Platform Engineering Manager

La Fosse; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A UK engineering firm in Greater London is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a CCTV engineering team. The role involves planning and executing upgrades, managing delivery governance, and ensuring compliance with security policies. The ideal candidate will have proven experience in infrastructure team leadership and strong risk control skills. You will coordinate with critical security operations and track team capacity while maintaining operational documentation for high-quality service delivery.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading infrastructure or platform engineering teams.
• Strong delivery management and operational risk control skills.
• Background in security-sensitive or regulated environments.
• Ability to balance delivery speed with service stability.
• Experience working across distributed estates and legacy platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a CCTV engineering team delivering upgrades.
• Plan and sequence work to minimise disruption to live operations.
• Own delivery governance including change control and release coordination.
• Ensure secure working practices and compliance with security policies.
• Coordinate with security operations and incident management teams.
• Track delivery progress, risks, dependencies and team capacity.
• Maintain high-quality documentation, runbooks and operational handovers.

Skills

Leading infrastructure teams

Delivery management

Operational risk control

Working in security-sensitive environments

Balancing delivery speed and service stability

Experience with distributed estates

Job description

Overview

• Delivery-focused Engineering Manager role with responsibility for execution, stability and risk management

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a CCTV engineering team delivering upgrades, governance and hardening
• Plan and sequence work to minimise disruption to live operations
• Own delivery governance including change control and release coordination
• Ensure secure working practices and compliance with security policies
• Coordinate with security operations and incident management teams
• Track delivery progress, risks, dependencies and team capacity
• Maintain high-quality documentation, runbooks and operational handovers

Skills & Experience

• Proven experience leading infrastructure or platform engineering teams
• Strong delivery management and operational risk control skills
• Background in security-sensitive or regulated environments
• Ability to balance delivery speed with service stability
• Experience working across distributed estates and legacy platforms