Senior Platform Engineer | Lead Infra & Cloud Ops

Banco Santander SA; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance £6,000 per year

Private medical insurance

23-30 days holiday + bank holidays

Employee share plans

Wellbeing and flexible benefits

Job summary

Santander UK is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, delivery and optimization of large-scale IT infrastructure. You will guide a team of platform engineers, own incident response, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver resilient services.

The role requires senior technical leadership, strategic planning and a strong focus on risk, compliance and transformation programs within a hybrid UK environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and supporting large-scale IT infrastructure.
• Proven track record leading platform engineering initiatives.
• Strong incident management and RCA capabilities.
• Capacity planning, performance tuning, and scalability focus.
• Technical leadership and mentoring of engineers.

Responsibilities

• Lead design, implementation and maintenance of complex platform infrastructure.
• Provide senior technical leadership and guidance to the team.
• Own incident response, root cause analysis and preventative actions.
• Manage vendor relationships and contracts for infra services.
• Partner with stakeholders to align platform roadmap with business needs.

Skills

IT leadership

Incident management

Capacity planning

Platform engineering

Stakeholder management

Vendor management

Agile delivery

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science

Professional certifications

Job description

Santander UK is seeking a Senior Platform Engineer to lead the design, delivery and optimization of large-scale IT infrastructure. You will guide a team of platform engineers, own incident response, and collaborate with cross-functional partners to deliver resilient services.

The role requires senior technical leadership, strategic planning and a strong focus on risk, compliance and transformation programs within a hybrid UK environment.