Platform Engineering Lead

Project overview

Contract Platform Engineering Lead to drive and coordinate a shared DevOps/platform/infrastructure team acting as an internal Center of Excellence. The role owns the platform services roadmap and backlog (no formal people management) and leads delivery across CI/CD, DevOps tooling, Infrastructure as Code, automation, self-service, security and lifecycle management in Azure, on-prem and hybrid environments. Works within SAFe as part of an Agile Release Train (ART), coordinating dependencies and quality/stability/security across multiple teams; Swedish language and Stockholm location.

Responsibilities

• Our client is looking for a Platform Engineering Lead
• CI/CD, pipelines and automated quality assurance (together with QA)
• Azure, on-premises, and hybrid infrastructure
• Common platform services and technical integrations
• The team will function as an internal Center of Excellence for common development standards, tools, templates and platform services that support the company's development teams and technical environments.
• The role combines technical leadership and product responsibility, without formal personnel responsibility. You are responsible for the team's roadmap and deliverables and have the mandate to prioritize the backlog within agreed goals, budgets, architectural principles and security requirements.
• The team is part of an Agile Release Train (ART) within the company's SAFe framework. You will collaborate with relevant product and technology roles and actively participate in ART and team ceremonies to align goals, priorities, and dependencies.
• Lead the team by creating direction, structure and progress, as well as the conditions for effective and sustainable work.
• Responsible for backlog, priorities, operational roadmap, planning and resource utilization.
• Drive development of technology, platforms and working methods with a focus on automation, self-service, standardization and built-in quality assurance.
• Ensure the quality, stability, security and usability of services throughout their lifecycle.
• Coordinate deliveries and technical dependencies with development teams, other ART teams, relevant IT functions and the company/DigIT.

Requirements

• Platform Engineering / DevOps / Infrastructure / Operations experience (5–10 years implied)
• Azure
• Hybrid infrastructure (Azure + on-prem)
• CI/CD pipelines
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
• Automation
• Automated testing and quality gates (code quality checks)
• Technical leadership with backlog/roadmap ownership (product ownership or equivalent)
• SAFe framework experience
• Agile Release Train (ART) ways of working and cross-team planning/coordination
• Security understanding for platform/infrastructure services
• Lifecycle management (upgrades, migrations) and technical debt management
• Risk/capacity/dependency management across dev/ops/security/architecture

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Sweden, SE