Responsibilities:

Lead transformational initiatives at one of the world’s most technologically advanced financial institutions
This is a rare opportunity to operate at the intersection of technology, strategy, and innovation — shaping the next generation of cloud infrastructure, developer experience, automation, resiliency, and platform engineering at massive scale.
You will lead high-performing engineering teams across regions, influence senior technology and business stakeholders, and drive the modernization of one of the industry's most sophisticated technology environments.
Define and execute the enterprise DevOps and platform engineering strategy across global technology organizations
Lead the modernization of infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, observability, automation, and site reliability engineering practices
Build scalable, secure, highly resilient engineering platforms supporting mission-critical banking and trading applications
Drive cloud transformation initiatives across hybrid and multi-cloud environments
Champion engineering excellence, developer productivity, automation-first culture, and operational resilience
Partner closely with CTOs, application development leaders, cybersecurity, infrastructure, and business stakeholders
Establish and govern best practices for release engineering, infrastructure as code, containerization, and platform security
Lead globally distributed teams of DevOps engineers, SREs, platform engineers, and technical leads
Manage large-scale technology programs, budgets, vendor relationships, and strategic transformation initiatives
Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement
Ensure compliance with regulatory, audit, risk, and operational requirements in a highly regulated financial environment

Requirements:

Experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, cloud engineering, or platform engineering within large-scale enterprise environments
Proven leadership experience managing global engineering organizations and large transformation programs
Strong expertise in:
Cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP)
Kubernetes and container orchestration
CI/CD and release automation
Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation)
Observability and monitoring platforms
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
Enterprise security and resiliency practices
Deep understanding of modern software engineering and platform engineering principles
Experience operating within highly regulated industries such as financial services, banking, or fintech preferred
Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills
Ability to influence across organizational boundaries and drive change at scale
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline; advanced degree preferred

Application:

Apply to this job posting, and email your CV with the job title as the subject line to: T.Wong@GravitasGroup.com

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