Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure

Anglian Water Group Ltd.; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full private healthcare

26 days leave + bank holidays

Flexible working culture

Pension scheme with 7% match

Life Assurance at 8x salary

Personal Accident cover – up to 5x

Bonus Scheme

Job summary

Anglian Water Group Ltd. is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager for Platforms and Infrastructure to lead the Platform, Infrastructure, Network and Site Reliability Engineering teams.

This hybrid role supports flexible work from Huntingdon or Lincoln with a base salary circa £75k, dependent on experience. You will define the hybrid infrastructure roadmap, drive automation-first design, build resilient services, and foster ownership and continuous improvement across the teams.

Qualifications

• Seasoned engineering leader with experience guiding platform, infra or cloud teams.
• Proven ability to balance strategic direction with delivery.
• Strong collaboration with Architecture, Security and Product teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform strategy and delivery for hybrid infrastructure.
• Build relationships with Architecture, Security and Product teams and partners.
• Ensure operational reliability with SRE, uptime, performance, and observability.
• Develop people and coach high-performing teams across the function.
• Drive DevOps, automation, and modern cloud engineering practices.

Skills

Platform leadership

Hybrid infrastructure

Cloud engineering

DevOps

SRE

Education

Bachelor's degree in technology or computing

Tools

Azure

AWS

ITIL

SRE

Job description

## Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and InfrastructureApplylocations: Huntingdon: Lincolntime type: Full timeposted on: Posted Todayjob requisition id: DC200**Circa****£75k****, salary dependent on skills and experience****Permanent****Full-time, with flexibility for part-time****Hybrid role, working from Huntingdon or Lincoln**Anglian Water offers a flexible approach; this role gives you the flexibility to work from home and from either our Huntingdon or Lincoln office.**Lead the Digital Infrastructure That Keeps Anglian Water Moving**We’ve brought together our Platform, Infrastructure, Network and Site Reliability Engineering teams under a single leadership role. That gives the role real scope, to shape how the teams work together, improving reliability, developing technical capability and setting a clear direction for the platforms our business depends on. As Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure, you’ll lead the teams responsible for secure, resilient and high-performing services, while building a culture focused on ownership, operational excellence and continuous improvement.**What you’ll be doing**As our Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure, you’ll be at the heart of Anglian Water’s hybrid infrastructure, ensuring our platforms and networks are secure, scalable, and high performing, including:* **Lead platform strategy and delivery** - defining and managing the hybrid infrastructure roadmap, balancing in-house and managed service capabilities, and embedding automation-first, resilient design from the start.* **Build relationships -** developing outcome focused relationships with Architecture, Security and Product teams and our strategic technology partners.* **Ensure operational reliability and service-aware operations** - overseeing Site Reliability Engineering, uptime, performance, and proactive observability to reduce operational risk and toil, and enable self-healing platforms.* **Develop people**- leading, coaching and developing high-performing teams, while building capability across the function.* **Champion continuous improvement and transformation** - driving DevOps, automation, and modern Cloud engineering practises, identifying opportunities to reduce cost and complexity, and fostering a culture of learning, experimentation, and safe challenge for all.This role gives you the opportunity to shape the future of Anglian Water’s digital infrastructure while driving innovation, reliability, and operational excellence across all our platforms and networks.**As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:*** Full private healthcare with no excess* 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion* A flexible working culture* Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7%* Life Assurance at eight times your salary* Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary* Bonus Scheme**What does it take to be the Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure**You’ll be an experienced engineering leader who enjoys developing people, solving complex challenges and creating the environment where your teams can thrive. You’ll be comfortable balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery and influencing across technical and business-focused teams.**Skills and Qualifications:*** Experience leading platform, infrastructure or cloud engineering teams* Experience of managing engineering managers* Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies and modern engineering practises* Experience improving operational resilience and service reliability* Knowledge of DevOps, SRE and IaC principles* Relevant professional certifications (e.g. Azure, AWS, ITIL, SRE) (desirable)* Degree in a technology or computing discipline (desirable)**Why Apply?**This is an opportunity to shape the future of Platform and Infrastructure Engineering at Anglian Water. You’ll lead talented teams, influence engineering strategy, and play a core role in delivering the digital platforms that support the services our customers rely on. If you’re looking for a role where you can make a lasting impact through technical leadership, people development and engineering excellence in a purpose driven organisation, then we’d love to hear from you.**Closing date: 7th September 2027**