Senior Engineering Manager, Platforms and Infrastructure

• Lead platform strategy and delivery by defining and managing the hybrid infrastructure roadmap


• Balance in-house and managed service capabilities


• Embed automation-first and resilient design


• Develop outcome-focused relationships with Architecture, Security and Product teams and strategic technology partners


• Oversee Site Reliability Engineering, uptime, performance and proactive observability


• Reduce operational risk and toil and enable self-healing platforms


• Lead, coach and develop high-performing teams


• Build capability across the function


• Drive DevOps, automation and modern cloud engineering practices


• Identify opportunities to reduce cost and complexity


• Foster a culture of learning, experimentation and safe challenge


• Shape Anglian Water's digital infrastructure across platforms and networks

Requirements

• Experience leading platform, infrastructure or cloud engineering teams


• Experience managing engineering managers


• Strong understanding of hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies and modern engineering practices


• Experience improving operational resilience and service reliability


• Knowledge of DevOps, SRE and IaC principles


• Experienced engineering leader comfortable balancing strategic thinking with operational delivery


• Ability to influence across technical and business-focused teams


• Relevant professional certifications such as Azure, AWS, ITIL or SRE desirable


• Degree in a technology or computing discipline desirable

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in leading platform strategy and delivery, with a strong focus on hybrid infrastructure, cloud technologies, and modern engineering practices. Capable of fostering high-performing teams while driving DevOps, automation, and operational resilience.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Hybrid Infrastructure Management


• Cloud Engineering Leadership


• DevOps Practices


• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)


• Automation and Resilience Design

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Hybrid Infrastructure


• Cloud Technologies


• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)


• Infrastructure as Code (IaC)


• Operational Resilience


• Performance Monitoring


• Automation Practices


• Cost Reduction Strategies


• Proactive Observability


• Engineering Management

Soft Skills

• Influencing Across Teams


• Coaching and Development


• Fostering a Learning Culture


• Strategic Thinking


• Collaboration

Certifications & Qualifications

• Azure Certification


• AWS Certification


• ITIL Certification


• SRE Certification

Industry Keywords

• Digital Infrastructure


• Operational Risk Management


• Managed Services


• Engineering Teams


• Technology Partnerships