Platform Manager
Location:
United Kingdom
Salary:
Competitive
Job Type:
Contract
Date Posted:
2 days ago
Expiry Date:
10/10/2025
Job Ref:
BH-122856
Start Date:
26/08/2025
Contact:
Luke Roberts
Contact Email:
luke.roberts@xcede.com
Specialism:
CloudEngland
🌐 Platform Manager 📍 London (Hybrid) | 🕒 Full-time, 35 hours per week
About the Role We’re looking for a Platform Manager to lead the delivery, security, and evolution of our core IT platforms. You’ll be at the forefront of our cloud-first strategy, guiding the design and implementation of highly scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructures across Azure, VMware, and Nutanix.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll coach a team of platform specialists, shape long-term roadmaps, and ensure our technology is always reliable, innovative, and secure.
What you’ll do
About the Role We’re looking for a Platform Manager to lead the delivery, security, and evolution of our core IT platforms. You’ll be at the forefront of our cloud-first strategy, guiding the design and implementation of highly scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructures across Azure, VMware, and Nutanix.
This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll coach a team of platform specialists, shape long-term roadmaps, and ensure our technology is always reliable, innovative, and secure.
What you’ll do
- Lead the design, delivery, and security of platform services across datacentre, cloud, and campus technologies.
- Define and maintain strategic and tactical roadmaps (6–36 months) for platform evolution.
- Drive DevOps practices – automation, CI/CD, and integration of cloud-native technologies.
- Guide the adoption of Zero Trust security principles and manage SIEM tools like LogRhythm.
- Provide 3rd-line support and act as a technical authority in governance forums (CAB, TDA).
- Manage vendor relationships and contribute to overall IT strategy.
- Lead and develop a specialist team, ensuring they grow and succeed.
- Proven experience leading platform or infrastructure teams (4+ engineers).
- Expertise in cloud-first environments with strong skills in:
- Microsoft Azure (IaaS, RBAC, Defender for Cloud)
- VMware vSphere
- Nutanix HCI
- Strong knowledge of platform security – Zero Trust, SIEM, incident management.
- Hands-on experience with DevOps practices (automation, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible).
- Excellent communicator – able to explain technical concepts to both engineers and business leaders.
- Experience in ITIL-based service delivery.
- Play a pivotal role in our digital transformation and cloud-first journey.
- Lead cutting-edge platform services that impact thousands of users.
- Work in a collaborative environment where your expertise shapes strategy.
- Hybrid working with flexibility built in.
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Luke Roberts
Specialisms: End-User Computing, Cloud