Platform Engineering Manager

Anglian Water Services • Lincoln, NE

15h • Hybrid

About The Position

As Platform Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the engineering and enablement of Anglian Water’s hybrid digital platforms, spanning cloud and on-premise infrastructure across both Information and Operational Technology. You’ll be responsible for the design, build and continuous improvement of core platform services, including compute, storage, infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipelines. Your focus will be on creating platforms that are composable, resilient and scalable, enabling teams to deliver digital services quickly, securely and reliably. Working closely with Infrastructure & Operations, Technology, Product, Cyber teams and delivery partners, you’ll embed modern infrastructure and platform engineering practices that enable speed, resilience and service-aware operations by design. This role is central to Anglian Water’s transition to modern cloud delivery and product-based operating models. It’s a leadership role with real influence, offering the opportunity to shape platform strategy, modernise delivery practices and create the foundations that support critical services for customers, communities and the environment.

Requirements

• Strong experience in IT and OT platform engineering or infrastructure development
• Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform, ARM, Bicep)
• Experience with CI/CD tools and pipeline engineering
• Good knowledge of containerisation and orchestration (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience working in Agile or product-based delivery teams
• Familiarity with cloud-native and on-premises infrastructure patterns

Nice To Haves

• Certifications in Cloud platforms (e.g. Azure)
• Degree in a technology or computing discipline

Responsibilities

• Leading the design, engineering and continual improvement of secure, scalable, and resilient hybrid cloud and on-premise platforms
• Defining and implementing automation, infrastructure-as-code and container-based solutions to enable repeatable, rapid and compliant platform delivery
• Translating business and product team requirements into platform solutions that accelerate delivery while reducing operational risk
• Driving the adoption of self-service infrastructure, reusable components and platform guardrails to improve efficiency, security and operability
• Ensuring platform services meet defined service levels, with strong performance, availability, security and observability
• Leading, coaching and inspiring your team, fostering a culture of innovation, wellbeing, inclusion and high performance
• Managing outsourced platform services and partner relationships to ensure consistent quality and alignment with strategic objectives

Benefits

• 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 6%
• Life Assurance at eight times your salary
• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary
• Bonus Scheme

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees