This is an exciting opportunity for a Head of Platform Engineering to lead and manage a highly experienced team of DevOps, Network and Infrastructure Engineer responsible for the technical design, delivery and support of critical IT applications and new private IaaS/IaaC platforms for a major UK financial institution. You will ensure first class operations by continually refining the monitoring, security systems and automation capabilities within the platform. This newly created role requires gravitas, leadership and a passion for excellence. GBP90k basic and GBP150k package of added bonus, pension, flexible cash benefits and the chance to make a real impact. Remote plus London working.

A crucial part of the role will be to lead people through transformation, employing a collaborative and inclusive leadership style to guide colleagues as they grow their skills and understand and embed new best practices.

Key Responsibilities for the Head of Platform Engineering include:
. Domain Ownership
. Leadership, Teamwork & Communication
. Sourcing and strategic Partner
. Finance, Contracts & Commercial.
. Technology.
. Domain Delivery
. Domain enablement
. Domain Operations & Application Maintenance

Key skills required:

. Highly experienced in the delivery of large scale technology transformations and complex programmes of change alongside operational support accountabilities
. Demonstrable experience in the full software development life cycle, platform engineering and project delivery, including selection of the appropriate methodology to deliver successfully through.
. Solid understanding of operating mission infrastructure
. Experience of agile delivery practices using different methodologies, eg Scrum
. Positive leadership, employee engagement and motivation; understanding of cultural change and how to guide and empower a team through change is crucial
. Adept at balancing supply (resource capacity) against demand of varying sizes - service support, large scale investment projects, and small change requests.

Desirable Criteria
. Experience of working within highly regulated environments
. Experience of payment systems.

In return, this role offers a base salary of circa GBP90,000 plus 10% bonus and additional flex cash of up to GBP12k on dialling down benefits/pension contribution, excellent benefits including:
. A non-contributory, guaranteed retirement with the option to increase your pension (to 1/50th) or decrease (to 1/120th) in exchange for salary through a flexible benefits programme
. A 7% benefits allowance with the option to take as salary or purchase a wide range of flexible benefits.
. 25 days annual leave with option to buy up to 13 additional days through flexible benefits.
. Private medical insurance and income protection insurance (50% of salary)

If you have demonstrable experience and a passion for implementing change and leading teams tasked with the technical design, delivery and support of mission critical IT applications, then contact Andrew Medhurst at Inspire People for more information, or apply now.