Lead Platform Engineer
East Midlands, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE1, England, UK
Listed on 2026-10-06
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IT/Tech
Cloud Computing: Infrastructure & Operations, Azure, SRE/Site Reliability, Systems Engineer
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 Dev Ops 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 Dev Ops 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:- 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 Dev Ops.
- 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
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Offer:
- £65,000-£75,000
- Genuine ownership of a growing cloud platform.
- Opportunity to influence architecture, tooling and engineering standards
. - Hybrid working with flexibility.
- Private healthcare following completion of probation.
- Charity donation scheme.
- Work‑from‑anywhere week.
- Regular team events and social activities.
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