Infrastructure & Developer Platform Lead
Vodafone
In this role, you lead cloud infrastructure and the internal developer platform to enable scalable, AI-native software delivery. You will translate architecture into practical platform capabilities, emphasizing reliability, security and self-service for multiple engineering teams. The position blends hands-on engineering with platform ownership to reduce friction and accelerate product delivery. You’ll work with cloud architects, security specialists and cross-functional teams to drive automation and continuous platform evolution.
Responsibilities- Lead cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform engineering within a platform capability or engineering domain
- Design, build and operate cloud infrastructure and internal developer platform capabilities
- Deliver self-service platform capabilities that enhance developer productivity and reduce engineering friction
- Own infrastructure-as-code, automated provisioning, platform automation and engineering environments
- Translate cloud architecture strategies into implementation plans and engineering roadmaps
- Build and maintain reliable, secure and self-service engineering environments
- Drive automation across provisioning, deployment, testing, observability and operational processes
- Ensure infrastructure meets security, operability, compliance and resilience requirements
- Improve developer productivity through reusable platform services, tooling and automation
- Support AI-native software delivery through platform capabilities, governance, automation and operational controls
- Drive reliability, security, observability and operational readiness across platform services
- Manage technical risks, incidents, dependencies and blockers
- Provide technical leadership and mentoring while guiding platform engineering decisions
- Build platform capability, operational knowledge and engineering practices for long-term ownership
- 7+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering
- Experience leading cloud or platform engineering delivery within a technical team
- Strong hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code, automation and cloud-native architectures
- Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs)
- Deep understanding of cloud-native infrastructure, networking, identity management and platform engineering
- Strong experience with CI/CD pipelines, observability, cloud security and operational readiness
- Proven experience in delivering self-service platform capabilities that improve developer productivity
- Understanding of how platform services, governance and tooling enable AI-native software delivery
- Knowledge of reliability engineering, operational resilience and secure platform design principles
- Experience treating platform capabilities as products, balancing usability, adoption, reliability and productivity
- Ability to influence, mentor and collaborate across engineering communities without formal authority
- Strong stakeholder engagement skills across architecture, engineering and security teams
- influence and collaboration
- mentoring and leadership
- stakeholder engagement
- infrastructure-as-code
- automation
- cloud-native architectures
Reference: WJ-747_30138743