Platform Director

Head of DevOps Excellent opportunity opens to join a high growth Fintech as their new Head of DevOps. You will lead the design, build, and scaling of a modern AWS cloud native infrastructure within a fast growing, technology led Fintech. Leading a team of 5 highly skilled DevOps Engineers, you will own a key financial services platform that connects into major banks. You will also play a critical role in enabling the delivery of scalable, resilient, and high performing platforms supporting real time, client facing applications, with full ownership of DevOps strategy and execution. Main Responsibilities Define and execute the DevOps and platform engineering strategy Architect and manage scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP - preferred) Own and optimise CI/CD pipelines to enable efficient, low friction software delivery Drive adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and automation first principles Establish best practices across monitoring, observability, and system reliability Partner closely with Engineering and Product teams to accelerate delivery and improve performance Lead incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives Build, mentor, and scale a high performing DevOps team Oversee cloud cost optimisation and resource efficiency Qualifications Proven experience leading DevOps/Platform Engineering teams in complex environments Strong expertise in cloud platforms (AWS preferred) and containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) Deep knowledge of CI/CD tooling (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI) Experience implementing Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, CloudFormation) Strong understanding of distributed systems, scalability, and reliability engineering Experience operating in regulated or high-compliance environments (preferred) Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills Any experience across DevSecOps