At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead platform engineering strategy and modernise infrastructure for a global financial institution.
- Company: Leading global financial institution with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, 20% bonus, and hybrid working options.
- Other info: Opportunity to lead a high-performing team and shape the future of digital transformation.
- Why this job: Own the vision for platform engineering and drive impactful change in a dynamic environment.
- Qualifications: Proven leadership in Platform Engineering and strong technical expertise across various technologies.
The predicted salary is between 60000 - 80000 £ per year.
We are exclusively retained by a leading global financial institution to find their next Head of Platform Engineering, a genuinely strategic leadership role at the heart of a major infrastructure modernisation agenda. This is a rare opportunity to own the platform engineering vision end-to-end — unifying database, cloud, and storage technologies through Site Reliability Engineering, and building the self-service platforms and CI/CD pipelines that will underpin engineering delivery across the business.
You’ll lead a team of circa 9, sit within the Digital Engineering Solutions and Services leadership team, and have full ownership of budget, licensing, and vendor relationships across the platform estate.
What you'll be doing:
- Define and execute a Platform Engineering strategy aligned to enterprise and digital transformation goals
- Lead the roadmap across DevSecOps, generative AI, and automated infrastructure provisioning
- Own environment strategy, access control, and release readiness across production and non-production estates
- Build and promote self-service platforms and CI/CD pipelines to drive developer velocity
- Own cost, feasibility, and ROI across the Platform Engineering function
- Act as the senior escalation point across Platform, SRE, Database, Storage and Cloud
- Lead, coach and grow a high-performing technical team across multiple regions
Experience Required:
- Proven leadership of Platform Engineering / SRE / Build & Release teams within Financial Services
- Experience managing global, multi-region technology teams in a 24/7 production environment
- A strong product mindset — track record of treating internal platforms as products
- Hands‑on technical depth across Linux, Windows, AWS, Azure, OCI, Kubernetes, IaC, and enterprise database/storage technologies (MSSQL, Oracle, MongoDB, Snowflake, Dell EMC, Rubrik etc.)
- Strong stakeholder management skills — able to translate technical strategy into business value at senior level
- Experience navigating regulatory and risk frameworks (DORA experience a strong plus)
Package:
- + 20% Bonus
- Hybrid Working
Director of Platform Engineering employer: Intec Select
Intec Select is an exceptional employer that fosters a collaborative and innovative work culture, particularly for those in the D365 F&O Business Solutions Specialist role. Located in Greater London, employees benefit from a vibrant city atmosphere, ample professional development opportunities, and a commitment to aligning individual growth with organisational success, making it a rewarding place to advance your career in financial services.
