4 of 4 Platform Engineering Jobs in Birmingham

summary We are seeking a skilled and strategic Lead Infrastructure Engineer - FinOps to drive cost efficiency and financial accountability across UKHSA's cloud platforms. This role sits within the Platform Engineering team and focuses on embedding FinOps principles within the design, delivery, and operation of cloud services. You will work closely with finance, engineering, and cloud governance … is a senior hands-on role requiring a strong blend of infrastructure experience, financial insight, and cross-team collaboration. The successful candidate will report to the Head of Cloud Platform and contribute to UKHSA's cloud leadership group as part of its Extended Leadership Team. This role attracts a Market Pay Supplement of £5000 to £10,000. Main duties … of the job Lead financial governance across Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Azure environments in collaboration with the Cloud Centre of Excellence. Provide technical and financial oversight of platform costs, forecasting, and optimisation activities. Guide stakeholders on cloud financial performance, usage trends, and operational spend planning. Drive and facilitate implementation of chargeback/showback strategies across services. Partner with More ❯

reliability, and consistency. Manage and optimise Azure infrastructure for scalability, security, performance, and cost control. Champion modern monitoring, observability, and incident management practices to maintain high availability. Partner with engineering, architecture, and product leadership to accelerate delivery and reduce operational friction. Drive adoption of FinOps principles to balance technical ambition with commercial responsibility. Stay ahead of industry trends to … ensure our DevOps capabilities remain best-in-class. Key experience required: Significant leadership experience managing DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering functions. Deep expertise in Azure Cloud, containerisation, infrastructure as code, and automation. Proven track record in designing and managing large-scale CI/CD systems (Azure DevOps preferred). Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing at C More ❯

As an AWS Data Architect within Capgemini's Insights and Data Global Practice, you will be part of the Cloud Data Platforms team, which includes Data Engineers, Platform Engineers, Solutions Architects, and Business Analysts. This team drives digital and data transformation journeys using modern cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP. You will be responsible for designing and delivering … unlock the value of technology to address the entire breadth of their business needs. It delivers end-to-end services and solutions leveraging strengths from strategy and design to engineering, all fuelled by its market leading capabilities in AI, generative AI, cloud and data, combined with its deep industry expertise and partner ecosystem. The Group reported 2024 global revenues More ❯

IT Database and Web Platform Engineer (6-Month FTC) Birmingham - Hybrid (up to 40% remote working) Competitive Salary VIQU are partnering with a global law firm to recruit an IT Database and Web Platform Engineer on an initial 6-month fixed-term contract. This role offers an excellent opportunity to work within a highly technical, enterprise-scale environment … supporting and optimising the firm’s SQL, SharePoint, Web, and Azure infrastructure. Key Requirements of the IT Database and Web Platform Engineer: Proven experience administering and supporting Microsoft SQL Server, SharePoint, and web infrastructure. Strong understanding of SQL Server high availability and disaster recovery technologies (Always-On, Mirroring, Clustering, Replication, Log Shipping). Experience with web farm environments and … vendor teams. Desirable: experience with Azure migrations, PowerShell scripting, Kubernetes, or automation tools. Legal or financial services sector experience highly desirable. Key Responsibilities of the IT Database and Web Platform Engineer: Maintain and optimise SQL Server, SharePoint, and web platform environments across on-premise and cloud infrastructures. Deliver reliable third-line support, incident resolution, and root cause analysis More ❯