Job Title: Lead Platform Engineer

Location: Manchester (Hybrid - 1 day per week in office)

Salary: £80,000 - £90,000 + Benefits

Eligibility: Must be UK-based (no sponsorship available)

About the Role

We're looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of the design, delivery, and optimisation of our enterprise cloud hosting platforms. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring systems remain secure, scalable, and resilient.

You'll drive platform transformation projects, champion automation, mentor engineers, and engage with stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions that underpin business-critical services.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud platforms across Azure & GCP
• Build and optimise internal platforms to support development teams
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration management
• Lead migration and modernisation projects from inception to delivery
• Drive best practices in cloud architecture, DevOps, and automation
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams on greenfield solutions
• Lead incident response and root-cause analysis with preventative action
• Mentor engineers and act as a trusted technical authority
• Ensure cost efficiency, security, and performance across platforms

Essential Skills & Experience

• 5+ years' experience as a Senior/Lead Cloud or Platform Engineer
• Hands-on expertise with Azure and Google Cloud Platform
• Strong background with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM Templates, etc.)
• Proven track record with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD)
• Scripting and automation (Python, Shell, Perl, or similar)
• Knowledge of data centre ops, networking, IT security, and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Datadog)
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
• Agile delivery experience

Desirable Skills

• Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• Oracle application/database experience
• Familiarity with Unix/Solaris environments
• Service mesh & API gateway knowledge (Istio, Linkerd)
• Multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructure exposure
• Understanding of DevSecOps practices and compliance