Overview

Platform Engineering Manager CI/CD and Automation at Virgin Media O2. Location: London, Reading. Job family: Digital and Technology. Job type: Full Time. Posted Date: 24-Sep-2025. Ref #: 69367.The CI/CD Platform Engineering Manager leads the implementation and evolution of Virgin Media O2’s CI/CD strategy within Telco Cloud, ensuring test and non-production environments align with industry best practices. This role combines specialist professional expertise in CI/CD and automation frameworks with senior management leadership to drive execution, maintain KPIs, and foster high-quality software delivery processes. Within Telco Cloud, the team delivers across 4G/5G core infrastructure, focusing on increasing agility, efficiency, and reliability across public and private cloud, networking and service offerings, while reducing operational burden and enabling innovation for application owners. Our on-prem cloud solutions are hosted on VMware and moving to Red Hat OpenShift.Responsibilities

Act as a recognized expert in CI/CD automation and infrastructure managementDesign and implement frameworks for continuous integration, testing, and deploymentEstablish best practices for environment provisioning, configuration, and access controlEnsure alignment with cloud-native architectures, emphasizing scalability and automationOptimize automated testing coverage, leveraging Selenium, Grafana, and other monitoring toolsProvide strategic direction for CI/CD process improvement initiativesOversee resource allocation, governance, and adherence to quality gates before production deploymentLead cross-functional teams, collaborating with automation engineers and DevOps specialistsMaintain KPIs and defect tracking reports, ensuring transparency in development workflowsDrive stakeholder engagement to ensure alignment between business objectives and CI/CD executionQualifications

Hands-on expertise in CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, and cloud-native DevOpsBachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications, or related fieldsAbout Virgin Media O2

The UK’s fastest broadband network. The nation’s best-loved mobile brand. And one of the UK’s biggest companies too. We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to accessibility, inclusion and equity for all.Virgin Media O2 is an equal opportunities employer and we’re working to remove bias and barriers for our people and candidates. We encourage you to be your authentic self throughout your application journey with us.Next steps: If we feel you could belong here, we’d love to learn more about your experience. Applications will be reviewed and interviews conducted throughout the advert; therefore, we may bring the closing date forward. If offered a job, it will be conditional on successful background checks, including criminal record checks and, for some roles, financial probity checks. Your recruiter can provide more information.

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