Platform Engineering Head

About the role

The Platform Engineering Head will define and execute the bank’s end‑to‑end platform strategy, driving the design, development, deployment and governance of core technology platforms. This senior leader will champion DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices to accelerate time‑to‑market, improve software quality and boost operational efficiency across all IT functions.

Key responsibilities

• Create and implement a visionary platform engineering strategy aligned with digital transformation goals.
• Develop and maintain a robust Platform‑as‑a‑Service (PaaS) offering for rapid, safe software deployment.
• Lead the enterprise DevOps strategy, fostering continuous improvement, collaboration and SRE adoption.
• Oversee architectural design and governance of cloud infrastructure, container orchestration, CI/CD pipelines and observability tools.
• Ensure compliance with internal security, risk and regulatory policies, including BSP regulations.
• Direct collaboration with development, operations and QA teams to automate CI/CD, testing and monitoring.
• Drive adoption of modern cloud, containerization and Infrastructure‑as‑Code practices.
• Manage, mentor and develop a high‑performing team of Platform Engineers, DevOps Architects and SREs.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field.
• Minimum 15 years of IT experience with at least 5 years in a leadership role overseeing Platform Engineering, DevOps or SRE teams.
• Proven ability to define and execute platform strategies in a regulated banking environment.

Required skills

• Cloud platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform.
• Containerization & orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift.
• CI/CD pipelines and automation tools.
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks.
• DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering practices.
• Automation testing strategies and tools.
• Observability, monitoring and logging solutions.