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Head Of Platform Architecture

Ocean Infinity
London, GBR
Full-time
Senior
Hybrid
GBP 160000-160000 yearly / year
Discovered 2 weeks ago
AWSAzureCI/CDinfrastructure-as-code

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What you will do! 🚀

  • Design reliable and automated approaches for moving data from vessels to shore-based environments.
  • Establish architectures for how data is transmitted, processed, stored and accessed across hybrid cloud and on-premises environments.
  • Partner closely with Infrastructure and Data Platform teams to ensure scalable and resilient solutions.
  • Define common CI/CD, deployment and infrastructure-as-code standards across Data, AI/ML and Robotics teams.
  • Build reusable templates, tooling and patterns that accelerate delivery and reduce duplication.
  • Drive adoption of shared platform capabilities across engineering teams.
  • Define the platform architecture that enables AI/ML models to move from development into production.
  • Establish standards for model packaging, deployment, versioning, monitoring and observability.
  • Ensure AI infrastructure can scale efficiently while remaining reliable and maintainable.
  • Own platform architecture decisions related to scalability, performance and operational resilience.
  • Establish infrastructure governance and reliability standards.
  • Improve visibility and control of infrastructure spending across data and AI platforms.
  • Drive cost optimisation without compromising performance or delivery speed.
  • Develop a target architecture that brings together multiple teams, technologies and environments.
  • Define platform roadmaps, architecture principles and engineering standards.
  • Maintain architecture documentation and technical decision frameworks.
  • Guide the evolution of existing platforms through pragmatic, phased improvements.
  • Partner with leaders across Data Platform, AI/ML, Robotics, Infrastructure, Cyber Security and wider business functions.
  • Influence technical direction and drive alignment around shared standards.
  • Support teams adopting common platform capabilities and best practices.
  • Act as the organisation's subject matter expert for platform and infrastructure architecture.

What we look for!🔍

  • Proven experience as a senior architecture leader, with responsibility for defining enterprise-scale platform, infrastructure or technology architectures.
  • Demonstrated success in transforming fragmented technology environments into coherent architectural frameworks and standards.
  • Deep understanding of platform architecture, cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code and deployment automation.
  • Hands-on experience building and operating production-scale AI/ML platforms and supporting infrastructure.
  • Strong knowledge of infrastructure governance, reliability engineering, deployment pipelines and cost management.
  • Technical credibility across hybrid cloud environments, including AWS, Azure and on-premises infrastructure
  • Ability to influence engineering teams through technical leadership, mentoring and practical delivery-focused solutions.
  • A hands-on architect who can balance strategic thinking with technical execution.

Nice to have! ✨

  • Experience within maritime, defence, industrial or other highly regulated environments.
  • Knowledge of edge computing or offline-first architectures where connectivity may be intermittent.
  • Previous experience in Platform Engineering, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), DevOps or FinOps.
  • Familiarity with large-scale AI infrastructure, LLM platforms or agentic AI systems.
  • Experience establishing engineering standards and platform strategies across multiple business units or technology domains.
  • Previous responsibility for broader platform functions before moving into a dedicated architecture leadership role.

Benefits

  • *Salary £160,000 Per Annum*

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