Infrastructure & Developer Platform Lead

Salary: £49,000 - 89,000 per year

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in cloud, infrastructure or platform engineering
• Experience leading cloud or platform engineering delivery within a technical team environment
• Strong hands-on expertise in infrastructure-as-code, automation and cloud-native architectures
• Experience building or operating Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) supporting multiple engineering teams
• 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 relying on formal management authority
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills with the ability to work effectively across architecture, engineering and security teams

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 agreed requirements for security, operability, compliance and resilience
• Improve developer productivity through reusable platform services, engineering 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, infrastructure incidents, dependencies and operational blockers
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and engineering guidance while remaining actively involved in platform engineering decisions
• Build platform capability, operational knowledge and engineering practices that support long-term Vodafone ownership and independence

Technologies:

• AI
• ARM
• CI/CD
• Cloud
• Support
• PLC
• Security
• DevOps
• Network

More:

We are VOIS (Vodafone Intelligent Solutions), a strategic arm of Vodafone Group Plc and the largest shared services organisation in the global telco industry, with 30,000 FTE. We create value for customers through Talent, Technology & Transformation, and our next-generation solutions are built in partnership with customers across Vodafone Group, local markets and partner markets. We work with our strategic partner Accenture and with customers across 28 countries from 10 VOIS locations, including Albania, Egypt, Hungary, India, Romania, Spain, Turkey, the UK, Germany and Ireland, plus teams in Czech Republic, Italy, Greece and Portugal. This role is based in Newbury or Paddington on a hybrid basis. We are committed to inclusion, diversity and building a better, more connected and sustainable world.

last updated 36 week of 2026