Quick overview
Job description
We're partnering with a leading Global Insurance Organisation seeking an experienced DevOps Architect to define and drive its enterprise DevOps and Platform Engineering strategy. This is a key architecture role where you'll shape the future of cloud-native delivery, platform engineering, automation, DevSecOps, developer experience, and engineering excellence across a large-scale technology estate.
Responsibilities:
- Define the strategic vision for DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Developer Experience
- Design scalable, secure, and automated delivery platforms
- Establish standards for CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, observability, resilience, and environment management
- Lead the adoption of DevSecOps and Platform-as-a-Product practices
- Drive cloud modernisation, engineering automation, and self-service capabilities
- Partner with Architecture, Engineering, Security, Operations, and Product teams to deliver best-in-class engineering platforms
- Champion AI-enabled engineering and continuous improvement initiatives
Experience
- Strong experience across DevOps, Platform Engineering, Cloud Architecture
- Proven experience defining and delivering enterprise DevOps or Platform Engineering strategies
- Deep expertise in Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, cloud platforms, automation, and modern engineering practices
- Strong architecture governance and stakeholder management skills
- Experience leading engineering transformation programmes within complex enterprise environments
- Cloud architecture certifications (AWS, Azure, or GCP)
- Kubernetes/container platform expertise
- Experience with DORA metrics, Value Stream Management, or Flow Metrics
- Exposure to AI-enabled engineering platforms
- Financial Services, Insurance, or other regulated industry experience
If this role is of interest and would like to know more, please apply now!
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Vertage Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.
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