Lead Platform Engineer
Lead cloud platform engineering role focused on managing Azure/GCP infrastructure, automating deployments with Terraform and Kubernetes, and improving CI/CD, security, and disaster recovery for a growing data business.
- Compensation
- £65K–£75K / yr
- Location
- Nottingham
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Lead
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Experience with Azure cloud infrastructure management
- Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise
- Kubernetes workloads ownership and operations
- CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps
- Cloud migration and separation projects experience
- Disaster recovery and business continuity solutions design
- Cloud security, identity, secrets, and certificates management
- Troubleshooting complex infrastructure issues
Nice to have
- Experience with GCP
Full description
Lead Platform Engineer | Nottingham | Hybrid | £65,000-£75,000About the Role:
We're partnering with an established and growing data business based in Nottingham to find a talented Senior Platform Engineer to take ownership of their cloud infrastructure and help shape the next stage of their platform.
This is a hybrid position, with a minimum of 1 day per week required in the Nottingham office.
The Opportunity:
This is a hands-on role offering genuine ownership and influence. You'll be responsible for the reliability, security, scalability and cost-effectiveness of the company's Azure and DevOps estate, while helping transition infrastructure from manually managed environments into a modern, automated and repeatable platform.
You'll play a key role in a significant cloud separation and migration programme, working across Azure, GCP and modern data platforms. You'll also have the opportunity to establish and improve DevOps standards, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD, monitoring and disaster recovery practices as the business continues to grow its B2B API and data platform capabilities.
Key Responsibilities:
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- Own and manage the company's Azure cloud estate, ensuring security, reliability and cost efficiency.
- Lead the adoption of Terraform and Infrastructure as Code, including bringing existing infrastructure under management.
- Owning and operating Kubernetes workloads, including deployments, ingress, scaling, upgrades, troubleshooting and day-to-day platform operations.
- Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps.
- Support cloud migration and separation projects across Azure and GCP.
- Design, automate and test disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
- Improve monitoring, alerting and observability across the platform.
- Manage cloud security, identity, secrets and certificates.
- Provide technical guidance on Azure architecture and platform engineering.
- Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues and act as a senior technical escalation point.
- Work closely with development and technology teams to improve platform reliability and developer experience.
What's on Offer:
- £65,000-£75,000
- Genuine ownership of a growing cloud platform.
- Opportunity to influence .