Platform Engineering Lead

| Aston Martin USA; England; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A prestigious automotive brand is seeking a Platform Engineering Lead in the United Kingdom to lead and manage the platform engineering team. The successful candidate will oversee Windows servers and multi-cloud infrastructure, ensuring efficient operations while collaborating with the IT team. They will leverage extensive experience in cloud environments like Azure, AWS, and Alibaba, driving improvements in service delivery. This full-time role promises a challenging yet rewarding opportunity to shape the future of IT at the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 7 years in senior technical roles with project leadership experience.
• Extensive experience managing Azure, AWS, and Alibaba services.
• Deep knowledge of on-premise and cloud Windows Server infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the platform engineering team.
• Maintain and optimize Windows servers and cloud infrastructure.
• Support the development and implementation of security policies.

Skills

Technical leadership

Multi-cloud management

Windows Server management

Networking

Virtualisation

Incident management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Azure

AWS

Alibaba Cloud

VMware

HPE OneView

Job description

Department overview

IT plays a critical role at Aston Martin (AML) as a core business enabler driving Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategies and implementations as well as supporting the new era of technological innovation driving the transformation from legacy systems to cutting‑edge cloud hyper‑scale and AI solutions. The IT function is dedicated to modernising the IT Landscape by integrating advanced technologies that enhance efficiency, scalability and performance across the organisation. The team will also play a crucial role operationally in providing IT support to all users within the business and continuously striving to provide effective and fit‑for‑purpose IT solutions to all users. As we develop and implement new systems and networks, now is a great time to be involved in IT projects to ensure that AML IT systems and fundamental business procedures enable the business to maintain its competitive edge.

Job Purpose

The Platform Engineering Lead is responsible for leading and performance‑managing the platform engineering team consisting of platform engineers and DBAs. This role ensures that services meet the current and emerging needs of the business through close collaboration with the wider IT team and other key stakeholders within the business. The Platform Engineering Lead will drive the strategy and implementation of more efficient and effective ways of working collaboratively as a team.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead the Platform Engineering team including day‑to‑day management of team members.
• Take on full responsibility for Windows servers, both virtual and physical, hosting a wide range of business applications across manufacturing and other areas.
• Responsible for hypervisors, including ESXi and Hyper‑V.
• Responsible for services including DNS infrastructure, DC hardware, identity management as well as on‑prem and cloud infrastructure.
• Support the Enterprise Architecture team in defining and implementing organisation‑wide security policies.
• Manage AD Domain Services on premise as well as looking after Entra ID in Azure.
• Responsible for domain and certification across internal and external areas of the organisation.
• Troubleshoot complex issues surrounding the AML estate at both software and hardware levels working with other team members (networks, storage, application) to resolve issues quickly and put measures in place to mitigate recurrences with the incident/problem manager.
• Attend cross‑functional meetings to help drive appropriate, cost‑effective design solutions to support business goals and strategy.
• Follow IT processes to ensure OLAs and SLAs are met.
• Develop solutions focused on reducing operating costs and/or increasing customer experiences.
• Develop AML IT roadmaps for platform engineering year‑on‑year and manage current project delivery to align with roadmaps and budgetary requirements.
• Provide technical assistance and mentoring to the IT team as needed.
• Manage and develop the monitoring toolset(s)/event management for all systems.
• Manage, develop and maintain a multi‑cloud infrastructure including Azure, AWS and Alibaba.

Essential experience

• Proven experience in senior technical roles: a minimum of 7 years in senior technical roles demonstrating a comprehensive understanding of complex technical issues and the ability to resolve them effectively. Experience should include leading technical projects and initiatives.
• Experience managing a multi‑cloud environment: extensive experience with Azure, AWS & Alibaba including architecture deployment, management and troubleshooting. Proven ability to integrate these services into existing infrastructure and optimise their use. This includes SSO, enterprise applications, Azure Devops and Terraform for IaC.
• Windows Server infrastructure: deep knowledge and hands‑on experience with on‑premise and cloud Windows Server infrastructure including installation, configuration, optimisation and maintenance. Familiarity with infrastructure services such as DHCP, DNS and DFS.
• Networking: broad understanding of LAN and WAN connectivity to both on‑premise and cloud infrastructure.
• Virtualisation: proficiency with hypervisors including VMware virtualisation technology and Microsoft Hyper‑V including set‑up, configuration, management and performance tuning. Experience with vSphere, ESXi, Vmotion, DRS and Hyper‑V fail‑over clustering.
• Physical hardware: maintaining server hardware including HPE DLxxx series and blade chassis management both physical and virtual via HPE OneView.
• Domain and certificate management: this includes DNS management for all external domains and internal domains. This will also include certificate management for both on‑premise (PKI) and external sites.
• Incident, problem and change management: experience in managing IT incidents, problems and changes within an ITIL framework. Ability to lead root‑cause analysis, develop corrective actions and implement change control procedures.
• Multi‑technical role experience: broad experience in various technical roles demonstrating versatility and adaptability in different IT environments. Proven ability to integrate and harmonise diverse technical functions.
• Team setup and process implementation: experience in setting up new technical teams and implementing new ways of working. Proven track record in driving organisational change, fostering a collaborative culture and breaking down silos.

Grade

9

Hiring Manager

Arron Pearson

Belong at Aston Martin

We understand that the incredible beauty, craft and art that defines an Aston Martin comes from the inclusion of our amazing people.

We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education, opinions, culture, ethnicity, race, sex, gender identity and expression, nation of origin, age, languages spoken, colour, religion, disability, sexual orientation and beliefs. We celebrate diversity and are seeking applicants who can bring something different. Please speak to us if there is anything you need to support making an application with us.

The post holder will be required to comply with all policies and procedures issued by and on behalf of Aston Martin Lagonda Ltd.

Key Skills

• Administrative Skills
• Facilities Management
• Biotechnology
• Creative Production
• Design And Estimation
• Architecture

Employment Type

Full‑Time

Experience

years

Vacancy

1