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Lead Platform Engineer
£90,000 - 90,000
INFUSED SOLUTIONS LIMITED
WeWork, 1 St Peter's Square, Manchester
£90,000 - 90,000
Requirements
Must:
- 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
- Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (desirable)
- Oracle application/database experience (desirable)
- Familiarity with Unix/Solaris environments (desirable)
- Service mesh & API gateway knowledge (Istio, Linkerd) (desirable)
- Multi-cloud or hybrid infrastructure exposure (desirable)
- Understanding of DevSecOps practices and compliance (desirable)
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
Description
We are looking for a Lead Platform Engineer to take ownership of the design, delivery, and optimisation of our enterprise cloud hosting platforms in Manchester. This role combines hands-on engineering with technical leadership, ensuring our systems remain secure, scalable, and resilient. You will drive platform transformation projects, champion automation, mentor engineers, and engage with stakeholders to deliver high-impact solutions that underpin our business-critical services. We offer a hybrid working model, allowing you to work in the office once a week, and a competitive salary in the range of £80,000 - £90,000. Please note that applicants must be UK-based as no sponsorship is available.
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