Head of Technical

Head of Technical Up to £120k Southampton Hybrid- 3 or 4 days on site Benefits: 25 days holiday increasing up to 30 Flexible working 16 full weeks of maternity 5% matched pension Annual bonuses I am working with a well-respected UK client looking for someone to lead their technical team and provide strategic insight into the team. They are looking for someone to provide strategic technical leadership for secure defense applications and maintain the technical architecture and roadmap for the software house. You should be someone who has a good approach to modern engineering and emerging technologies. Day-to-day responsibilities: Working alongside the head of delivery to ensure technical decisions and strategies are in line with the defense applications. Working with the company to ensure the delivery of the applications is efficient Key stakeholder engagement Drive modern engineering practice Exposure to AI, Data platforms and machine learning Reduce strategic dependency Translate business needs into coherent technical strategy. Requirements: Knowledge of Cloud, APIs, CI/CD, Automation and Platform engineering Experience building and assessing technology investments Managing technical risk, scalability and security Stakeholder engagement experience Ability to govern architecture and engineering practices Government or highly regulated environment industry experience Exposure to data platforms and machine learning This is an urgent vacancy, so if you would like to be considered then please apply quoting reference AR(phone number removed). Director, DevSecOps, platform engineering, machine learning, cloud, APIs, stakeholder engagement, data, AI, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, regulated, Director, DevSecOps, platform engineering, machine learning, cloud, APIs, stakeholder engagement, data, AI, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, regulated, Director, DevSecOps, platform engineering, machine learning, cloud, APIs, stakeholder engagement, data, AI, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, regulated, Director, DevSecOps, platform engineering, machine learning, cloud, APIs, stakeholder engagement, data, AI, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, regulated, Director, DevSecOps, platform engineering, machine learning, cloud, APIs, stakeholder engagement, data, AI, CI/CD, AWS, Azure, regulated Director|DevSecOps|platform engineering|machine learning|cloud|APIs|stakeholder engagement|data|AI|CI/CD|AWS|Azure|regulated If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'. Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors. Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business