Head of Platform Engineering & CI/CD

Job summary

Join the Close Brothers Technology Team as Head of Platform Engineering & CI/CD. You will be accountable for the enterprise-wide platform engineering capability that enables product value streams to deliver frequent, secure, resilient and compliant change. The ideal candidate will have previous experience in designing and operating CI/CD platforms at scale with excellent management skills.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in designing and operating CI/CD platforms at scale
• Strong background in DevOps, infrastructure-as-code, and automation
• Proven ability to lead senior engineers and multidisciplinary teams
• Experience operating in regulated or risk-aware environments
• Financial services or similarly regulated sector experience (not essential)
• Experience reducing dependency on outsourced delivery models (not essential)
• Familiarity with policy-as-code and automated control enforcement (not essential)
• Recognised cloud or platform engineering certifications (e.g., Azure, AWS, or equivalent) (not essential)
• DevOps or CI/CD-related certifications or formal training (e.g., DevOps Institute, similar) (not essential)
• Evidence of structured management or people-management development (formal or experiential) (not essential)

Responsibilities

• Own CI/CD platforms and platform engineering services across the enterprise
• Define and enforce standard delivery pathways and engineering controls
• Define and deliver enterprise platform engineering and CI/CD strategy aligned to security, architecture, and operational resilience priorities
• Deliver self-service platforms, templates, and tooling to reduce lead time and manual effort
• Embed preventative security, risk, and SDLC controls into CI/CD pipelines using policy-as-code
• Reduce release failures, rollback events, and operational incidents
• Own budgets for platform tooling and services, including cost transparency and optimisation
• Build and direct a high-calibre platform engineering capability with clear performance expectations
• Inspire and motivate team members
• Develop performance through coaching
• Encourage personal development and provide support through regular feedback

Skills

Relocation