Lead Platform Engineer

Lead Platform Engineer Nottingham Hybrid £65,000-£75,000

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:

• 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 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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