Platform Engineering Manager

Cloud Platform Engineering Manager (Azure)

Up to £85,000 + Bonus
Hybrid | Hampshire or Worcestershire | 2 Days Per Week Onsite

We are recruiting a Cloud Platform Engineering Manager to lead a team of platform engineers responsible for Azure cloud services, automation, infrastructure as code and platform operations.

This role would suit an experienced Lead Platform Engineer, Senior DevOps Engineer or Cloud Technical Lead looking to step into management, or an existing Engineering Manager who remains technically hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Collaberative leaderdhip of a team of platform engineers
• Own and evolve Azure platform services and standards
• Drive automation and Infrastructure as Code practices
• Contribute to architecture, technical design and engineering standards
• Support service reliability, observability, security and operational improvements
• Work closely with engineering, architecture and security teams
• Participate in technical decision-making and platform strategy

Requirements

• Strong Azure cloud engineering experience
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep or similar)
• Background in platform engineering, DevOps or cloud infrastructure
• Experience supporting and improving production services
• Previous technical leadership, mentoring or team leadership experience
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Experience of ownership of a cloud platform