Platform Tech Lead (SecOps & Observability)

Why Valtech? We’re the experience innovation company - a trusted partner to the world’s most recognized brands. To our people we offer growth opportunities, a values-driven culture, international careers and the chance to shape the future of experience. 

The opportunity

At Valtech, you’ll find an environment designed for continuous learning, meaningful impact, and professional growth. Whether you're pioneering new digital solutions, challenging conventional thinking or building the next generation of customer experiences, your work will help transform industries. 

We are proud of: 

• The work we do and the innovation we drive 
• Our values of share, care and dare 
• A workplace culture that fosters creativity, diversity and autonomy 
• Our borderless, global framework, which enables seamless collaboration 

 

The role  

Overview  

You are the technical leader for the E-Commerce SecOps & Observability team within the Platform Engineering Chapter at easyJet. This role is about taking requirements from engineering teams, planning how to deliver platform products efficiently, keeping your team running effectively to meet those needs, and working closely and collaboratively with other platform engineering teams. Your success is measured by the adoption of your platform products - not through enforcement, but by making security and observability tools so easy and valuable to use that teams choose to adopt them. A key part of this is ensuring all capabilities integrate with the Backstage IDP, providing teams with an overview of their service health, security posture scorecards, and monitoring tool adoption directly through their service's Backstage page - giving them a single pane of glass without replicating entire tools. You lead by doing, creating reference implementations and "Golden Paths" that make it easy for teams to get world-class observability and security from day one. You work closely with Platform Architects for technical direction and the Head of Platform Engineering for broader platform strategy, the central Observability and Security teams to ensure alignment and unblock dependencies.  

 

Core Technical Skills  

• Understands the "North Star" for metrics, logs, traces, and security posture for E-Commerce services. You work with teams to propose solutions that ensure their services are observable and secure by default.  
• You guide the team in building tools and patterns that validate availability, performance, scalability, and security through tooling defaults, scorecards, and automation.  
• You lead the creation of reference implementations. When a developer starts a new project, your "SecOps & Observability bootstrap" gives them excellent visibility and security posture on Day 1 via a true self-serve model.  
• You encourage the team to work in small, testable chunks, prioritising the most impactful needs, shipping capabilities, and measuring adoption before moving on.  
• You manage Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies for the SecOps and observability domains, ensuring technical debt is visible and managed.  

 

Leadership & Scrum Practices  

• You lead sprint planning and support the delivery manager with retrospectives and other ceremonies, ensuring clear priorities and consistent delivery.  
• You are the face of the team, visible and available, building a platform product that engineers want to use rather than just features.  
• You frame options clearly and help prioritise based on impact and effort when working with stakeholders.  
• You lead by doing - writing code and documentation that others can use, demonstrating patterns with working examples rather than theoretical models.  
• You build tools to measure adoption and show impact - such as how capabilities improved debugging, reduced investigation time, or reduced vulnerabilities.  
• You treat product teams as customers, proactively seeking feedback to ensure the platform reduces their cognitive load.  

 

What "good" looks like  

• Your team provides clear patterns that product teams adopt because they're easier and better than alternatives, not mandated.  
• SecOps and observability features are discoverable through Backstage IDP, providing a single pane of glass for service health, security posture scores, and tool adoption.  
• You have measurable adoption and can show how your platform products help teams achieve better MTTR, observability maturity, and security posture.  
• The team delivers with momentum - clear priorities, efficient delivery, everyone knows what's next and why.  
• Collaboration with other platform teams and central Observability and Security teams is smooth and effective.

 

Commitment to reaching all kinds of people 

We design experiences that work for all kinds of people - and that starts with our own teams. At Valtech, we’re intentional about building an inclusive culture where everyone feels supported to grow, thrive and achieve their goals. No matter your background, you belong here. Explore our Diversity & Inclusion site to see how we’re creating a more equitable Valtech for all. 

 

The benefits  

This is a position based in Portugal. 

Beyond a competitive compensation package, we offer: 

• Flexibility, with remote and hybrid work options (country-dependent) 
• Career advancement, with international mobility and professional development programs 
• Learning and development, with access to cutting-edge tools, training and industry experts 

Our benefits are tailored to each location. Your Talent Partner will provide full details during the hiring process. 

  

Your application process

Once you apply, our Talent Acquisition team will review your application. Your CV should cover key information on relevant experiences and expertise. We do not require information such as age, gender, marital status, or a headshot in your application. We review all candidates based on skills, experience, and potential.

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We are committed to inclusion and accessibility. If you need reasonable accommodations during the interview process, please either indicate it in your application or let your Talent Partner know. 

  

About Valtech

Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, we help brands unlock new value in an increasingly digital world. 

At the intersection of data, AI, creativity, and technology, we drive transformation for leading organizations, including L’Oréal, Mars, Audi, P&G, Volkswagen Dolby, and more. 

At Valtech, we don’t just talk about transformation. We make it happen. Our people are the heart of our success, and we foster a workplace where everyone has the support to thrive, grow and innovate. 

Are you ready to create what’s next? Join us.