Lead AI DevOps Engineer

Lead AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer / DV Clearable / 5 days a week on-site Technical leadership at the intersection of software, platforms, and AI We''re seeking a Lead AI-Enabled DevOps Engineer to join a growing engineering capability and play a central role in shaping how AI is embedded into real, production-grade software systems. This is not a traditional people-management role. Instead, you''ll lead through technical depth, architectural judgement, and delivery experience by setting direction, guiding teams, and making informed decisions as AI capabilities are integrated into modern software platforms. If you enjoy working where architecture, APIs, DevOps, and AI meet, and you care about building systems that are secure, operable, and genuinely useful, this role offers the chance to have real impact. What you''ll be doing Your focus will be on enabling AI within modern, API-first software platforms, particularly where legacy or existing systems need to evolve to support new capabilities safely and effectively. You will: Provide technical leadership across AI-enabled software and DevOps engineering teams Set architectural direction for API-first design, system integration, and platform enablement for AI Lead the modernisation of legacy or existing applications toward service-based, API-driven architectures Define and guide integration patterns between applications, platforms, and AI services Make pragmatic decisions about when and how emerging AI integration approaches (e. ..... full job details .....