Platform & Infra Engineering Manager (Hybrid)

Latham & Watkins LLP; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Pension plan

Wellness programs

Employee discounts

Job summary

Latham & Watkins LLP in Manchester is seeking a Manager of Infrastructure – Platform Engineering to lead the design and delivery of container hosting and AI/ML workloads on OpenShift. You will balance architectural leadership with hands-on engineering guidance in a hybrid, in-office role.

The role requires expert Kubernetes/OpenShift knowledge, IaC with Terraform, and collaboration with security, networking, and cloud teams to define standards and ADRs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field (or equivalent work experience).
• ITIL Foundation certification or equivalent service management experience preferred.
• Strong Kubernetes/OpenShift architecture experience with AI/ML workloads.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery prioritisation for the Platform Engineering pillar and manage backlog, estimation, and day-to-day trade-offs.
• Lead high-level and low-level designs, reference architectures, and global standards for containerised hosting and AI/ML workloads.
• Embed with the Platform Engineering pillar, participate in stand-ups, accept sprint work, and collaborate on OpenShift and CI/CD.
• Collaborate with Azure-focused architect to implement hybrid patterns intersecting container platform and cloud estate.
• Author Architecture Decision Records to guide technology direction and long-term impact.
• Lead vendor and product evaluations and draft ADRs to support decisions.
• Create and maintain architecture diagrams, design specifications, reference patterns, ADRs, and operational guidance.
• Work with security, network, storage, application, monitoring, and service management teams to deliver cohesive solutions.
• Follow ITSM/ITIL, Change Management, security, data usage, and licensing policies.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and mentoring to engineers; promote collaborative practices.

Skills

Kubernetes/OpenShift

AI/ML platform

IaC/Terraform

Lead engineering

Security & networking basics

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Equivalent work experience considered

Tools

OpenShift

Kubernetes

Terraform

VMware Cloud Foundation

OpenShift Virtualisation

Job description

Latham & Watkins LLP in Manchester is seeking a Manager of Infrastructure – Platform Engineering to lead the design and delivery of container hosting and AI/ML workloads on OpenShift. You will balance architectural leadership with hands-on engineering guidance in a hybrid, in-office role.

The role requires expert Kubernetes/OpenShift knowledge, IaC with Terraform, and collaboration with security, networking, and cloud teams to define standards and ADRs.