Pillar Lead - Engineering Tooling & Patterns

## The OpportunityThis is an opportunity to shape the future of engineering enablement by driving the adoption of modern tooling, automation frameworks, DevSecOps practices, and self-service capabilities. You will influence engineering teams across the enterprise, define standards and best practices, and lead initiatives that simplify delivery, strengthen compliance, and accelerate business outcomes. ## Key Responsibilities* Lead technical discussions and implementation strategies to drive adoption of standardised engineering tooling, automation patterns, and self-service workflows.* Own and continuously enhance the engineering golden path catalogue, ensuring patterns and automation assets remain current, discoverable, and fit for purpose.* Drive automation and orchestration adoption across cloud-native and hybrid environments.* Partner with engineering, platform, security, and business stakeholders to align tooling investments with strategic priorities.* Deliver Centre of Excellence outcomes through both technical leadership and hands-on execution.* Define and communicate engineering tooling and automation roadmaps in partnership with senior technology leaders.* Embed security, compliance, and governance requirements into engineering platforms and delivery frameworks by design.* Design and enable self-service onboarding and lifecycle management capabilities for engineering teams.* Act as a trusted SME for engineering tools, DevSecOps, automation, and platform engineering practices.* Drive continuous improvement through adoption metrics, stakeholder feedback, and lessons learned.* Uplift organisational engineering maturity through standards, communities of practice, coaching, and enablement activities. ## About You### Essential Skills & Experience* Strong understanding of modern engineering tooling ecosystems, platform engineering, DevSecOps, and automation frameworks.* Demonstrated ability to assess, evaluate, and recommend tooling solutions across diverse engineering environments.* Experience influencing engineering practices and driving adoption without direct ownership of platforms or tools.* Exceptional stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration skills.* Proven ability to translate strategic objectives into practical implementation outcomes.* Strong knowledge of engineering governance, security, compliance, and operational standards.* Experience working in complex enterprise technology environments with multiple stakeholder groups.* Ability to balance technical depth, commercial considerations, and delivery outcomes.* Strong leadership capability, with experience guiding teams, influencing decisions, and driving change through expertise.### Desirable* Experience establishing or operating Engineering Centres of Excellence.* Expertise in cloud platforms, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, developer platforms, and automation orchestration.* Experience implementing developer self-service capabilities and internal developer platforms.* Knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and platform engineering practices.
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