Head of Infrastructure

Head of Site Reliability Engineering & Infrastructure

Location: Manchester (Hybrid)

Contract: Permanent, Full-time

Salary: Up to £80,000 +
Share Options Incentive Scheme

Morson Edge have partnered with a Global Tech oragnsation in their search for a Head of Site Reliability Engineering & Infrastructure to lead their SRE and Infrastructure capability within a modern, AWS-based environment.

This role suits a senior engineering leader who enjoys staying close to the technology
, while also shaping direction, standards, and long-term reliability strategy. You won’t be expected to live in the weeds every day — but you will be comfortable engaging at a technical level when it matters.

Based in Manchester
, you’ll work closely with engineering, product, and security leadership to ensure our platform remains resilient, scalable, and ready for growth.

You’ll be responsible for both the day-to-day reliability of the platform and the evolution of our SRE and infrastructure practices over time.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the SRE and Infrastructure function
  , setting direction and priorities
• Balancing hands-on technical involvement with strategic planning and leadership
• Shaping and owning our AWS infrastructure and reliability roadmap
• Defining and embedding SRE best practices, including monitoring, alerting, incident management, and capacity planning
• Establishing and evolving SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets in partnership with engineering teams
• Acting as a senior technical voice in architecture discussions and operational decision-making
• Supporting incident response and post-incident reviews, with a focus on long-term improvement
• Developing, mentoring, and empowering a high-performing engineering team
• Experience in a senior SRE, Infrastructure, or Platform leadership role
• Strong, practical experience operating production systems in AWS
• Solid Linux systems and networking expertise (TCP/IP, DNS, routing, firewalls, load balancing)
• Background designing or supporting highly available, distributed systems
• Good understanding of SRE principles and how to apply them pragmatically
• Experience with automation and infrastructure as code (e.g. Terraform, Cloud Formation, or similar)
• Ability to operate comfortably at both a technical and strategic level

• Container and orchestration experience (Kubernetes, EKS, ECS)
• Experience scaling platforms, teams, or operational maturity
• Exposure to security, compliance, or regulated environments

• Salary up to £80,000 plus a share options incentive scheme
• A leadership role with a healthy balance of strategy and technical influence
• Modern AWS and Linux-based platform
• Engineering-led culture that values reliability and thoughtful decision-making
• Manchester-based role with flexible/hybrid working