Senior Cloud DevOps & Architecture Lead

Aviva plc; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance Bonus

Private medical care

Cafeteria benefits

Employee Shares Plan

Hybrid working model in Poland

Job summary

Aviva is seeking an experienced DevOps & Architecture Manager to lead a team of DevOps Engineers and Solution Architects at the Aviva Services Excellence Centre in Warsaw. You will drive DevOps excellence, guide cloud-native design, and collaborate with international teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic direction, and hands-on guidance across Agile environments, with a focus on modern cloud platforms and cost optimisation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years leading technical teams in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, Software Development or Architecture.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Strong understanding of DevOps principles, CI/CD practices and modern software engineering.
• Experience with AWS and/or Azure Kubernetes (EKS) is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of DevOps Engineers and Solution Architects.
• Provide strategic direction and technical guidance for high-quality delivery.
• Drive adoption of modern DevOps practices, cloud technologies, automation, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Promote ownership, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Recruitment, performance management, and career development within the team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across international teams.
• Guide design and delivery of secure, resilient, and scalable cloud-native solutions.
• Contribute to architectural decisions, operational excellence, and cost optimisation.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cloud engineering

DevOps principles

CI/CD

Tools

AWS

Azure

Kubernetes

Azure DevOps

Jenkins

Terraform

Puppet

Ansible

Bash/PowerShell

Job description

Aviva is seeking an experienced DevOps & Architecture Manager to lead a team of DevOps Engineers and Solution Architects at the Aviva Services Excellence Centre in Warsaw. You will drive DevOps excellence, guide cloud-native design, and collaborate with international teams to deliver secure, scalable solutions.

The role emphasizes leadership, strategic direction, and hands-on guidance across Agile environments, with a focus on modern cloud platforms and cost optimisation.