DevOps Lead - Contract

Reference: 150526BO_1778836340

Lead DevOps Engineer

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced DevOps and Platform Engineering Leader to drive the strategy, delivery, and operational excellence of a large-scale enterprise API and integration platform environment. This role combines technical leadership, people management, platform engineering, DevOps transformation, and stakeholder engagement within a highly collaborative enterprise setting.

The successful candidate will lead a team of approximately 10 DevOps and Platform Engineers while partnering closely with Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Enterprise Integration teams, and wider technology stakeholders to define and execute the API Platform roadmap.

This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone with deep expertise in DevOps tooling, CI/CD automation, platform governance, developer enablement, cloud-native operations, and enterprise integration ecosystems.

Key Responsibilities

  • Define, plan, and execute the strategic roadmap for API Platform and Enablement capabilities.
  • Ensure scalable, resilient, secure, and reusable platform solutions are delivered across enterprise integration environments.
  • Design, implement, and optimise enterprise CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation frameworks.
  • Oversee tooling and automation across:
    • Jenkins
    • Ansible
    • Terraform
    • SonarQube
    • GitHub Enterprise / Bitbucket
    • JIRA Service Management automations

The ideal candidate is a technically strong engineering leader who can balance strategic platform direction with hands-on technical guidance. They should be comfortable operating in complex enterprise environments, influencing senior stakeholders, and driving engineering transformation initiatives while ensuring operational stability and delivery excellence.

GCS is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

COMPETITIVE SALARY

Republic of Ireland

Contract

Added 15/05/2026
Reference: 150526BO_1778836340

DevOps Lead - Contract

Republic of Ireland
Contract

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