours.

About Primark

At Primark, people matter. They’re the beating heart of our business and the reason we’ve grown from our first store in Dublin in 1969 to a £9bn+ turnover business and over 80,000 colleagues and over 440 stores in 17 countries today. Our values run through everything we do. In essence, we're Caring and always strive to put people first. We're also Dynamic, bravely pushing the boundaries to stay ahead. And finally, we succeed Together.

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All offers of employment are subject to background checks, including right to work, reference education and for some roles criminal, and financial checks. If you have any concerns, please reach out to our talent acquisition team to discuss.

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REQ ID: JR-4307