Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure

Jobtailor; Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Anglian Water seeks a senior engineering leader to shape and deliver the platform strategy across hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies, and automation-driven practices.

You will lead SRE, drive DevOps, coordinate with Architecture, Security and Product teams, manage engineering managers, and foster high-performing teams while reducing toil and enabling self-healing, scalable digital infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform, infra or cloud engineering teams.
• Experience managing engineering managers.
• Strong understanding of hybrid infra and cloud tech.
• Experience improving operational resilience and service reliability.
• Knowledge of DevOps, SRE and IaC principles.
• Influence across technical and business teams.
• Certifications such as Azure, AWS, ITIL or SRE desirable.
• Degree in technology or computing desirable.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform strategy and delivery by defining and managing the hybrid infrastructure roadmap.
• Balance in-house and managed service capabilities.
• Embed automation-first and resilient design.
• Develop relationships with Architecture, Security and Product teams and strategic technology partners.
• Oversee Site Reliability Engineering, uptime, performance and proactive observability.
• Reduce operational risk and toil and enable self-healing platforms.
• Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams.
• Build capability across the function.
• Drive DevOps, automation and modern cloud engineering practices.
• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and complexity.
• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation and safe challenge.
• Shape Anglian Water’s digital infrastructure across platforms and networks.

Skills

Platform leadership

Engineering management

Hybrid infra

Cloud technologies

Operational resilience

SRE principles

Influence across teams

Coaching

Strategic thinking

Education

Degree in technology or computing

Tools

Azure

AWS

ITIL

SRE

Job description

• Lead platform strategy and delivery by defining and managing the hybrid infrastructure roadmap


• Balance in-house and managed service capabilities


• Embed automation-first and resilient design


• Develop outcome-focused relationships with Architecture, Security and Product teams and strategic technology partners


• Oversee Site Reliability Engineering, uptime, performance and proactive observability


• Reduce operational risk and toil and enable self-healing platforms


• Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams


• Build capability across the function


• Drive DevOps, automation and modern cloud engineering practices


• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and complexity


• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation and safe challenge


• Shape Anglian Water’s digital infrastructure across platforms and networks

Requirements

• Experience leading platform, infrastructure or cloud engineering teams


• Experience managing engineering managers


• Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies and modern engineering practices


• Experience improving operational resilience and service reliability


• Knowledge of DevOps, SRE and IaC principles


• Experienced engineering leader comfortable balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery


• Ability to influence across technical and business-focused teams


• Relevant professional certifications such as Azure, AWS, ITIL or SRE desirable


• Degree in a technology or computing discipline desirable

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading platform strategy and delivery, with a strong focus on hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies, and modern engineering practices. Capable of fostering high-performing teams while driving DevOps, automation, and operational resilience.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Hybrid Infrastructure Management


• Cloud Engineering Leadership


• DevOps Practices


• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)


• Automation and Resilience Design

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Hybrid Infrastructure


• Cloud Technologies


• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)


• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)


• Operational Resilience


• Performance Monitoring


• Automation Practices


• Cost Reduction Strategies


• Proactive Observability


• Engineering Management

Soft Skills

• Influencing Across Teams


• Coaching and Development


• Fostering a Learning Culture


• Strategic Thinking


• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Azure Certification


• AWS Certification


• ITIL Certification


• SRE Certification

Industry Keywords

• Digital Infrastructure


• Operational Risk Management


• Managed Services


• Engineering Teams


• Technology Partnerships