Lead Platform Engineer

107632 Capital Markets Operations; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical cover

38 days annual leave

Excellent pension

12x salary life assurance

Career breaks

Income protection

3x volunteering days

Job summary

Standard Life in the UK is seeking a senior hands-on Platform Engineer to shape and operate the orchestration and developer platform solutions for Pensions & Savings technology services.

You will lead delivery across tooling, automation and reusable workflows—including GitHub, GitHub Copilot, developer portals, artefact and container management, observability and cloud integration—while partnering with multiple teams to provide secure, governed experiences.

Qualifications

• Hands-on platform engineering, DevOps or developer tooling experience with automation and reusable workflows.
• Practical experience with GitHub, CI/CD and secure development workflows.
• Security-first approach to operating enterprise tooling, IAM, secrets and auditability.
• Familiar with cloud environments, artefact and container management, observability and tooling such as Jira/Confluence.

Responsibilities

• Build, operate and improve secure, reliable internal developer platform capabilities for Pensions & Savings.
• Create golden paths and automated onboarding journeys for workloads and tools.
• Administer GitHub/GitHub Copilot onboarding, access controls and workflows.
• Develop automation using GitHub Actions, APIs, IaC and scripting.
• Support artefact and container management with build/delivery integrations.
• Contribute to developer portals and self-service capabilities for discoverability and ownership.
• Embed security, governance and observability into platform services and onboarding.
• Collaborate with application, architecture, security, risk and operations teams to improve tooling via documentation and enablement.

Skills

Platform engineering

DevOps

Developer tooling

GitHub

CI/CD

Security-first

Observability

Automation

Jira

Confluence

Tools

GitHub

GitHub Copilot

CLI/APIs

Job description

Job Type: Permanent

Location:Hybrid: based at any of our UK officesBirmingham, London, Telford, Edinburghwithtimespent working in the office and at home

Flexible working:All roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process.You can read more aboutflexible workinghere.

Closing Date:15thOctober

Salary and benefits:from £75,000 (dependantuponexperience) plusan indicative bonus range of16–32%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more.

Who are we?

We’re Standard Life,a retirement specialistfocused entirely on retirement savings and income.We champion the belief that everyone’s journey to and through retirement can be better, andfor more than 200 years,we’vebeen helpingour customersplan and prepare for their financial futures.

Life today is increasingly complicated,uncertainand unpredictable. People move through different careers, face unexpectedmomentsand navigate important choices.We offer our colleagues flexibility, trust and benefits that work for whatever life brings. In return we expect curiosity, connection,accountabilityandhigh standards.We make room for what matters - so you can bring your best, every day.

The role

Thissenior, hands-onrolewill shapeandoperatetheorchestrationand developer platform solutionssupportingour Pensions & Savings technology services.You will lead delivery across developer tooling, automation and reusableworkflows—including GitHub, GitHub Copilot, developer portals, artefact and container management, observability and cloud integration—while partnering across application, architecture, security, risk and technology teams to provide secure, governed and scalable developer experiences.

Whatyou will do

• Build, operate and continuously improve secure, reliable and reusable internal developer platform capabilities for Pensions & Savings.
• Create and evolve golden paths and automated onboarding journeys that help engineering teams onboard new and existing workloads, adopt approved developer tooling and deliver software consistently.
• Administer and improve GitHub and GitHub Copilot capabilities, includingorganisation, team and repository onboarding, access, policies, rulesets and reusable workflows.
• Develop robust platform automation using appropriate combinations of GitHub Actions, APIs, infrastructure as code and scripting, replacing manual or inconsistent processes wherever practical.
• Support secure artefact and container management, including integration with build and delivery workflows and appropriate controls for access, provenance, retention and vulnerability management.
• Contribute to developer portal and self-service capabilities that improve discoverability, documentation, service ownership and access to standard platform journeys.
• Embed security, identity, governance, compliance and observability into platform services and onboarding processes, while maintaining the operational health and auditability of enterprise developer tooling.
• Partner with application, product, architecture, security, risk and operations teams to resolve complex issues, support effective use of tools such as Jira and Confluence across the software development lifecycle, and improve platform capabilities through documentation, enablement and feedback.

What are we looking for?

• Strong hands-on experience in platform engineering, DevOps or developer tooling, with a track record of creating reliable automation, reusable workflows and self-service capabilities.
• Practical experience with GitHub and modern software delivery practices, including repositories, access controls, CI/CD and secure development workflows.
• A security-first approach to operating enterprise tooling, with a sound understanding of identity and access management, privileged administration, secrets, platform policies and auditability.
• Familiarity with internal developer platforms, developer portals and golden-path approaches, together with a practical understanding of cloud environments and related capabilities such as artefact and container management, observability, AI-enabled developer tooling, Jira and Confluence.
• The ability to take ownership of complex technical work, make and explain sound engineering decisions, and collaborate effectively with application, architecture, security, risk and operations teams.

How will we measure success?

• Secure, reliable and supportable internal developer platform services that meet agreed operational, security and compliance expectations.
• Faster, safer and more repeatable workload onboarding through effective golden paths, reusable workflows and automated controls.
• Growing adoption of approved developer tooling and self-service capabilities, with reduced developer friction and less reliance on manual intervention.
• Improved operational outcomes through effective observability, automation, clear service ownership and the reduction of recurring platform and onboarding issues.
• Transparent and responsible consumption of developer tooling and platform services, with decisions balancing developer value, performance, risk and cost.
• Stronger platform engineering capability through sound technical leadership, clear documentation, effective enablement and knowledge sharing.

We want to hire thewhole versionof you.

We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from whatwe’veadvertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role,we’dlove to hear from you.

If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.

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