Senior Platform/Dev Ops Engineer

Anaplan; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Anaplan in Manchester is seeking a Senior Platform Enablement / DevOps Engineer to design, scale, and evolve our enterprise developer platform and cloud-native delivery ecosystem. You will lead CI/CD modernization, multi-cloud deployments, and engineering enablement across teams.

The role requires hands-on expertise with Jenkins, ArgoCD, Terraform, Kubernetes, and observability tooling, plus strong leadership and collaboration skills to drive reliability and security improvements.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or related roles.

Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and evolve scalable platform engineering and DevOps solutions for enterprise engineering teams.
• Lead the design and implementation of modern CI/CD and GitOps workflows using Jenkins, Kargo, ArgoCD, GitHub, and related tooling.
• Drive platform standardization, automation, reliability, and self-service engineering capabilities.
• Design and manage scalable Infrastructure as Code frameworks using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise.
• Lead Kubernetes platform architecture, Helm-based deployments, and container orchestration best practices.
• Establish observability standards and operational excellence using Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and related tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, cloud, and architecture teams to improve platform capabilities and developer workflows.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to platform engineering best practices, governance, and technical strategy.
• Lead incident response, reliability improvements, root cause analysis, and operational maturity initiatives.
• Improve platform security, scalability, resiliency, and deployment efficiency across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tooling, and automation opportunities aligned with platform engineering goals.

Skills

Platform Engineering

DevOps

SRE

Cloud Engineering

CI/CD design

GitOps

Multi-cloud

Linux internals

Python

Kotlin

Bash

Gradle

Poetry

OpenTelemetry

Tools

Jenkins

Kargo

ArgoCD

GitHub Enterprise

Terraform

Terraform Enterprise

Kubernetes

Helm

Docker

Grafana

Loki

Prometheus

OpenTelemetry

UV

Job description

At Anaplan, we are a team of innovators focused on optimizing business decision-making through our leading AI-infused scenario planning and analysis platform so our customers can outpace their competition and the market.

What unites Anaplanners across teams and geographies is our collective commitment to our customers’ success and to our Winning Culture.

Our customers rank among the who’s who in the Fortune 50. Coca-Cola, LinkedIn, Adobe, LVMH and Bayer are just a few of the 2,400+ global companies who rely on our best-in-class platform.

Our Winning Culture is the engine that drives our teams of innovators. We champion diversity of thought and ideas, we behave like leaders regardless of title, we are committed to achieving ambitious goals, and we love celebratingour wins – big and small.

Supported by operating principles of being strategy-led, values -based and disciplined in execution, you’ll be inspired, connected, developed and rewarded here. Everything that makes you unique is welcome; join us and let’s build what’s next - together!

We are seeking a Senior Platform Enablement / DevOps Engineer to lead the design, scalability, reliability, and evolution of our enterprise developer platform and cloud-native delivery ecosystem.

This role combines deep technical expertise with platform strategy, operational leadership, and engineering enablement. You will help define standards, modernize deployment practices, improve developer experience, and drive platform reliability across multi-cloud environments.
The ideal candidate has strong experience building enterprise-scale CI/CD platforms, Kubernetes ecosystems, Infrastructure as Code, observability solutions, and developer enablement capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Architect, build, and evolve scalable platform engineering and DevOps solutions for enterprise engineering teams.
• Lead the design and implementation of modern CI/CD and GitOps workflows using Jenkins, Kargo, ArgoCD, GitHub, and related tooling.
• Drive platform standardization, automation, reliability, and self-service engineering capabilities.
• Design and manage scalable Infrastructure as Code frameworks using Terraform and Terraform Enterprise.
• Lead Kubernetes platform architecture, Helm-based deployments, and container orchestration best practices.
• Establish observability standards and operational excellence using Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and related tooling.
• Collaborate with engineering, security, cloud, and architecture teams to improve platform capabilities and developer workflows.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to platform engineering best practices, governance, and technical strategy.
• Lead incident response, reliability improvements, root cause analysis, and operational maturity initiatives.
• Improve platform security, scalability, resiliency, and deployment efficiency across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.
• Evaluate and introduce new technologies, tooling, and automation opportunities aligned with platform engineering goals.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, SRE, Cloud Engineering, or related roles.
• Strong expertise in designing and operating enterprise-scale CI/CD and cloud-native platforms.
• Deep hands-on experience with:
  • Jenkins
  • Kargo / ArgoCD
  • GitHub Enterprise
  • Terraform / Terraform Enterprise
  • Kubernetes & Helm
  • Docker
• Strong experience with multi-cloud infrastructure:
  • AWS, Azure, and/or GCP
• Strong understanding of observability ecosystems including:
  • Grafana
  • Loki
  • Prometheus
  • OpenTelemetry tooling
• Strong scripting/programming experience with Python, Kotlin, Bash, or similar languages.
• Experience with build and dependency tooling such as Gradle, Poetry, and UV.
• Strong understanding of Linux internals, networking, distributed systems, and platform reliability engineering.
• Experience driving platform modernization and developer enablement initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and technical leadership skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building internal developer platforms (IDP) at enterprise scale.
• Experience with platform governance, security, secrets management, and compliance integration.
• Exposure to event-driven platform architectures and scalable distributed systems.
• Experience mentoring teams and influencing engineering standards across organizations.
• Knowledge of modern platform engineering trends, GitOps practices, and cloud-native ecosystems.

Technologies You’ll Work With

• Jenkins, Kargo, ArgoCD
• Terraform & Terraform Enterprise
• Python, Kotlin, Gradle
• UV, Poetry

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity, Inclusionand Belonging (DEIB)

We believe attracting and retaining the best talent and fostering an inclusive culture strengthens our business. DEIB improves our workforce, enhances trust with our partners and customers, and drives business success. Build your career in a place where diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging aren’t just words on paper – this is what drives our innovation, it’s how we connect, and it contributes to what makes us a market leader. We believe in a hiring and working environment where all people are respected and valued, regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes people unique. We hire you for who you are, and we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive equitable benefits and all privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.