Senior Platforms Engineering Manager

Req  Function:
Security Posting

Start Date:

17/06/2026

Posting End Date: 29/06/2026

Division: UK Business

Job Location:

G  Cheltenham
- Stw On Wld TE, G  Ipswich ATE, G  London - 5 Canada Square, G  Manchester
- Dial House Advertised Salary:
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Krystle James Career Grade: CInternal Closing Date: 29/06/26

Due to the sensitive nature of this role, you will be required to undergo DV (Developed Vetting) level Security Clearance ( ) . An allowance of £5k per annum may be payable monthly while you hold this DV and continue to work in a role that requires that level of security clearance. The terms of this allowance will be made available if you are successful in being recruited into this role.

Security isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind when you think of BT, but when it comes to keeping everyone safely connected, We Are The Protectors. We deal with thousands of cyber-attacks every day, so that millions of people can safely go about their daily lives and run their businesses. We deliver vital work at scale, with real breadth and impact.

We connect for good.

You'll be joining a specialist security team that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities. Our mission focused work is innovative, inspiring and technologically challenging in a way that makes every day different and stimulating. We provide the opportunity to work on rare projects, with exciting tools and brilliant people.

Everyone has access to unparalleled professional and personal development opportunities and your contribution is always valued.

About the role

You'll be joining a specialist team within Business that is a trusted partner to governments worldwide, protecting critical national infrastructure and committed to the safety and security of our nation and global communities.

Our mission focused work is innovative, inspiring and technologically challenging in a way that makes every day different and stimulating. We provide the opportunity to work on rare projects, with exciting tools and brilliant people. Everyone has access to unparalleled professional and personal development opportunities, and your contribution is always valued. We are entering a significant phase of growth and transformation, and we are keen to engage experienced technology leaders who bring deep engineering credibility alongside the ability to shape, scale, and evolve modern platform capabilities.

This job role can be based in Cheltenham, London, Manchester or Ipswich. Due to security requirements, this role requires you to be located on site during your working hours. Mon-Fri 37.5. DV Security Clearance is required. Must have lived in UK for 10+ years to obtain clearance.

What you’ll be doing

Owns and leads the secure platforms engineering organisation, ensuring the consistent delivery of resilient, secure, and high‑quality platform services across cloud environments, VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF), and container-based services, meeting external and internal customer needs on time and budget, while embedding measurability, reliability, and security across the platform portfolio.

Sets the technical direction for secure platform architecture and service quality, defining engineering standards and lifecycle management strategies across multi-cloud services (public/private), VCF estates, and container orchestration platforms (e.g., Kubernetes) for business-critical systems.

Acts as a subject matter expert in secure hybrid platform design and delivery, leading the assessment of platform performance, resilience, scalability, and compliance across cloud-native and virtualised environments, ensuring adherence to defined service objectives and industry standards.

Establishes and enforces repeatable, scalable engineering processes across infrastructure-as-code, cloud platform services, VCF deployments, and container pipelines, driving consistency, security, and…