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Global Head of Platforms (DevOps)
United Kingdom (Remote)
About the Role
My client are looking for a seasoned Head of Platforms (DevOps) to take the helm of their global DevOps efforts. If scaling distributed systems and optimizing networks is your thing, this is your opportunity to drive the architecture and scalability of their automated platform, empowering global clients with unmatched security solutions.
You’ll not only lead a high-performance team but also shape the future of the platform, solving complex DevOps and SRE challenges while boosting the service agility and reliability.
What You'll Do
- Drive innovation: Translate business priorities into technical execution, ensuring strategic alignment and seamless project delivery.
- Scale the platform: Architect and optimize a robust, distributed scanning infrastructure to support a global audience.
- Improve key DevOps metrics: Boost deployment frequency, reduce lead time for changes, minimize downtime, and accelerate recovery from production failures.
- Tackle scalability challenges: Solve big-picture problems like scaling our global network, enhancing data throughput, and improving system availability.
Who You AreYou’re a senior leader with 8+ years of experience scaling high-performance platform teams in fast-paced environments. You’ve designed and implemented scalable distributed systems, worked cross-functionally in agile teams, and understand networking from OSI layer 3 upwards. You've helped take platforms from regional to global, and you thrive in engineering-focused environments.
Tech Stack
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, GitHub
- IaC: Terraform
- Platforms: Kubernetes (AWS EKS), Helm, Docker
- Observability: EFK stack, Prometheus, Grafana
- Persistence: PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka
- CI/CD: GitHub Actions, AWS CodeBuild
- Workflows: Airflow, Kubernetes
- Languages: Python, Node.js, Go
What's on Offer
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Key role in a growing company: Be a major contributor in a fast-growing startup protecting some of the world’s largest enterprises.
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Top-tier tools: You'll be equipped with the best technology to get the job done.
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Career growth: With rapid growth, you’ll have opportunities for advancement.
- Work with industry experts: Collaborate with cyber security veterans solving advanced, real-world challenges.
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Work hard, play hard: celebrate wins and unwind together - beer fridge included!
This role is remote, but you must be based in the UK. We are unable to sponsor visas at this time.
