Lead Platform Engineer

Big Red Recruitment; Stratford-upon-Avon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK recruitment agency is seeking a skilled Lead Platform Engineer to shape a modern cloud-native platform. You will oversee operations, lead a team, and implement key cloud governance practices. Ideal candidates will have strong Azure experience and expertise in automation tools. This hybrid role offers a salary of up to £85,000 plus benefits including holiday and healthcare.

Benefits

25+ days holiday

Private healthcare

Pension

Continuous learning support

Qualifications

• Proven hands-on Microsoft Azure experience.
• Strong knowledge of IaC and configuration management tools.
• Experience using automation tools like PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Bash.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day platform operations.
• Develop and implement cloud governance, security and compliance.
• Provide mentorship for the team of cloud engineers.

Skills

Microsoft Azure experience

IaC and configuration management tools

PowerShell

Containerisation and Orchestration

CI/CD integration

Tools

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Overview

Lead Platform Engineer | Azure | Hybrid | Up to £85k

Join a scaling internal platform team delivering the foundations for digital success. This is your opportunity to lead the engineering direction of a brand-new cloud-native platform within a high-growth UK organisation.

Are you a hands-on platform engineer with Azure expertise, leadership experience, and a passion for automation? Read on.

Why this role

This is a chance to shape a modern engineering platform from the ground up. You’ll work closely with product teams, architects, and stakeholders across the business to drive forward a lean, high-impact platform. This team is newly formed, the platform is greenfield, and your voice will be critical in its evolution.

Key responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day platform operations, including monitoring, incident response and troubleshooting.


• Move across orchestration, automation, pipelines, cloud services, observability and security domains.


• Leading and managing short and long term project planning.


• Developing and implementing cloud governance, security and compliance.


• Leading automation and IaC improvements.


• Providing mentorship and professional development for the team of cloud engineers.

Key experience

• Proven hands-on Microsoft Azure experience


• Strong knowledge of IaC and configuration management tools (Terraform or similar)


• Experience using PowerShell, Azure CLI and Bash for automation tasks


• Proven experience leading a platform/cloud team


• Containerisation and Orchestration experience (Docker, Kubernetes or similar)


• Experience with CI/CD integration using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions etc

The offer

• Salary up to £85,000 + benefits


• Hybrid working with offices in Leighton Buzzard


• 25+ days holiday, private healthcare, pension, and continuous learning support


• A role with real autonomy, visible impact, and progression