Platform Engineering Lead: DevOps & Cloud Strategy

RCBC; Taguig; On-site; PHP 2,600,000 - 3,600,000; Full time

Job summary

RCBC is seeking a Platform Engineering Department Head to lead the end-to-end platform strategy, governance, and delivery across the bank’s technology platforms. You will drive PaaS, DevOps, and SRE practices, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant solutions aligned with digital transformation goals.

You will mentor a high-performing team of Platform Engineers, DevOps Architects, and SREs, setting metrics and removing impediments to agile/platform adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Minimum 15 years IT experience with at least 5 years in leadership of Platform Engineering, DevOps, or SRE teams.

Responsibilities

• Creates and implements a visionary platform engineering strategy aligned with digital transformation goals and business objectives.
• Develops and maintains a Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) offering enabling rapid, safe deployments.
• Leads enterprise DevOps strategy to accelerate time-to-market and improve efficiency.
• Promotes a culture of continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation with DevOps/SRE practices.
• Oversees architectural design and governance of core platforms including cloud infra, containers, CI/CD, and observability.
• Develops and enforces Platform and DevOps policies, security, risk, and regulatory compliance (MORB/MTPP).
• Directs automation of CI/CD, testing, and monitoring with application development and IT ops teams.
• Drives modern cloud adoption, containerization, and IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation).
• Manages Platform Engineers, DevOps Architects, and SREs; establishes team metrics; removes impediments to agile adoption.

Skills

Platform leadership

DevOps leadership

SRE practices

Cloud technologies

Kubernetes

CI/CD automation

IaC

Automation testing

Strategic thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or Computer Science

Job description

RCBC is seeking a Platform Engineering Department Head to lead the end-to-end platform strategy, governance, and delivery across the bank’s technology platforms. You will drive PaaS, DevOps, and SRE practices, ensuring secure, scalable, and compliant solutions aligned with digital transformation goals.

You will mentor a high-performing team of Platform Engineers, DevOps Architects, and SREs, setting metrics and removing impediments to agile/platform adoption.