Platform Engineering Leader — Cloud & Automation

MORTGAGE ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED; East Midlands; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

MAB, the Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited, Derby office, is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to lead a high-performing team responsible for platforms, cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities that underpin our technology estate.

Reporting to the Director of Platform Engineering, you will translate platform strategy into technical priorities, drive reliability and automation, and shape the platform landscape in a hybrid working environment.

Qualifications

• Leadership experience supervising engineering teams.
• Deep expertise in AWS and modern cloud platforms.
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, GitHub and modern platform engineering practices.
• Experience delivering and operating highly available, resilient production environments.
• A passion for automation, standardisation and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing Platform Engineering team.
• Translate platform strategy into clear technical priorities and successful delivery outcomes.
• Provide senior technical leadership across cloud infrastructure, platform architecture and engineering practices.
• Drive platform reliability, security, scalability and operational excellence.
• Champion modern engineering approaches across Infrastructure as Code, automation, CI/CD, observability and cloud operations.
• Lead incident management and operational readiness across critical platforms.
• Partner closely with Architecture, Security, Engineering and Technology leaders to shape the future platform landscape.
• Drive continuous improvement, automation and efficiency across the technology estate.
• Flexible working hours with hybrid working for Head Office roles (as agreed with your line manager).

Skills

Leadership

AWS

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD

GitHub

Platform engineering

Automation

Stakeholder management

Team leadership

Tools

Terraform

GitHub

CI/CD

Job description

MAB, the Mortgage Advice Bureau Limited, Derby office, is seeking a Head of Platform Engineering to lead a high-performing team responsible for platforms, cloud infrastructure and engineering capabilities that underpin our technology estate.

Reporting to the Director of Platform Engineering, you will translate platform strategy into technical priorities, drive reliability and automation, and shape the platform landscape in a hybrid working environment.