Senior Platform Engineer

VIQU IT; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading professional services organization in Birmingham is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer. This hybrid role involves ownership and support of enterprise Microsoft platforms, including SQL Server, SharePoint, and Azure. Responsibilities include third-line support, troubleshooting, and delivering upgrades within a regulated environment. The ideal candidate has strong hands-on expertise and experience in global contexts. Competitive salary offered along with mentoring opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience owning enterprise Microsoft platform services.
• Strong hands-on expertise across SQL Server, SharePoint, and Azure.
• Experience operating at third-line support level in global environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide third-line support for essential platform services.
• Own and support SQL Server, reporting infrastructure, and Azure services.
• Lead complex troubleshooting and incident resolution.

Skills

SQL Server

SharePoint

Azure Cloud Services

IIS/web infrastructure

Identity management (SSO and MFA)

Performance tuning

Monitoring

Capacity planning

Disaster recovery

Troubleshooting

Job description

Senior Platform Engineer

Birmingham Hybrid (3DPW in office)

Competitive salary

VIQU have partnered with a leading professional services organisation seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to join their Core Services and Platforms team. This senior, hands‑on role will focus on the ownership, support, and evolution of enterprise Microsoft platforms, covering database, web, cloud, identity, and reporting services, while providing technical leadership in a regulated, high-availability environment.

Key Responsibilities of the Senior Platform Engineer:

• Provide third-line support for business-critical platform services
• Own and support SQL Server, reporting infrastructure, SharePoint (on-prem and cloud), IIS/web platforms, Azure services, and identity services including SSO and MFA
• Proactively monitor, optimise, and maintain platform performance, availability, capacity, load balancing, and disaster recovery
• Lead complex troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and incident resolution
• Deliver code releases, platform upgrades, deployments, and infrastructure changes in line with change and service management processes
• Act as technical lead, coaching engineers and coordinating BAU and project delivery
• Work closely with application teams, business services, and third-party vendors
• Participate in an on‑call rota supporting core infrastructure services

Key Requirements of the Senior Platform Engineer:

• Proven experience owning enterprise Microsoft platform services
• Strong hands‑on expertise across SQL Server, SharePoint, Azure Cloud Services, IIS/web infrastructure, reporting platforms, and identity management (SSO and MFA)
• Experience operating at third‑line support level within complex, global environments
• Strong understanding of performance tuning, availability, monitoring, capacity planning, and disaster recovery
• Experience delivering upgrades, deployments, and DevOps‑style changes under formal change control
• Ability to provide technical leadership, mentor others, and act as a trusted adviser to stakeholders

Apply now to speak with VIQU IT in confidence. Or reach out to Katie Dark via the VIQU website

Do you know someone great? We ll thank you with up to £1,000 if your referral is successful (terms apply). For more exciting roles and opportunities like this, please follow us on IT Recruitment.